On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 12:55 +0100, Simplelists - Andrew Beverley via mailop wrote: > Would it be better to go for the brand new block? Obviously any > existing block could be checked in DNSBLs etc, but are there any > advantages of using an existing block?
The lack of historical RBL listings is nowhere close a definitive indication that the IP space wasn't used for abusive purposes at some point. BGP hijacking, malicious site hosting, hijacked POS endpoints etc. all get clocked in databases, some of which have long memories and are not publicly available. It's often not immediately obvious that such a range has a poor reputation somewhere so you end up wasting time etc. A new direct allocation has zero reputation, good or bad. If you are lucky enough to have the option, my preference would be to go for a new allocation since it removes some variables. Ken. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
