Yahoo! delayed email servers - blacklisted?
We have seen a lot outgoing of emails to Yahoo! lately not get delivered in a timely manner. I inquired by submitting a form a few months ago and I received a response that they needed more information. Well it seems emails are delayed again and it really drives me crazy to not be able to serve certain clients who are avid Yahoo! users so I'm doing some major research on the issue.
We run an extremely clean exim email server with only shared hosted accounts of actual reputable business clients. Our clients run real brick and mortar businesses and don't even have the ability to send mass emails without permission. So the prospect that our server could be blacklisted by Yahoo! or any other major free email service is very remote.
I checked our IP's against some of the major blacklisting databases and we're not found on any of them. I've posted the results. You can find out your IP by running start/run (type in cmd) hit enter, then type in "ping yourdomain.com" to see your IP address of your domain.
Here are some of the major email blacklist databases and the reports I got back.
69.93.44.154
74.52.186.29
http://rhs.mailpolice.com/lookup/indexnew.php
69.93.44.154: NOT LISTED
bulk: not listed (120902 total entries)
porn: not listed (368603 total entries)
fraud: not listed (4044 total entries)
dynamic: not listed (8349 total entries)
adv: not listed (1688 total entries)
webmail: not listed (17628 total entries)
adult: not listed (1590 total entries)
74.52.186.29: NOT LISTED
bulk: not listed (120902 total entries)
porn: not listed (368603 total entries)
fraud: not listed (4044 total entries)
dynamic: not listed (8349 total entries)
adv: not listed (1688 total entries)
webmail: not listed (17628 total entries)
adult: not listed (1590 total entries)
http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml
69.93.44.154 not listed in bl.spamcop.net
74.52.186.29 not listed in bl.spamcop.net
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx
Checking 69.93.44.154 against 121 known blacklists...
Listed: 0 time(s)
Timeouts:5
Blacklist Name Status Reason TTL Response Time (ms)
AHBL Listed OK 0 62
BGISOCBL Listed OK 0 234
CASA-CBL Listed OK 0 219
CASA-CBL+ Listed OK 0 219
CASA-CDL Listed OK 0 219
CBL Listed OK 0 203
CLUECENTRAL Listed OK 0 203
CSMA Listed OK 0 203
CYBERLOGIC Listed OK 0 188
DEADBEEF Listed OK 0 188
DNSBLINFO Listed OK 0 188
DNSBLNETAUOHPS Listed OK 0 391
DNSBLNETAUOMRS Listed OK 0 3484
DNSBLNETAUOSPS Listed OK 0 359
DNSBLNETAUOSRS Listed OK 0 3469
DNSBLNETAUOWFS Listed OK 0 3469
DNSBLNETAUOWPS Listed OK 0 3453
DNSBLNETAURDTS Listed OK 0 1844
DNSBLNETAURICN Listed OK 0 3453
DNSBLNETAURMST Listed OK 0 3438
DNSBLNETAUT1 Listed OK 0 3438
DSBL Listed OK 0 3328
DSBLALL Listed OK 0 3312
DSBLMULTI Listed OK 0 3312
DUINV Listed OK 0 3312
DULRU Listed OK 0 3297
EMAILBASURA Listed OK 0 3297
FABELSOURCES Listed OK 0 3297
FIVETENFREE Listed OK 0 3297
FIVETENIGNORE Listed OK 0 3281
FIVETENKLEZ Listed OK 0 3281
FIVETENMULTI Listed OK 0 3281
FIVETENOPTIN Listed OK 0 3266
FIVETENOTHER Listed OK 0 3266
FIVETENSINGLE Listed OK 0 3266
FIVETENSRC Listed OK 0 3250
FIVETENTCPA Listed OK 0 3250
FIVETENWEBFORM Listed OK 0 3250
GIRL Listed OK 0 3250
GRIP Listed OK 0 3234
HIL Listed OK 0 3234
HIL Listed OK 0 3234
HILLI Listed OK 0 3219
ICMFORBIDDEN Listed OK 0 3219
INFORMATIONWAVE Listed OK 0 3219
INTERSIL Listed OK 0 3250
JAMMDNSBL Listed OK 0 3312
KUNDENSERVER Listed OK 0 3312
LASHBACK Listed OK 0 3281
LNSGBLOCK Listed OK 0 3266
LNSGBULK Listed OK 0 3266
LNSGDUL Listed OK 0 3250
LNSGMULTI Listed OK 0 3250
LNSGOR Listed OK 0 3234
LNSGSRC Listed OK 0 3234
MSRBL-Combined Listed OK 0 3219
MSRBL-Images Listed OK 0 3219
MSRBL-Phising Listed OK 0 3250
MSRBL-Spam Listed OK 0 3203
MSRBL-Viruses Listed OK 0 3203
NERD Listed OK 0 3266
NETHERRELAYS Listed OK 0 3203
NETHERUNSURE Listed OK 0 3188
NJABL Listed OK 0 3203
NJABLDUL Listed OK 0 3203
NJABLDYNA Listed OK 0 3188
NJABLFORMMAIL Listed OK 0 3188
NJABLMULTI Listed OK 0 3188
NJABLPROXIES Listed OK 0 3172
NJABLSOURCES Listed OK 0 3172
NLKUNBLACKLIST Listed OK 0 3203
NLKUNWHITELIST Listed OK 0 3188
NOFALSEPOSITIVE Listed OK 0 3156
NOMOREFUNN Listed OK 0 3359
ORID Listed OK 0 3328
ORVEDB Listed OK 0 3141
OSPAM Listed OK 0 3141
PDL Listed OK 0 3141
PSBL Listed OK 0 3125
REDHAWK Listed OK 0 3125
RSBL Listed OK 0 3141
SATOS Listed OK 0 3172
SCHULTE Listed OK 0 3125
SDERB Listed OK 0 3125
SENDERBASE Listed OK 0 3125
SERVICESNET Listed OK 0 3109
SNARK Listed OK 0 3109
SOLID Listed OK 0 3109
KEMPTBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
RANGERSBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
RRBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-BLOCK Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-DUHL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-HTTP Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-MISC Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-SMTP Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-SOCKS Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-SPAM Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-WEB Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SORBS-ZOMBIE Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPAMBAG Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPAMCANNIBAL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPAMCOP Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
Spamhaus-ZEN Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPAMRBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPAMSOURCES Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPEWS1 Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
SPEWS2 Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
TECHNOVISION Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
TQMCUBE Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
TRIUMF Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
UCEB Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
UCEPROTECTL1 Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
UCEPROTECTL2 Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
UCEPROTECTL3 Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
US Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
VIRBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
WPBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
WSFF Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
WYTNIJ Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
ZONEEDIT Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
Checking 69.93.44.155 against 121 known blacklists...
Listed: 0 time(s)
Timeouts:5
Blacklist Name Status Reason TTL Response Time (ms)
AHBL Listed OK 0 94
BGISOCBL Listed OK 0 219
CASA-CBL Listed OK 0 94
CASA-CBL+ Listed OK 0 94
CASA-CDL Listed OK 0 78
CBL Listed OK 0 78
CLUECENTRAL Listed OK 0 156
CSMA Listed OK 0 156
CYBERLOGIC Listed OK 0 141
DEADBEEF Listed OK 0 141
DNSBLINFO Listed OK 0 156
DNSBLNETAUOHPS Listed OK 0 4109
DNSBLNETAUOMRS Listed OK 0 4109
DNSBLNETAUOSPS Listed OK 0 4094
DNSBLNETAUOSRS Listed OK 0 4094
DNSBLNETAUOWFS Listed OK 0 1484
DNSBLNETAUOWPS Listed OK 0 4078
DNSBLNETAURDTS Listed OK 0 1969
DNSBLNETAURICN Listed OK 0 1969
DNSBLNETAURMST Listed OK 0 1953
DNSBLNETAUT1 Listed OK 0 1953
DSBL Listed OK 0 1953
DSBLALL Listed OK 0 1938
DSBLMULTI Listed OK 0 1938
DUINV Listed OK 0 1938
DULRU Listed OK 0 1922
EMAILBASURA Listed OK 0 1922
FABELSOURCES Listed OK 0 1922
FIVETENFREE Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENIGNORE Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENKLEZ Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENMULTI Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENOPTIN Listed OK 0 1891
FIVETENOTHER Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENSINGLE Listed OK 0 1906
FIVETENSRC Listed OK 0 1891
FIVETENTCPA Listed OK 0 1969
FIVETENWEBFORM Listed OK 0 2000
GIRL Listed OK 0 1984
GRIP Listed OK 0 1984
HIL Listed OK 0 1969
HIL Listed OK 0 1969
HILLI Listed OK 0 1984
ICMFORBIDDEN Listed OK 0 1984
INFORMATIONWAVE Listed OK 0 1984
INTERSIL Listed OK 0 1969
JAMMDNSBL Listed OK 0 1969
KUNDENSERVER Listed OK 0 2297
LASHBACK Listed OK 0 2281
LNSGBLOCK Listed OK 0 2281
LNSGBULK Listed OK 0 2281
LNSGDUL Listed OK 0 2266
LNSGMULTI Listed OK 0 2266
LNSGOR Listed OK 0 2266
LNSGSRC Listed OK 0 2266
MSRBL-Combined Listed OK 0 2250
MSRBL-Images Listed OK 0 2250
MSRBL-Spam Listed OK 0 2734
MSRBL-Viruses Listed OK 0 2734
NERD Listed OK 0 2734
NETHERRELAYS Listed OK 0 2719
NETHERUNSURE Listed OK 0 2719
NJABL Listed OK 0 2719
NJABLDUL Listed OK 0 2719
NJABLDYNA Listed OK 0 2703
NJABLFORMMAIL Listed OK 0 2703
NJABLMULTI Listed OK 0 2703
NJABLPROXIES Listed OK 0 2688
NJABLSOURCES Listed OK 0 2688
NLKUNBLACKLIST Listed OK 0 2688
NLKUNWHITELIST Listed OK 0 2672
NOFALSEPOSITIVE Listed OK 0 2672
NOMOREFUNN Listed OK 0 2672
ORID Listed OK 0 2656
ORVEDB Listed OK 0 2656
OSPAM Listed OK 0 2641
PDL Listed OK 0 2641
PSBL Listed OK 0 2625
REDHAWK Listed OK 0 3109
RSBL Listed OK 0 3609
SATOS Listed OK 0 3594
SCHULTE Listed OK 0 3594
SDERB Listed OK 0 3578
SENDERBASE Listed OK 0 3578
SERVICESNET Listed OK 0 3562
SNARK Listed OK 0 3562
SOLID Listed OK 0 3547
SORBS-BLOCK Listed OK 0 3547
SORBS-DUHL Listed OK 0 3547
SORBS-HTTP Listed OK 0 3531
SORBS-MISC Listed OK 0 3531
SORBS-SMTP Listed OK 0 3516
SORBS-SOCKS Listed OK 0 3516
SORBS-SPAM Listed OK 0 3500
SORBS-WEB Listed OK 0 3500
SORBS-ZOMBIE Listed OK 0 3484
SPAMBAG Listed OK 0 3484
SPAMCANNIBAL Listed OK 0 3484
SPAMCOP Listed OK 0 3469
Spamhaus-ZEN Listed OK 0 3469
SPAMRBL Listed OK 0 3469
SPAMSOURCES Listed OK 0 3453
SPEWS1 Listed OK 0 3453
SPEWS2 Listed OK 0 3453
TECHNOVISION Listed OK 0 3453
TQMCUBE Listed OK 0 3438
TRIUMF Listed OK 0 3438
UCEB Listed OK 0 3438
UCEPROTECTL1 Listed OK 0 3422
UCEPROTECTL2 Listed OK 0 3422
UCEPROTECTL3 Listed OK 0 3422
US Listed OK 0 3406
VIRBL Listed OK 0 3406
WPBL Listed OK 0 3406
WSFF Listed OK 0 3406
ZONEEDIT Listed OK 0 3500
KEMPTBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
MSRBL-Phising Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
RANGERSBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
RRBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
WYTNIJ Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
Checking 74.52.186.29 against 121 known blacklists...
Listed: 0 time(s)
Timeouts:2
Blacklist Name Status Reason TTL Response Time (ms)
AHBL Listed OK 0 47
BGISOCBL Listed OK 0 188
CASA-CBL Listed OK 0 62
CASA-CBL+ Listed OK 0 78
CASA-CDL Listed OK 0 94
CBL Listed OK 0 78
CLUECENTRAL Listed OK 0 156
CSMA Listed OK 0 78
CYBERLOGIC Listed OK 0 78
DEADBEEF Listed OK 0 62
DNSBLINFO Listed OK 0 94
DNSBLNETAUOHPS Listed OK 0 3625
DNSBLNETAUOMRS Listed OK 0 266
DNSBLNETAUOSPS Listed OK 0 250
DNSBLNETAUOSRS Listed OK 0 3594
DNSBLNETAUOWFS Listed OK 0 250
DNSBLNETAUOWPS Listed OK 0 3594
DNSBLNETAURDTS Listed OK 0 234
DNSBLNETAURICN Listed OK 0 3578
DNSBLNETAURMST Listed OK 0 469
DNSBLNETAUT1 Listed OK 0 3562
DSBL Listed OK 0 969
DSBLALL Listed OK 0 1000
DSBLMULTI Listed OK 0 1078
DUINV Listed OK 0 1078
DULRU Listed OK 0 1094
EMAILBASURA Listed OK 0 1125
FABELSOURCES Listed OK 0 1109
FIVETENFREE Listed OK 0 1109
FIVETENIGNORE Listed OK 0 1109
FIVETENKLEZ Listed OK 0 1094
FIVETENMULTI Listed OK 0 1094
FIVETENOPTIN Listed OK 0 1094
FIVETENOTHER Listed OK 0 1094
FIVETENSINGLE Listed OK 0 1078
FIVETENSRC Listed OK 0 1078
FIVETENTCPA Listed OK 0 1078
FIVETENWEBFORM Listed OK 0 1062
GIRL Listed OK 0 1062
GRIP Listed OK 0 1062
HIL Listed OK 0 1047
HIL Listed OK 0 1047
ICMFORBIDDEN Listed OK 0 1328
INFORMATIONWAVE Listed OK 0 1328
INTERSIL Listed OK 0 1328
JAMMDNSBL Listed OK 0 1328
KUNDENSERVER Listed OK 0 1812
LASHBACK Listed OK 0 1812
LNSGBLOCK Listed OK 0 1797
LNSGBULK Listed OK 0 1797
LNSGDUL Listed OK 0 1812
LNSGMULTI Listed OK 0 1797
LNSGOR Listed OK 0 1797
LNSGSRC Listed OK 0 1797
MSRBL-Combined Listed OK 0 1797
MSRBL-Images Listed OK 0 1781
MSRBL-Phising Listed OK 0 4297
MSRBL-Spam Listed OK 0 2266
MSRBL-Viruses Listed OK 0 2250
NERD Listed OK 0 2250
NETHERRELAYS Listed OK 0 2250
NETHERUNSURE Listed OK 0 2250
NJABL Listed OK 0 2234
NJABLDUL Listed OK 0 2234
NJABLDYNA Listed OK 0 2219
NJABLFORMMAIL Listed OK 0 2219
NJABLMULTI Listed OK 0 2219
NJABLPROXIES Listed OK 0 2219
NJABLSOURCES Listed OK 0 2203
NLKUNBLACKLIST Listed OK 0 2203
NLKUNWHITELIST Listed OK 0 2203
NOFALSEPOSITIVE Listed OK 0 2188
NOMOREFUNN Listed OK 0 2188
ORID Listed OK 0 2188
ORVEDB Listed OK 0 2172
OSPAM Listed OK 0 2172
PDL Listed OK 0 2172
PSBL Listed OK 0 2172
RANGERSBL Listed OK 0 2156
REDHAWK Listed OK 0 2156
RRBL Listed OK 0 2156
RSBL Listed OK 0 2141
SATOS Listed OK 0 2141
SCHULTE Listed OK 0 2141
SDERB Listed OK 0 2125
SENDERBASE Listed OK 0 2125
SERVICESNET Listed OK 0 2125
SNARK Listed OK 0 2125
SOLID Listed OK 0 2109
SORBS-BLOCK Listed OK 0 2109
SORBS-DUHL Listed OK 0 2109
SORBS-HTTP Listed OK 0 2094
SORBS-MISC Listed OK 0 2094
SORBS-SMTP Listed OK 0 2094
SORBS-SOCKS Listed OK 0 2078
SORBS-SPAM Listed OK 0 2078
SORBS-WEB Listed OK 0 2078
SORBS-ZOMBIE Listed OK 0 2078
SPAMBAG Listed OK 0 2062
SPAMCANNIBAL Listed OK 0 2062
SPAMCOP Listed OK 0 2062
Spamhaus-ZEN Listed OK 0 2281
SPAMRBL Listed OK 0 2281
SPAMSOURCES Listed OK 0 2281
SPEWS1 Listed OK 0 2266
SPEWS2 Listed OK 0 2266
TECHNOVISION Listed OK 0 2266
TQMCUBE Listed OK 0 2266
TRIUMF Listed OK 0 2250
UCEB Listed OK 0 2250
UCEPROTECTL1 Listed OK 0 2250
UCEPROTECTL2 Listed OK 0 2234
UCEPROTECTL3 Listed OK 0 2234
US Listed OK 0 2234
VIRBL Listed OK 0 2219
WPBL Listed OK 0 2219
WSFF Listed OK 0 2219
WYTNIJ Listed OK 0 2203
ZONEEDIT Listed OK 0 2203
HILLI Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
KEMPTBL Listed TIMEOUT 0 0
Another blacklist database to lookup your IP.
This is where you can request to be whitelisted by Yahoo! It's basically a whitelist request form
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/postmaster/bulk.html
I'll reply with the response here later.