Public Mirrors to DQS Migration

Moving your queries from Spamhaus’ Public mirrors to our Data Query Service requires a few changes to your configuration that can be made quickly and do not require a significant amount of engineering time to accomplish.

  1. Complete the Free Data Query Service Account Form

  2. Verify your email address

  3. Receive your DQS key, that is unique to you.

A query against the public mirrors looks like the following (using zen as the example):

2.0.0.127.zen.spamhaus.org

This is, on the other hand, what the equivalent query against DQS looks like:

2.0.0.127.<key>.zen.dq.spamhaus.net

In other words:

  • Put your DQS key at the very beginning

  • Add the zone you want to query (such as zen, xbl, dbl, …)

  • Add dq.spamhaus.net at the end (note it’s .net, not .org)

These configuration changes will have to happen for any Spamhaus DNSBL zone you query in your configuration. The following are all of the zones you can query on the public mirrors and the corresponding data query service zones and how they should be formatted.

ZEN

Public mirror:
zen.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.zen.dq.spamhaus.net

SBL

Public mirror:
sbl.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.sbl.dq.spamhaus.net

XBL

Public mirror:
xbl.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.xbl.dq.spamhaus.net

PBL

Public mirror:
pbl.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.pbl.dq.spamhaus.net

SBL and XBL

Public mirror:
sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.sbl-xbl.dq.spamhaus.net

DBL

Public mirror:
dbl.spamhaus.org
Data Query Service:
<key>.dbl.dq.spamhaus.net

Refer to the documentation in these pages to find out about the additional zones available only to DQS users.