Blacklist Monitoring
Overview
Pingniner's blacklist monitoring feature helps you keep track of your IP addresses' status on various DNS blacklists. This ensures that your emails reach their intended recipients and helps maintain your domain's reputation.
Features
- Automated Checks: Regularly scans multiple blacklists to check if your IP address is listed.
- Real-time Alerts: Receive instant notifications if any of your IP addresses are found on any blacklist.
- Detailed Reports: Access comprehensive reports that provide insights into your IP addresses' blacklist status.
- Historical Data: View historical data to track your IP addresses' blacklist status over time.
How to Set Up Blacklist Monitoring
- Sign in to your Pingniner account.
- Navigate to Blacklists (main menu) and click on "Add Blacklist Monitor".
- Fill in the details: Set a friendly name, the IP address to monitor, choose the monitoring frequency and monitoring location. Optionally, you can attach the monitor to a group, add some tags or notes.
- Done In a few seconds, our systems will start checking your IP address in multiple blacklists.
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In the advanced section of the Blacklist Monitor, you have the option to exclude certain blacklists.
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If you need to monitor against a specific blacklist and it's not on our list, please reach out to us and we will investigate if it's possible to add.
Viewing & Managing Blacklist Monitors
To view or manage a blacklist monitor, click on Blacklists (main menu) and then click on the desired blacklist monitor.
Overview
The overview dashboard offers a bird's-eye view of the blacklist monitor with:
- Real-time status
- Blacklisted reports
- Current status for each monitored blacklist
Edit
This section can be used to update the monitor's details. All details can be updated if required, including the monitored IP address.
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In the advanced section of the Blacklist Monitor, you have the option to exclude certain blacklists.
History
Here you can check and export the historical data of any performed check.
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Historical data is available for the last 30 days for subscribed accounts and 1 day for free accounts.
Triggers
In this tab, you can manage the active checks and triggers for the current monitor.
For blacklist monitors, the following trigger is available:
- Blacklisted: This trigger is active by default and is used to fire an alert if the IP address is found on any of the monitored blacklists. Turning this off, uptime and status will not be updated or collected.
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While updating a trigger, you can set the contacts that get notified, the threshold value (where applicable), and the sensitivity (occurrences) of the trigger.
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You can adjust the sensitivity of the trigger with Occurrences. By default, the Blacklisted trigger has occurrences set to 1, which means that on first detection on any blacklist, an alert will be created.
Benefits
- Improved Deliverability: Ensure your emails reach their recipients by staying off blacklists.
- Proactive Monitoring: Detect and address blacklist issues before they impact your email delivery.
- Reputation Management: Maintain a positive IP address reputation by keeping track of your blacklist status.