From 04d6d962d8a2e2f13306d2c17437b2028395d284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <walilkoa@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:52:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/42] Create LICENSE

---
 LICENSE | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 LICENSE

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d06ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Intellex
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

From 355e99dfa309d0042150ba699f022e84cda620b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:04:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/42] separate license, integrate all pending commits

---
 blcheck | 786 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 552 insertions(+), 234 deletions(-)
 mode change 100755 => 100644 blcheck

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 02bdb59..fa9db27
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -1,165 +1,398 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-#
-# MIT License
-#
-# Copyright (c) Intellex 2015
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-# SOFTWARE.
-#
+
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # title             : blcheck
-# description       : Test any domain against more then 100 black lists.
+# description       : Test any domain against more than 100 black lists.
 # author            : Intellex
-# contributors      : Darko Poljak
-# date              : 2016-03-18
-# version           : 0.6.0
+# contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
+# date              : Jun 30 2020
+# version           : 0.7.0
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
+# reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
+# code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
+# url               : github.com/ch604/blcheck
 #
 # =============================================================================
 
 # Config {
 
-
     # How many tries and for how long to wait for DNS queries
     CONF_DNS_TRIES=2
     CONF_DNS_DURATION=3
 
     # Blacklists to check
+    # Example formats:
+    # - General format
+    #   {ip_or_domain}={filter}#{type}
+    # - IP based blacklist (default DNSBL, any valid return code will match)
+    #   black.list.com
+    # - IP based blacklist
+    #   black.list.com#DNSBL
+    # - IP based whitelist
+    #   white.list.com#DNSWL
+    # - URI based blacklist
+    #   uri.list.com#URIBL
+    # - Regexp defined return code, only a match will qualify for list. Here it is 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3
+    #   black.list.com=127\.0\.0\.[23]
+    # - Regexp defined return code for a URI based blacklist
+    #   black.list.com=127\.0\.[0-9]+\.0#URIBL
     CONF_BLACKLISTS="
-        0spam-killlist.fusionzero.com
-        0spam.fusionzero.com
-        access.redhawk.org
-        all.rbl.jp
-        all.spam-rbl.fr
-        all.spamrats.com
-        aspews.ext.sorbs.net
-        b.barracudacentral.org
-        backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net
-        badnets.spameatingmonkey.net
-        bb.barracudacentral.org
-        bl.drmx.org
-        bl.konstant.no
-        bl.nszones.com
-        bl.spamcannibal.org
-        bl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        bl.spamstinks.com
-        black.junkemailfilter.com
-        blackholes.five-ten-sg.com
-        blacklist.sci.kun.nl
+        whitelist.rbl.ispa.at#DNSWL
+        t3direct.dnsbl.net.au
+        ucepn.dnsbl.net.au
+        wpbl.dnsbl.net.au
+        bl.reynolds.net.au
+        bl.mav.com.br
+        openproxy.bls.digibase.ca
+        proxyabuse.bls.digibase.ca
+        spambot.bls.digibase.ca
+        probes.dnsbl.net.auproxy.bl.gweep.ca
+        rbl2.triumf.ca
+        wbl.triumf.ca#DNSWL
+        ipbl.zeustracker.abuse.ch
+        uribl.zeustracker.abuse.ch
+        spamrbl.imp.ch
+        wormrbl.imp.ch
+        rbl.lugh.ch
+        dnsrbl.swinog.ch
+        uribl.swinog.ch
         blacklist.woody.ch
+        ipv6.blacklist.woody.ch
+        uri.blacklist.woody.ch
+        block.ascams.com
+        superblock.ascams.com
+        rbl.blockedservers.com
+        netscan.rbl.blockedservers.com
+        spam.rbl.blockedservers.com
+        list.blogspambl.com
+        dnsbl1.dnsbl.borderware.com
+        dnsbl2.dnsbl.borderware.com
+        dnsbl3.dnsbl.borderware.com
+        dul.dnsbl.borderware.com
+        csi.cloudmark.com
+        dnsbl.cobion.com
         bogons.cymru.com
-        bsb.empty.us
-        bsb.spamlookup.net
-        cart00ney.surriel.com
-        cbl.abuseat.org
-        cbl.anti-spam.org.cn
-        cblless.anti-spam.org.cn
-        cblplus.anti-spam.org.cn
-        cdl.anti-spam.org.cn
+        v4.fullbogons.cymru.com
+        v6.fullbogons.cymru.com
+        rbl.dns-servicios.com
+        0outspam.fusionzero.com
+        0spam.fusionzero.com
+        0spam-n.fusionzero.com
+        0spamtrust.fusionzero.com
+        0spamurl.fusionzero.com
+        accredit.habeas.com
+        hil.habeas.com
+        hul.habeas.com
+        sa-accredit.habeas.com
+        sohul.habeas.com
+        blacklist.hostkarma.com
+        iadb.isipp.com
+        iadb2.isipp.com
+        iddb.isipp.com
+        wadb.isipp.com
+        black.junkemailfilter.com
+        hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com
+        nobl.junkemailfilter.com
+        krn.korumail.com
+        q.mail-abuse.com
+        r.mail-abuse.com
         cidr.bl.mcafee.com
-        combined.rbl.msrbl.net
-        db.wpbl.info
-        dev.null.dk
-        dialups.visi.com
-        dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
-        dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
-        dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
-        dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
-        dnsbl.anticaptcha.net
-        dnsbl.aspnet.hu
+        dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
+        bl.mipspace.com
+        bl.nordspam.com
+        dbl.nordspam.com#URIBL
+        bl.nszones.com
+        dyn.nszones.com
+        sbl.nszones.com
+        ubl.nszones.com
+        wl.nszones.com#DNSWL
+        safe.dnsbl.prs.proofpoint.com
+        rbl.realtimeblacklist.com
+        mailsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
+        urlsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
+        dynip.rothen.com
+        blackholes.scconsult.com
+        reputation-domain.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
+        reputation-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
+        reputation-ns.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
+        bl.score.senderscore.com
+        feb.spamlab.com
+        rbl.spamlab.com
+        all.spamrats.com
+        auth.spamrats.com
+        dyna.spamrats.com
+        noptr.spamrats.com
+        spam.spamrats.com
+        rbl.suresupport.com
+        psbl.surriel.com
+        whitelist.surriel.com#DNSWL
+        bl.tiopan.com
+        dbl.tiopan.com#URIBL
+        ubl.unsubscore.com
+        black.uribl.com
+        grey.uribl.com
+        multi.uribl.com
+        red.uribl.com
+        white.uribl.com#DNSWL
+        spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
+        bl.blocklist.de
+        dnsbl.darklist.de
         dnsbl.inps.de
-        dnsbl.justspam.org
-        dnsbl.kempt.net
+        dnswl.inps.de#DNSWL
+        admin.bl.kundenserver.de
+        relays.bl.kundenserver.de
+        schizo-bl.kundenserver.de
+        spamblock.kundenserver.de
+        worms-bl.kundenserver.de
         dnsbl.madavi.de
-        dnsbl.rizon.net
+        torserver.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de
+        dunk.dnsbl.tuxad.de
+        hartkore.dnsbl.tuxad.de
+        spamsources.fabel.dk
+        st.technovision.dk
+        dnsbl.abyan.es
+        eswlrev.dnsbl.rediris.es#DNSWL
+        mtawlrev.dnsbl.rediris.es#DNSWL
+        dnsbl.isx.fr
+        all.spam-rbl.fr
+        pofon.foobar.hu
+        ispmx.pofon.foobar.hu
+        uribl.pofon.foobar.hu
+        singular.ttk.pte.hu
+        blacklist.netcore.co.in
         dnsbl.rv-soft.info
-        dnsbl.rymsho.ru
-        dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        dnsbl.zapbl.net
-        dnsrbl.swinog.ch
-        dul.pacifier.net
-        dyn.nszones.com
-        dyna.spamrats.com
+        nana.bl.techtheft.info
+        other.bl.techtheft.info
+        robot.bl.techtheft.info
+        scanning.bl.techtheft.info
+        source.bl.techtheft.info
+        support.bl.techtheft.info
+        virus.bl.techtheft.info
+        watchlist.bl.techtheft.info
+        db.wpbl.info
+        rbl.jp
+        spamlist.or.kr
+        bl.fmb.la
+        communicado.fmb.la
+        nsbl.fmb.la
+        sa.fmb.la
+        short.fmb.la
+        dnsbl.anticaptcha.net
+        dnsbl6.anticaptcha.net
+        blacklist.mail.ops.asp.att.net
+        blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net
+        blacklist.mailrelay.att.net
+        rbl.blakjak.net
+        dul.blackhole.cantv.net
+        hog.blackhole.cantv.net
+        rhsbl.blackhole.cantv.net
+        rot.blackhole.cantv.net
+        spam.blackhole.cantv.net
+        rbl.choon.net
+        ipv6.rbl.choon.net
+        rwl.choon.net
+        ipv6.rwl.choon.net
+        dnsbl.cyberlogic.net
         fnrbl.fast.net
-        fresh.spameatingmonkey.net
-        hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com
-        images.rbl.msrbl.net
-        ips.backscatterer.org
+        truncate.gbudb.net
+        rbl.interserver.net
+        rbl.iprange.net
+        dnsbl.kempt.net
+        spamguard.leadmon.net
+        niprbl.mailcleaner.net
+        uribl.mailcleaner.net
+        dnsbl.mailshell.net
+        bl.mailspike.net
+        rep.mailspike.net
+        wl.mailspike.net#DNSWL
+        z.mailspike.net
         ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
+        combined.rbl.msrbl.net
+        images.rbl.msrbl.net
+        phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
+        spam.rbl.msrbl.net
+        virus.rbl.msrbl.net
+        web.rbl.msrbl.net
+        relays.nether.net
+        trusted.nether.net
+        unsure.nether.net
+        dul.pacifier.net
+        all.s5h.net
+        bl.scientificspam.net
+        rhsbl.scientificspam.net
         korea.services.net
+        dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        block.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        exitnodes.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.dehttp.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        escalations.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        http.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        new.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        noservers.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        old.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        problems.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        proxies.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        recent.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        relays.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        safe.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        new.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        old.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        recent.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        web.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        zombie.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        aspews.ext.sorbs.net
+        l1.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
         l2.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
         l3.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
         l4.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
-        list.bbfh.org
-        list.blogspambl.com
-        mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
+        rhsbl.sorbs.net
+        badconf.rhsbl.sorbs.net
+        nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net
+        bl.spamcop.net
+        backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net
+        bl.spameatingmonkey.net
+        fresh.spameatingmonkey.net
+        fresh10.spameatingmonkey.net
+        fresh15.spameatingmonkey.net
+        fresh30.spameatingmonkey.net
+        freshzero.spameatingmonkey.net
+        bl.ipv6.spameatingmonkey.net
         netbl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        netscan.rbl.blockedservers.com
-        no-more-funn.moensted.dk
-        noptr.spamrats.com
+        uribl.spameatingmonkey.net
+        urired.spameatingmonkey.net
+        bsb.spamlookup.net
+        dnsbl.spfbl.net
+        score.spfbl.net
+        dnswl.spfbl.net#DNSWL
+        bl.suomispam.net
+        dbl.suomispam.net#URIBL
+        gl.suomispam.net
+        dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
+        srn.surgate.net
+        srnblack.surgate.net
+        rbl.tdk.net
+        dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
+        all.rbl.webiron.net
+        babl.rbl.webiron.net
+        cabl.rbl.webiron.net
+        crawler.rbl.webiron.net
+        stabl.rbl.webiron.net
+        dnsbl.zapbl.net
+        rhsbl.zapbl.net
+        rbl.zenon.net
+        dnsbl.beetjevreemd.nl
+        bitonly.dnsbl.bit.nl
+        virbl.bit.nl
+        blacklist.sci.kun.nl
+        whitelist.sci.kun.nl#DNSWL
+        blackholes.tepucom.nl
+        bl.konstant.no
+        bl.0spam.org
+        nbl.0spam.org
+        url.0spam.org
+        cbl.abuseat.org
         orvedb.aupads.org
-        pbl.spamhaus.org
-        phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
-        pofon.foobar.hu
-        psbl.surriel.com
-        rbl.abuse.ro
-        rbl.blockedservers.com
-        rbl.dns-servicios.com
+        rsbl.aupads.org
+        ips.backscatterer.org
+        b.barracudacentral.org
+        bb.barracudacentral.org
+        list.bbfh.org
+        plus.bondedsender.org
+        query.bondedsender.org
+        dnsblchile.org
+        dnsrbl.org
+        dwl.dnswl.org#DNSWL
+        list.dnswl.org#DNSWL
+        bl.drmx.org
+        dnsbl.dronebl.org
         rbl.efnet.org
+        tor.efnet.org
         rbl.efnetrbl.org
-        rbl.iprange.net
+        dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
+        dnsbl.httpbl.org
+        mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
+        dnsbl.justspam.org
+        bl.mailspike.org
+        bl.nosolicitado.org
+        bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
+        dnsbl.openresolvers.org
+        spam.pedantic.org
+        access.redhawk.org
+        abuse.rfc-clueless.org
+        bogusmx.rfc-clueless.org
+        dsn.rfc-clueless.org
+        elitist.rfc-clueless.org
+        fulldom.rfc-clueless.org
+        postmaster.rfc-clueless.org
+        whois.rfc-clueless.org
+        public.sarbl.org
         rbl.schulte.org
-        rbl.talkactive.net
-        rbl2.triumf.ca
-        rsbl.aupads.org
-        sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
-        sbl.nszones.com
+        sbl.spamdown.org
+        dbl.spamhaus.org#URIBL
+        vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
+        pbl.spamhaus.org
         sbl.spamhaus.org
-        short.rbl.jp
-        spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
-        spam.pedantic.org
-        spam.rbl.blockedservers.com
-        spam.rbl.msrbl.net
-        spam.spamrats.com
-        spamrbl.imp.ch
-        spamsources.fabel.dk
-        st.technovision.dk
-        tor.dan.me.uk
-        tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de
-        tor.efnet.org
-        torexit.dan.me.uk
-        truncate.gbudb.net
-        ubl.unsubscore.com
-        uribl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        urired.spameatingmonkey.net
-        virbl.dnsbl.bit.nl
-        virus.rbl.jp
-        virus.rbl.msrbl.net
+        sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
+        swl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
+        xbl.spamhaus.org
+        zen.spamhaus.org
+        abuse.surbl.org
+        cr.surbl.org
+        multi.surbl.org
+        mw.surbl.org
+        dnsbl.tornevall.org
+        opm.tornevall.org
+        free.v4bl.org
+        ip.v4bl.org
+        ips.whitelisted.org#DNSWL
+        dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
+        forbidden.icm.edu.pl
+        dyn.rbl.polspam.pl
+        lblip4.rbl.polspam.pl
+        lblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
+        rblip4.rbl.polspam.pl
+        rblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
+        rhsbl.rbl.polspam.pl
+        rbl.abuse.ro
+        uribl.abuse.ro
         vote.drbl.caravan.ru
-        vote.drbl.gremlin.ru
-        web.rbl.msrbl.net
         work.drbl.caravan.ru
+        vote.drbl.gremlin.ru
         work.drbl.gremlin.ru
-        wormrbl.imp.ch
-        xbl.spamhaus.org
-        zen.spamhaus.org"
+        dul.dnsbl.sorbs.netdul.ru
+        bl.shlink.orgdul.ru
+     ###rbl.rbldns.ru
+        dnsbl.rymsho.ru
+        rhsbl.rymsho.ru
+        netblockbl.spamgrouper.to
+        dnsbl.mcu.edu.tw
+        dnsbl.net.ua
+        rbl.fasthosts.co.uk
+        torexit.dan.me.uk
+        bsb.empty.us
+        88.blocklist.zap"
+
+
+        # reputation/scoring pages
+        # score.senderscore.com
+
+    CONF_BLACKLISTS_TEST="
+        rbl.rbldns.ru
+        rbl.rbldns.ru=127\.0\.0\.1
+        rbl.rbldns.ru#DNSWL
+        black.list.com=127.0.[0-9]+.0#URIBL
+        dbl.spamhaus.org#URIBL
+        t3direct.dnsbl.net.au=127\.0\.0\.1#DNSWL
+        t3direct.dnsbl.net.au#BLA
+        t3direct.dnsbl.net.au%127\.0\.0\.1#DNSWL"
 
 
 #~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ }
@@ -171,6 +404,7 @@
     REGEX_IP='\([0-9]\{1,3\}\)\.\([0-9]\{1,3\}\)\.\([0-9]\{1,3\}\)\.\([0-9]\{1,3\}\)'
     REGEX_DOMAIN='\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)\+[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}'
     REGEX_TDL='\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$'
+    REGEX_LIST='^[ \\t]*([^=#]+)(=(([^#])+))?(#(DNSBL|DNSWL|URIBL))?[ \\t]*$'
 
     # Colors
     if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
@@ -198,6 +432,7 @@
     #SPINNER="◴◷◶◵"
     #SPINNER="◐◓◑◒"
 
+    VERBOSE=0
 
 #~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ }
 
@@ -205,9 +440,8 @@
 # Macros {
 
     # Verbose printing
-    VERBOSE=0
     info() {
-        if [ $VERBOSE -ge "$1" ]; then
+        if [[ ${VERBOSE} -ge "$1" ]]; then
             echo "$2"
         fi
     }
@@ -222,36 +456,54 @@
     progress() {
 
         # Bar
-        x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
-        BAR=$(echo $SPINNER | awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }")
-        if test -z "$PLAIN"; then
+        local x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
+        local BAR=$(echo ${SPINNER} | awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }")
+        if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
             printf "\r ";
         fi
 
         # BAR as printf arg so that backslash will be litteraly interpreted
-        printf "[ %s %3s%% ] checking... %4s / $2  " "$BAR" $(($1 * 100 / $2)) "$1";
+        printf "[ %s %3s%% ] checking... %4s / $2  " "${BAR}" $(($1 * 100 / $2)) "$1";
     }
 
     # Resolve the IP
     resolve() {
 
         # IP already?
-        IP=$(echo "$1" | grep "^$REGEX_IP$")
-        if [ "$IP" ]; then
-            echo "$IP"
+        local IP=$(echo "$1" | grep "^${REGEX_IP}$")
+        if [[ "${IP}" ]]; then
+            echo "${IP}"
 
         # Resolve domain
         else
 
             # Handle special resolve types
             case "$2" in
-                "ns" ) TYPE="ns"; REGEX="$REGEX_DOMAIN\.$";;
-                   * ) TYPE="a";  REGEX="$REGEX_IP$";;
+                "ns" ) TYPE="ns"; REGEX="${REGEX_DOMAIN}\.$";;
+                   * ) TYPE="a";  REGEX="${REGEX_IP}$";;
             esac
 
-            case "$CMD" in
-                $CMD_DIG ) "$CMD" $DNSSERVER +short -t "$TYPE" +time=$CONF_DNS_DURATION +tries=$CONF_DNS_TRIES "$1" | grep -om 1 "$REGEX";;
-                $CMD_HOST ) "$CMD" -t "$TYPE" -W $CONF_DNS_DURATION -R $CONF_DNS_TRIES "$1" $DNSSERVER | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "$REGEX";;
+            case "${CMD}" in
+                ${CMD_DIG} ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                ${CMD_HOST} ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+            esac
+        fi
+    }
+
+    # Result info for IP
+    text() {
+        # IP already?
+        local IP=$(echo "$1" | grep "^${REGEX_IP}$")
+        if [[ -n "${IP}" ]]; then
+            echo "${IP}"
+
+        # Resolve domain
+        else
+
+            local TYPE="txt"
+            case "${CMD}" in
+                ${CMD_DIG} ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ;;
+                ${CMD_HOST} ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 ;;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -260,9 +512,9 @@
     loadBlacklists() {
 
         # Make sure the file is readable
-        if [ ! "$1" ]; then
+        if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
             error "Option -l requires an additional parameter";
-        elif [ ! -r $1 ]; then
+        elif [[ ! -r $1 ]]; then
             error "File $1 cannot be opened for reading, make sure it exists and that you have appropriate privileges"
         fi
 
@@ -281,7 +533,7 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -l file     Load blacklists from file, separated by space or new line
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the blacklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
--q          Quiet modem with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
+-q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
@@ -296,21 +548,21 @@ HELP
 
 # Parse the params
 while getopts :vqphcl:d: arg; do
-    case "$arg" in
-        d) DNSSERVER=$OPTARG;;
-        l) loadBlacklists $OPTARG;;
+    case "${arg}" in
+        d) DNSSERVER="${OPTARG}";;
+        l) loadBlacklists "${OPTARG}";;
         c) VERIFY_BL=TRUE;;
-        v) VERBOSE=$(( (VERBOSE + 1) % 4));;
+        v) VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1));;
         q) VERBOSE=-1;;
         p) PLAIN=1 RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" CLEAR="" ;;
         h) showHelp;;
-        ?) error "Unknown option $OPTARG";;
+        ?) error "Unknown option ${OPTARG}";;
     esac
 done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
 # Get the domain
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
     echo "Missing target domain or IP."
     showHelp
 fi
@@ -322,196 +574,262 @@ shopt -s xpg_echo
 
 # Get the command we will use: dig or host
 CMD_DIG=$(which dig)
-CMD_HOST=$(which host)
-if [ "$CMD_DIG" ]; then
-    if [[ $DNSSERVER ]]; then
-        DNSSERVER="@$DNSSERVER"
+if [[ "${CMD_DIG}" ]]; then
+    if [[ -n "${DNSSERVER}" ]]; then
+        DNSSERVER="@${DNSSERVER}"
+    fi
+    CMD=${CMD_DIG}
+else
+    CMD_HOST=$(which host)
+    if [[ "${CMD_HOST}" ]]; then
+        CMD=${CMD_HOST}
     fi
-    CMD=$CMD_DIG
-elif [ "$CMD_HOST" ]; then
-    CMD=$CMD_HOST
 fi
-if [ ! "$CMD" ]; then
+if [[ -z "${CMD}" ]]; then
     error "Either dig or host command is required."
 fi
-info 3 "Using $CMD to reslove DNS queries"
+info 3 "Using ${CMD} to reslove DNS queries"
 
 # Parse IP
-IP=$(resolve "$TARGET")
-if [ ! "$IP" ]; then
-    error "No DNS record found for $TARGET"
-elif [ "$IP" != "$TARGET" ]; then
-    DOMAIN=$TARGET
-    info 2 "Using $TARGET for target, resolved to $IP"
+IP=$(resolve "${TARGET}")
+if [[ -z "${IP}" ]]; then
+    error "No DNS record found for ${TARGET}"
+elif [[ "${IP}" != "${TARGET}" ]]; then
+    DOMAIN=${TARGET}
+    info 2 "Using ${TARGET} for target, resolved to ${IP}"
+    TARGET_TYPE="domain"
 else
-    info 3 "Using $TARGET for target"
+    info 3 "Using ${TARGET} for target"
+    TARGET_TYPE="ip"
 fi
 
 # Reverse the IP
-REVERSED=$(echo "$IP" | sed -ne "s~^$REGEX_IP$~\4.\3.\2.\1~p")
-info 3 "Using $REVERSED for reversed IP"
+REVERSED=$(echo "${IP}" | sed -ne "s~^${REGEX_IP}$~\4.\3.\2.\1~p")
+info 3 "Using ${REVERSED} for reversed IP"
 
 # Get the PTR
 info 3 "Checking the PTR record"
-case "$CMD" in
-    $CMD_DIG ) PTR=$("$CMD" $DNSSERVER +short -x "$IP" | sed s/\.$//);;
-    $CMD_HOST ) PTR=$("$CMD" "$IP" $DNSSERVER | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
+case "${CMD}" in
+    ${CMD_DIG} ) PTR=$("${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
+    ${CMD_HOST} ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
 esac
 
 # Validate PTR
-if [ ! "$PTR" ]; then
+if [[ -z "${PTR}" ]]; then
     info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: PTR lookup failed${CLEAR}"
 
 else
 
     # Match against supplied domain
-    info 1 "PTR resolves to $PTR"
-    if [ "$DOMAIN" ]; then
-        if [ "$DOMAIN" != "$PTR" ]; then
-            info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: PTR record does not match supplied domain: $TARGET != $PTR${CLEAR}"
+    info 1 "PTR resolves to ${PTR}"
+    if [[ -n "${DOMAIN}" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${DOMAIN}" != "${PTR}" ]]; then
+            info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: PTR record does not match supplied domain: ${TARGET} != ${PTR}${CLEAR}"
         else
-            info 1 "${GREEN}PTR record matches supplied domain $PTR${CLEAR}"
+            info 1 "${GREEN}PTR record matches supplied domain ${PTR}${CLEAR}"
         fi
     fi
 fi
 
 # Filter out the blacklists
 BLACKLISTS=""
-for BL in $CONF_BLACKLISTS; do
-    if [ "$BL" ]; then
-
-        # Make sure the domain is a proper one
-        DOMAIN=$(echo "$BL" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep ^"$REGEX_DOMAIN"$)
-        if [ ! "$DOMAIN" ]; then
-            info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: blacklist '$BL' is not valid and will be ignored${CLEAR}"
+COUNT_DNSBL=0
+COUNT_DNSWL=0
+COUNT_URIBL=0
+COUNT=0
+for BL in ${CONF_BLACKLISTS}; do
+    if [[ "${BL}" ]]; then
+        if [[ ${BL} =~ ${REGEX_LIST} ]]; then
+            DOMAIN="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            if [[ -n "${BASH_REMATCH[3]}" ]]; then
+                FILTER="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+            else
+                FILTER='127\.([0-9]{1,3})\.([0-9]{1,3})\.([0-9]{1,3})'
+            fi
+            if [[ -n "${BASH_REMATCH[6]}" ]]; then
+                TYPE="${BASH_REMATCH[6]}"
+            else
+                TYPE='DNSBL'
+            fi
 
-        else
+            # Make sure the domain is a proper one
+            TMP=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep ^"${REGEX_DOMAIN}"$)
+            if [[ -z "${TMP}" ]]; then
+               info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: domain '${DOMAIN}' is not valid and will be ignored${CLEAR}"
 
-            # It is a proper blacklist
-            if [ "$BLACKLISTS" ]; then
-                BLACKLISTS=$(echo "$BLACKLISTS\n$DOMAIN")
             else
-                BLACKLISTS="$BL"
+                if [[ "${TARGET_TYPE}" == 'ip' && "${TYPE}" == 'URIBL' ]]; then
+                    info 0 "${GREEN}Notice: URIBL entry '${DOMAIN}' will be ignore, because ${TARGET} is an IP address${CLEAR}"
+                else
+                case "${TYPE}" in
+                    "DNSBL") COUNT_DNSBL=$((COUNT_DNSBL + 1)) ;;
+                    "DNSWL") COUNT_DNSWL=$((COUNT_DNSWL + 1)) ;;
+                    "URIBL") COUNT_URIBL=$((COUNT_URIBL + 1)) ;;
+                esac
+                COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
+
+                # It is a proper blacklist
+                if [[ "${BLACKLISTS}" ]]; then
+                    BLACKLISTS=$(echo "${BLACKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
+                else
+                    BLACKLISTS="${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}"
+                fi
+            fi
             fi
+        else
+            info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: list entry '${BL}' is not valid and will be ignored${CLEAR}"
         fi
     fi
 done
 
 # Make sure we have at least one blacklist
-COUNT=$(($(echo "$BLACKLISTS" | wc -l)))
-if [ ! "$BLACKLISTS" ] || [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
+if [[ "${COUNT}" -eq 0 ]]; then
     error "No blacklists have been specified"
 fi
-info 1 "Matching against $COUNT blacklists"
+info 1 "Matching against ${COUNT} entries:"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSBL} DNS blacklists"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSWL} DNS whitelists"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blacklists"
 
 # Initialize the counters
 INVALID=0
 PASSED=0
 FAILED=0
+WHITE=0
 
-# Interate over all blacklists
+# Iterate over all blacklists
 I=0;
-for BL in $BLACKLISTS; do
+for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
     PREFIX=
     I=$((I + 1))
 
+    # Parse list entry
+    if [[ ! ${BL} =~ ${REGEX_LIST} ]]; then
+        error "List entry ${BL} broken"
+    fi
+    DOMAIN="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    FILTER="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+    TYPE="${BASH_REMATCH[6]}"
+
+
+
     # What should we test
-    TEST="$REVERSED.$BL."
+    if [[ "${TYPE}" != "URIBL" ]]; then
+        # IP based test
+        TEST="${REVERSED}.${DOMAIN}."
+    else
+        # Domain name based test (URI)
+        TEST="${TARGET}.${DOMAIN}."
+    fi
 
-    # Make sure the info is shown if we are cheking the servers
-    if [ "$VERIFY_BL" ] && [ $VERBOSE -lt 1 ]; then
+
+    # Make sure the info is shown if we are checking the servers
+    if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" && "${VERBOSE}" -lt 1 ]]; then
         VERBOSE=1
     fi
 
     # For verbose output
-    if [ $VERBOSE -ge 1 ]; then
+    if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
 
         # Show percentage
         STATUS=$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))
-        STATUS="$STATUS%% "
+        STATUS="${STATUS}%% "
 
         # Show additional info
-        if [ $VERBOSE -ge 3 ]; then
-            PREFIX=$(printf "%-60s" "$TEST")
+        if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 3 ]]; then
+            PREFIX=$(printf "%-60s" "${TEST}")
         else
-            PREFIX=$(printf "%-50s" "$BL")
+            PREFIX=$(printf "%-50s" "${DOMAIN}")
         fi
 
-        PREFIX="$STATUS $PREFIX"
-        if test -z "$PLAIN"; then
-            printf "%s \b" "$PREFIX"
+        PREFIX="${STATUS} ${PREFIX}"
+        if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
+            printf "%s \b" "${PREFIX}"
         fi
 
-    elif [ $VERBOSE -ge 0 ]; then
-        if test -z "$PLAIN"; then
-            progress "$I" "$COUNT"
+    elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
+        if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
+            progress "${I}" "${COUNT}"
         fi
     fi
 
     # Get the status
-    RESPONSE=$(resolve "$TEST")
-    START=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | cut -c1-4)
+    RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
 
     # Not blacklisted
-    if [ ! "$RESPONSE" ]; then
+    if [[ -z "${RESPONSE}" ]]; then
 
         # Make sure the server is viable
         ERROR=""
-        if [ "$VERIFY_BL" ]; then
-            TDL=$(echo "$BL" | grep -om 1 '\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$')
-            if [ ! "$(resolve "$TDL" ns)" ]; then
-                if test -z "$PLAIN"; then printf "\r"; fi
-                printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "$YELLOW" "$PREFIX" "$CLEAR";
+        if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" ]]; then
+            TDL=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | grep -om 1 '\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$')
+            if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
                 INVALID=$((INVALID + 1))
                 ERROR=TRUE
             fi
         fi
 
-        if [ ! "$ERROR" ]; then
-            if [ "$VERIFY_BL" ] || [ $VERBOSE -ge 1 ]; then
-                if test -z "$PLAIN"; then printf "\r"; fi
-                printf "%s%s✓%s\n" "$CLEAR" "$PREFIX" "$CLEAR";
+        if [[ ! "${ERROR}" ]]; then
+            if [[ -n "${VERIFY_BL}" || "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%s✓%s\n" "${CLEAR}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
             fi
             PASSED=$((PASSED + 1))
         fi;
 
     # Invalid response
-    elif [ "$START" != "127."  ]; then
-        if [ $VERBOSE -ge 1 ]; then
-            if test -z "$PLAIN"; then printf "\r"; fi
-            printf "%s%sinvalid response (%s)%s\n" "$YELLOW" "$PREFIX" "$RESPONSE" "$CLEAR";
+    elif [[ ! "${RESPONSE}" =~ ${FILTER} ]]; then
+        if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
+            if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+            printf "%s%sinvalid response (%s)%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
+            printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
         fi;
         INVALID=$((INVALID + 1))
 
-    # Blacklisted
+    # matched
     else
-        if [ $VERBOSE -ge 1 ]; then
-            if test -z "$PLAIN"; then printf "\r"; fi
-            printf "%s%sblacklisted (%s)%s\n" "$RED" "$PREFIX" "$RESPONSE" "$CLEAR";
-        elif [ $VERBOSE -ge 0 ]; then
-            if test -z "$PLAIN"; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
-            printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "$RED" "$BL" "$CLEAR" "$RESPONSE"
+        if [[ "${TYPE}" != "DNSWL" ]]; then
+            if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%sblacklisted (%s)%s\n" "${RED}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
+                printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${RED}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
+            elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${RED}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
+            fi
+            FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+        else
+            if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%swhitelisted (%s)%s\n" "${GREEN}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
+                printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${GREEN}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
+            elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
+                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
+                printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${GREEN}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
+            fi
+             WHITE=$((WHITE + 1))
         fi
-        FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
     fi
 done
 
 # Print results
-if [ $VERBOSE -ge 0 ]; then
-    if test -z "$PLAIN"; then
+if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
         printf "\r                                                    \n"
     else
         printf "                                                     \n"
     fi
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
-    echo Results for "$TARGET"
+    echo Results for "${TARGET}"
     echo
     printf "%-15s" "Tested:";   echo "${COUNT}"
     printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}${PASSED}${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}${WHITE}${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}${INVALID}${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Blacklisted:";  echo "${RED}${FAILED}${CLEAR}"
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
 
-exit $FAILED;
-
+exit "${FAILED}"

From 215493ef749106cdd3c6f37948b9e66b6fca6f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:06:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/42] remove nszones

---
 blcheck | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index fa9db27..bf3a92d 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@
         bl.mipspace.com
         bl.nordspam.com
         dbl.nordspam.com#URIBL
-        bl.nszones.com
-        dyn.nszones.com
-        sbl.nszones.com
-        ubl.nszones.com
-        wl.nszones.com#DNSWL
         safe.dnsbl.prs.proofpoint.com
         rbl.realtimeblacklist.com
         mailsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
@@ -369,7 +364,6 @@
         work.drbl.gremlin.ru
         dul.dnsbl.sorbs.netdul.ru
         bl.shlink.orgdul.ru
-     ###rbl.rbldns.ru
         dnsbl.rymsho.ru
         rhsbl.rymsho.ru
         netblockbl.spamgrouper.to

From 01f6d85b094174b99bd54a3cc2afc665cb43b1db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:10:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 04/42] double percent

---
 blcheck | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index bf3a92d..5fbe146 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
 
         # Show percentage
         STATUS=$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))
-        STATUS="${STATUS}%% "
+        STATUS="${STATUS}% "
 
         # Show additional info
         if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 3 ]]; then

From 6daaec26e3267c80897e68ba6c3e7573688dd3c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:48:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 05/42] parallel processing

---
 blcheck | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 5fbe146..4f31a4a 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -562,6 +562,19 @@ if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
 fi
 TARGET=$1
 
+if [ ! $(which parallel 2> /dev/null) ]; then
+	echo "Parallel missing, trying to install..."
+	[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q install epel-release
+	yum -y -q install parallel
+	if [ "$(which parallel 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+		mkdir ~/.parallel
+		touch ~/.parallel/will-cite
+	else
+		echo "Failed to install parallel, exiting."
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
 # Some shells disable parsing backslash in echo statements by default
 # Set the flag to enable echo to behave consistently across platforms
 shopt -s xpg_echo
@@ -685,48 +698,44 @@ info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSBL} DNS blacklists"
 info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSWL} DNS whitelists"
 info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blacklists"
 
-# Initialize the counters
-INVALID=0
-PASSED=0
-FAILED=0
-WHITE=0
-
 # Iterate over all blacklists
-I=0;
-for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
-    PREFIX=
-    I=$((I + 1))
+
+parallel_check() {
+    local PREFIX=
+    local I=$1
+    local BL=$2
 
     # Parse list entry
     if [[ ! ${BL} =~ ${REGEX_LIST} ]]; then
         error "List entry ${BL} broken"
+    else
+        local DOMAIN="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        local FILTER="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+        local TYPE="${BASH_REMATCH[6]}"
     fi
-    DOMAIN="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-    FILTER="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
-    TYPE="${BASH_REMATCH[6]}"
 
 
 
     # What should we test
     if [[ "${TYPE}" != "URIBL" ]]; then
         # IP based test
-        TEST="${REVERSED}.${DOMAIN}."
+        local TEST="${REVERSED}.${DOMAIN}."
     else
         # Domain name based test (URI)
-        TEST="${TARGET}.${DOMAIN}."
+        local TEST="${TARGET}.${DOMAIN}."
     fi
 
 
     # Make sure the info is shown if we are checking the servers
     if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" && "${VERBOSE}" -lt 1 ]]; then
-        VERBOSE=1
+        local VERBOSE=1
     fi
 
     # For verbose output
     if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
 
         # Show percentage
-        STATUS=$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))
+        local STATUS=$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))
         STATUS="${STATUS}% "
 
         # Show additional info
@@ -748,19 +757,19 @@ for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
     fi
 
     # Get the status
-    RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
+    local RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
 
     # Not blacklisted
     if [[ -z "${RESPONSE}" ]]; then
 
         # Make sure the server is viable
-        ERROR=""
+        local ERROR=""
         if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" ]]; then
-            TDL=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | grep -om 1 '\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$')
+            local TDL=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | grep -om 1 '\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$')
             if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
-                INVALID=$((INVALID + 1))
+                echo "$BL" >> $invalid_file
                 ERROR=TRUE
             fi
         fi
@@ -770,7 +779,7 @@ for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s✓%s\n" "${CLEAR}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
             fi
-            PASSED=$((PASSED + 1))
+            echo "$BL" >> $passed_file
         fi;
 
     # Invalid response
@@ -793,7 +802,7 @@ for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${RED}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-            FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+            echo "$BL" >> $failed_file
         else
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
@@ -803,10 +812,18 @@ for BL in ${BLACKLISTS}; do
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${GREEN}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-             WHITE=$((WHITE + 1))
+             echo "$BL" >> $white_file
         fi
     fi
-done
+}
+
+white_file=$(mktemp)
+failed_file=$(mktemp)
+passed_file=$(mktemp)
+invalid_file=$(mktemp)
+export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
+export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD white_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+parallel -j 75% 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLACKLISTS}
 
 # Print results
 if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
@@ -819,11 +836,17 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     echo Results for "${TARGET}"
     echo
     printf "%-15s" "Tested:";   echo "${COUNT}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}${PASSED}${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}${WHITE}${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}${INVALID}${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Blacklisted:";  echo "${RED}${FAILED}${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}$(cat $passed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat $white_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}$(cat $invalid_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Blacklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
 
-exit "${FAILED}"
+failed=$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)
+rm -f $passed_file $white_file $invalid_file $failed_file
+
+unset -f parallel_check resolve text progress
+unset REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD white_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+
+exit "${failed}"

From dc47c8ba52a28e1e2b08a59b6f474edf63a893e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:43:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 06/42] output of blacklist hits

---
 blcheck | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 4f31a4a..e2d61cd 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 # =============================================================================
 
 # Config {
+    # where to log blacklist hits permanently if there are any
+    # this file will be appended, not clobbered.
+    # format is ${TARGET}\n$blacklist1\n$blacklist2, etc
+    output="~/blcheck_blacklists.txt"
 
     # How many tries and for how long to wait for DNS queries
     CONF_DNS_TRIES=2
@@ -844,6 +848,7 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 failed=$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)
+[ $failed -gt 0 ] && echo ${TARGET} >> $output && cat $failed_file >> $output
 rm -f $passed_file $white_file $invalid_file $failed_file
 
 unset -f parallel_check resolve text progress

From 8a9d1214cfa31ef36d51466786d1c6a054119e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:49:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 07/42] remove nonworking uribl and add touch to output file

---
 blcheck | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index e2d61cd..1388291 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@
         bl.tiopan.com
         dbl.tiopan.com#URIBL
         ubl.unsubscore.com
-        black.uribl.com
-        grey.uribl.com
-        multi.uribl.com
-        red.uribl.com
-        white.uribl.com#DNSWL
         spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
         bl.blocklist.de
         dnsbl.darklist.de
@@ -848,7 +843,12 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 failed=$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)
-[ $failed -gt 0 ] && echo ${TARGET} >> $output && cat $failed_file >> $output
+if [ $failed -gt 0 ]; then
+	touch $output
+	echo ${TARGET} >> $output
+	cat $failed_file >> $output
+fi
+
 rm -f $passed_file $white_file $invalid_file $failed_file
 
 unset -f parallel_check resolve text progress

From 130bd2d023f7f305f43295de88c83c63352d7ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 09:54:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 08/42] correction to output file, job count to settings

---
 blcheck | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 1388291..c0ba986 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # description       : Test any domain against more than 100 black lists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : Jun 30 2020
-# version           : 0.7.0
+# date              : Jul 01 2020
+# version           : 0.7.5
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
     # where to log blacklist hits permanently if there are any
     # this file will be appended, not clobbered.
     # format is ${TARGET}\n$blacklist1\n$blacklist2, etc
-    output="~/blcheck_blacklists.txt"
+    output=~/blcheck_blacklists.txt
+
+    # how many dig/host processes to run in parallel
+    # this can be a number of threads (6)
+    # or a percentage of cpu cores (75%)
+    j="75%"
 
     # How many tries and for how long to wait for DNS queries
     CONF_DNS_TRIES=2
@@ -822,7 +827,7 @@ passed_file=$(mktemp)
 invalid_file=$(mktemp)
 export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
 export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD white_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
-parallel -j 75% 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLACKLISTS}
+parallel -j $j 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLACKLISTS}
 
 # Print results
 if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then

From 3e21218a1a9a2aab3bbde2b26cb3c8486cbfa4e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:07:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/42] increase default job count to 2 per core

---
 blcheck | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index c0ba986..415e3ec 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     # how many dig/host processes to run in parallel
     # this can be a number of threads (6)
     # or a percentage of cpu cores (75%)
-    j="75%"
+    j="200%"
 
     # How many tries and for how long to wait for DNS queries
     CONF_DNS_TRIES=2

From bd858477ec359b641b72f594f0abd355e6939f3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:19:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/42] clean up output files, handle additional invalid
 counter inside parallel loop

---
 blcheck | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 415e3ec..d6e2ff3 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ parallel_check() {
             if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
-                echo "$BL" >> $invalid_file
+                echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $invalid_file
                 ERROR=TRUE
             fi
         fi
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ parallel_check() {
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s✓%s\n" "${CLEAR}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
             fi
-            echo "$BL" >> $passed_file
+            echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $passed_file
         fi;
 
     # Invalid response
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ parallel_check() {
             printf "%s%sinvalid response (%s)%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
             printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
         fi;
-        INVALID=$((INVALID + 1))
+        echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $invalid_file
 
     # matched
     else
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ parallel_check() {
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${RED}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-            echo "$BL" >> $failed_file
+            echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $failed_file
         else
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ parallel_check() {
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${GREEN}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-             echo "$BL" >> $white_file
+             echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $white_file
         fi
     fi
 }

From f0fda40705dc61d748f84e9aa7550b442855b892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:29:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/42] license update

---
 LICENSE | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 34d06ac..84b8cb2 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2018 Intellex
+Portions Copyright (c) 2018 Intellex
+Portions Copyright (c) 2020 Oliver Mueller
+Portions Copyright (c) 2020 Andrej Walilko
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

From 523c0a5336d9848232ce821b3fa0baf644d1bdd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <walilkoa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 10:31:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/42] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 32 ++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0568afb..728dde9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Script will use dig if it is found. If dig is not found script will use host.
 Features
 --------------------
 
-* More then __100 black lists__ already included!
+* More then __300 black lists__ already included!
 * Automatic distinction between __domain or IP__
 * Performs __PTR validation__ (only if domain is supplied, does not work for IP)
 * 3 verbose (-v) levels and a quiet (-q) mode
@@ -46,34 +46,10 @@ TODO
 --------------------
 1. Handle domains with multiple DNS entries.
 
-Licence
---------------------
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2018 Intellex
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
-
 Credits
 --------------------
 Script has been written by the [Intellex](http://intellex.rs/en) team.
-Contributors:
+Additional contributors:
 	[Darko Poljak](https://github.com/darko-poljak)
-
-
+	[Oliver Mueller](https://github.com/ogmueller)
+	[Andrej Walilko](https://github.com/ch604)

From 5488c8a3341f5abbe0a60ace85c8c8fa1c06c9ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 09:02:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/42] blacklist to blocklist

---
 README.md | 14 +++++------
 blcheck   | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0568afb..3d22ac8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # blcheck
 
-A powerful script for testing a domain or an IP against mailing black lists.
+A powerful script for testing a domain or an IP against mailing block lists and allow lists.
 Script will use dig if it is found. If dig is not found script will use host.
 
 
 Features
 --------------------
 
-* More then __100 black lists__ already included!
+* More then __300 block lists__ already included!
 * Automatic distinction between __domain or IP__
 * Performs __PTR validation__ (only if domain is supplied, does not work for IP)
 * 3 verbose (-v) levels and a quiet (-q) mode
-* The result of script is the number of servers which blacklisted the domain, so it can be used for any kind of __automated scripts or cronjobs__
+* The result of script is the number of servers which blocklisted the domain, so it can be used for any kind of __automated scripts or cronjobs__
 * Informative and pleasant output
 
 
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
 If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 
 -d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
--l file     Load blacklists from file, separated by space or new line
--c          Warn if the top level domain of the blacklist has expired
+-l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+-c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 -q          Quiet modem with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
-Result of the script is the number of blacklisted entries. So if the supplied
-IP is not blacklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
+Result of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
+IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
 
 
 TODO
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index d6e2ff3..a92bc2a 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # title             : blcheck
-# description       : Test any domain against more than 100 black lists.
+# description       : Test any domain against more than 100 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
 # date              : Jul 01 2020
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
 # =============================================================================
 
 # Config {
-    # where to log blacklist hits permanently if there are any
+    # where to log blocklist hits permanently if there are any
     # this file will be appended, not clobbered.
-    # format is ${TARGET}\n$blacklist1\n$blacklist2, etc
-    output=~/blcheck_blacklists.txt
+    # format is ${TARGET}\n$blocklist1\n$blocklist2, etc
+    output=~/blcheck_blocklists.txt
 
     # how many dig/host processes to run in parallel
     # this can be a number of threads (6)
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@
     # Example formats:
     # - General format
     #   {ip_or_domain}={filter}#{type}
-    # - IP based blacklist (default DNSBL, any valid return code will match)
-    #   black.list.com
-    # - IP based blacklist
-    #   black.list.com#DNSBL
-    # - IP based whitelist
-    #   white.list.com#DNSWL
-    # - URI based blacklist
+    # - IP based blocklist (default DNSBL, any valid return code will match)
+    #   block.list.com
+    # - IP based blocklist
+    #   block.list.com#DNSBL
+    # - IP based allowlist
+    #   allow.list.com#DNSWL
+    # - URI based blocklist
     #   uri.list.com#URIBL
     # - Regexp defined return code, only a match will qualify for list. Here it is 127.0.0.2 and 127.0.0.3
-    #   black.list.com=127\.0\.0\.[23]
-    # - Regexp defined return code for a URI based blacklist
-    #   black.list.com=127\.0\.[0-9]+\.0#URIBL
+    #   block.list.com=127\.0\.0\.[23]
+    # - Regexp defined return code for a URI based blocklist
+    #   block.list.com=127\.0\.[0-9]+\.0#URIBL
     CONF_BLACKLISTS="
         whitelist.rbl.ispa.at#DNSWL
         t3direct.dnsbl.net.au
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
         fi
     }
 
-    # Load the blacklist from file
+    # Load the blocklist from file
     loadBlacklists() {
 
         # Make sure the file is readable
@@ -528,15 +528,15 @@ Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
 If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 
 -d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
--l file     Load blacklists from file, separated by space or new line
--c          Warn if the top level domain of the blacklist has expired
+-l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+-c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 -q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
-Result of the script is the number of blacklisted entries. So if the supplied
-IP is not blacklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
+Result of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
+IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
 
 HELP
         exit;
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ else
     fi
 fi
 
-# Filter out the blacklists
+# Filter out the blocklists
 BLACKLISTS=""
 COUNT_DNSBL=0
 COUNT_DNSWL=0
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLACKLISTS}; do
                 esac
                 COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
 
-                # It is a proper blacklist
+                # It is a proper blocklist
                 if [[ "${BLACKLISTS}" ]]; then
                     BLACKLISTS=$(echo "${BLACKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
                 else
@@ -693,16 +693,16 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLACKLISTS}; do
     fi
 done
 
-# Make sure we have at least one blacklist
+# Make sure we have at least one blocklist
 if [[ "${COUNT}" -eq 0 ]]; then
-    error "No blacklists have been specified"
+    error "No blocklists have been specified"
 fi
 info 1 "Matching against ${COUNT} entries:"
-info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSBL} DNS blacklists"
-info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSWL} DNS whitelists"
-info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blacklists"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSBL} DNS blocklists"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_DNSWL} DNS allowlists"
+info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blocklists"
 
-# Iterate over all blacklists
+# Iterate over all blocklists
 
 parallel_check() {
     local PREFIX=
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ parallel_check() {
     # Get the status
     local RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
 
-    # Not blacklisted
+    # Not blocklisted
     if [[ -z "${RESPONSE}" ]]; then
 
         # Make sure the server is viable
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ parallel_check() {
         if [[ "${TYPE}" != "DNSWL" ]]; then
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
-                printf "%s%sblacklisted (%s)%s\n" "${RED}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
+                printf "%s%sblocklisted (%s)%s\n" "${RED}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
                 printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${RED}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
             elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
@@ -810,23 +810,23 @@ parallel_check() {
         else
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
-                printf "%s%swhitelisted (%s)%s\n" "${GREEN}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
+                printf "%s%sallowlisted (%s)%s\n" "${GREEN}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
                 printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${GREEN}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
             elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${GREEN}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-             echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $white_file
+             echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $allow_file
         fi
     fi
 }
 
-white_file=$(mktemp)
+allow_file=$(mktemp)
 failed_file=$(mktemp)
 passed_file=$(mktemp)
 invalid_file=$(mktemp)
 export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
-export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD white_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
 parallel -j $j 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLACKLISTS}
 
 # Print results
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     echo
     printf "%-15s" "Tested:";   echo "${COUNT}"
     printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}$(cat $passed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat $white_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat $allow_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}$(cat $invalid_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Blacklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
@@ -854,9 +854,9 @@ if [ $failed -gt 0 ]; then
 	cat $failed_file >> $output
 fi
 
-rm -f $passed_file $white_file $invalid_file $failed_file
+rm -f $passed_file $allow_file $invalid_file $failed_file
 
 unset -f parallel_check resolve text progress
-unset REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD white_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+unset REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
 
 exit "${failed}"

From 3a31fef49e9e83e66ac711d1a760f008f864a0e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@laptop.marvin.wks.liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:22:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 14/42] rhel/debian install support for parallel. error exit
 code increased so as not to conflict with rbl error output or ssh error
 output

---
 blcheck | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index a92bc2a..69fafdf 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # description       : Test any domain against more than 100 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : Jul 01 2020
-# version           : 0.7.5
+# date              : Sep 15 2020
+# version           : 0.7.6
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
     # Error handling
     error() {
         echo "ERROR: $1" >&2
-        exit 2
+        exit 254
     }
 
     # Show progress
@@ -568,14 +568,21 @@ TARGET=$1
 
 if [ ! $(which parallel 2> /dev/null) ]; then
 	echo "Parallel missing, trying to install..."
-	[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q install epel-release
-	yum -y -q install parallel
+	if [ $(which yum 2> /dev/null) ]; then
+		[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q install epel-release
+		yum -y -q install parallel
+	elif [ $(which dnf 2> /dev/null) ]; then
+		[ ! "$(dnf -q provides parallel)" ] && dnf -y -q install epel-release
+		dnf -y -q install parallel
+	else #assumed debian-like
+		apt-get -qq update
+		apt-get -y -q install parallel
+	fi
 	if [ "$(which parallel 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
 		mkdir ~/.parallel
 		touch ~/.parallel/will-cite
 	else
-		echo "Failed to install parallel, exiting."
-		exit 1
+		error "Failed to install parallel, exiting."
 	fi
 fi
 

From 41f022e9b528a9f4c92a744e5fa566753ea555cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 10:35:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 15/42] blacklists to blocklists

---
 blcheck | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 69fafdf..7586cd6 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     #   block.list.com=127\.0\.0\.[23]
     # - Regexp defined return code for a URI based blocklist
     #   block.list.com=127\.0\.[0-9]+\.0#URIBL
-    CONF_BLACKLISTS="
+    CONF_BLOCKLISTS="
         whitelist.rbl.ispa.at#DNSWL
         t3direct.dnsbl.net.au
         ucepn.dnsbl.net.au
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
         # reputation/scoring pages
         # score.senderscore.com
 
-    CONF_BLACKLISTS_TEST="
+    CONF_BLOCKLISTS_TEST="
         rbl.rbldns.ru
         rbl.rbldns.ru=127\.0\.0\.1
         rbl.rbldns.ru#DNSWL
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
             error "File $1 cannot be opened for reading, make sure it exists and that you have appropriate privileges"
         fi
 
-        CONF_BLACKLISTS=$(cat "$1")
+        CONF_BLOCKLISTS=$(cat "$1")
     }
 
     # Show help
@@ -650,12 +650,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Filter out the blocklists
-BLACKLISTS=""
+BLOCKLISTS=""
 COUNT_DNSBL=0
 COUNT_DNSWL=0
 COUNT_URIBL=0
 COUNT=0
-for BL in ${CONF_BLACKLISTS}; do
+for BL in ${CONF_BLOCKLISTS}; do
     if [[ "${BL}" ]]; then
         if [[ ${BL} =~ ${REGEX_LIST} ]]; then
             DOMAIN="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
@@ -687,10 +687,10 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLACKLISTS}; do
                 COUNT=$((COUNT + 1))
 
                 # It is a proper blocklist
-                if [[ "${BLACKLISTS}" ]]; then
-                    BLACKLISTS=$(echo "${BLACKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
+                if [[ "${BLOCKLISTS}" ]]; then
+                    BLOCKLISTS=$(echo "${BLOCKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
                 else
-                    BLACKLISTS="${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}"
+                    BLOCKLISTS="${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}"
                 fi
             fi
             fi
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ passed_file=$(mktemp)
 invalid_file=$(mktemp)
 export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
 export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
-parallel -j $j 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLACKLISTS}
+parallel -j $j 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLOCKLISTS}
 
 # Print results
 if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then

From e1f87b193f2832e3f6b55383c4843fb0c527f150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 10:35:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 16/42] blacklists to blocklists

---
 blcheck | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 7586cd6..fa3fb53 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     CONF_DNS_TRIES=2
     CONF_DNS_DURATION=3
 
-    # Blacklists to check
+    # blocklists to check
     # Example formats:
     # - General format
     #   {ip_or_domain}={filter}#{type}
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
     }
 
     # Load the blocklist from file
-    loadBlacklists() {
+    loadBlocklists() {
 
         # Make sure the file is readable
         if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ HELP
 while getopts :vqphcl:d: arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         d) DNSSERVER="${OPTARG}";;
-        l) loadBlacklists "${OPTARG}";;
+        l) loadBlocklists "${OPTARG}";;
         c) VERIFY_BL=TRUE;;
         v) VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1));;
         q) VERBOSE=-1;;
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}$(cat $passed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat $allow_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}$(cat $invalid_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Blacklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Blocklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
 

From 1353333ed1752b6618034e82fc4d13a3c733b0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:29:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 17/42] clean up comments

---
 blcheck | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index fa3fb53..5aedc75 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -419,16 +419,6 @@
 
     # Define spinner
     SPINNER="-\|/"
-    #SPINNER=".oO@*"
-    #SPINNER="▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉"
-    #SPINNER="←↖↑↗→↘↓↙"
-    #SPINNER="▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▇▆▅▄▃▁"
-    #SPINNER="▖▘▝▗"
-    #SPINNER="┤┘┴└├┌┬┐"
-    #SPINNER="◢◣◤◥"
-    #SPINNER="◰◳◲◱"
-    #SPINNER="◴◷◶◵"
-    #SPINNER="◐◓◑◒"
 
     VERBOSE=0
 

From ca778d1ef7dfe7d3717fd6e239f2389b24eba6f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:02:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 18/42] help text update

---
 README.md | 6 +++---
 blcheck   | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e4fc33..fb19c46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Features
 * Automatic distinction between __domain or IP__
 * Performs __PTR validation__ (only if domain is supplied, does not work for IP)
 * 3 verbose (-v) levels and a quiet (-q) mode
-* The result of script is the number of servers which blocklisted the domain, so it can be used for any kind of __automated scripts or cronjobs__
+* The exit code of script is the number of servers which blocklisted the domain, so it can be used for any kind of __automated scripts or cronjobs__
 * Informative and pleasant output
 
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
-Result of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
-IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
+Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
+IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the exit code is 0.
 
 
 TODO
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 5aedc75..f2c03bb 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
-Result of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
-IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the result is 0.
+Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
+IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the exit code is 0.
 
 HELP
         exit;

From 7e4c82eb99042ba527f7ddf082294438b28c553e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 08:53:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 19/42] help notes

---
 README.md | 3 ++-
 blcheck   | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb19c46..1937329 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 -q          Quiet modem with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
--p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
+-p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
+            for tee'd output to a text file)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
 Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index f2c03bb..c620bcd 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -522,7 +522,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 -q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
--p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status)
+-p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
+	    for tee'd output to a text file)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 
 Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied

From 5dee9e185f0b1a38329c27bff6d9ae3e916e51e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:58:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 20/42] integrate pull requests 30 and 31 from upstream

---
 blcheck | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index c620bcd..c3fb688 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # description       : Test any domain against more than 100 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : Sep 15 2020
-# version           : 0.7.6
+# date              : Dec 27 2024
+# version           : 0.7.7
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@
         bl.0spam.org
         nbl.0spam.org
         url.0spam.org
-        cbl.abuseat.org
         orvedb.aupads.org
         rsbl.aupads.org
         ips.backscatterer.org
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ parallel_check() {
         fi;
 
     # Invalid response
-    elif [[ ! "${RESPONSE}" =~ ${FILTER} ]]; then
+    elif [[ ! "${RESPONSE}" =~ ${FILTER} ]] || [[ ${RESPONSE:0:8} == "127.255." ]]; then
         if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
             if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
             printf "%s%sinvalid response (%s)%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";

From 4969ec1610648c3f6bf8023c6dbffaced58c8d21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias <git@tobis-page.de>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:49:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 21/42] Remove some no longe active blocklists

---
 README.md |  2 +-
 blcheck   | 45 ---------------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ac1c95..3f4ddcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Script will use dig if it is found. If dig is not found script will use host.
 Features
 --------------------
 
-* More then __300 block lists__ already included!
+* More then __280 block lists__ already included!
 * Automatic distinction between __domain or IP__
 * Performs __PTR validation__ (only if domain is supplied, does not work for IP)
 * 3 verbose (-v) levels and a quiet (-q) mode
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index c3fb688..6bbcf3c 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -161,14 +161,6 @@
         singular.ttk.pte.hu
         blacklist.netcore.co.in
         dnsbl.rv-soft.info
-        nana.bl.techtheft.info
-        other.bl.techtheft.info
-        robot.bl.techtheft.info
-        scanning.bl.techtheft.info
-        source.bl.techtheft.info
-        support.bl.techtheft.info
-        virus.bl.techtheft.info
-        watchlist.bl.techtheft.info
         db.wpbl.info
         rbl.jp
         spamlist.or.kr
@@ -206,7 +198,6 @@
         rep.mailspike.net
         wl.mailspike.net#DNSWL
         z.mailspike.net
-        ix.dnsbl.manitu.net
         combined.rbl.msrbl.net
         images.rbl.msrbl.net
         phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
@@ -221,37 +212,6 @@
         bl.scientificspam.net
         rhsbl.scientificspam.net
         korea.services.net
-        dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        block.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        exitnodes.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.dehttp.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        escalations.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        http.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        misc.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        new.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        noservers.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        old.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        problems.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        proxies.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        recent.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        relays.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        safe.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        smtp.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        socks.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        new.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        old.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        recent.spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        web.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        zombie.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        aspews.ext.sorbs.net
-        l1.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
-        l2.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
-        l3.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
-        l4.bbfh.ext.sorbs.net
-        rhsbl.sorbs.net
-        badconf.rhsbl.sorbs.net
-        nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net
         bl.spamcop.net
         backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net
         bl.spameatingmonkey.net
@@ -279,11 +239,6 @@
         dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
         dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
         dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
-        all.rbl.webiron.net
-        babl.rbl.webiron.net
-        cabl.rbl.webiron.net
-        crawler.rbl.webiron.net
-        stabl.rbl.webiron.net
         dnsbl.zapbl.net
         rhsbl.zapbl.net
         rbl.zenon.net

From ec90f98b6b5edc75c5eaa27d00a35fd100a66637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 10:58:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 22/42] shellchecking, bash and printf efficiencies

---
 blcheck | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index c3fb688..02eee45 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2317
 
 # =============================================================================
 #
@@ -381,6 +382,7 @@
         # reputation/scoring pages
         # score.senderscore.com
 
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2034
     CONF_BLOCKLISTS_TEST="
         rbl.rbldns.ru
         rbl.rbldns.ru=127\.0\.0\.1
@@ -443,8 +445,9 @@
     progress() {
 
         # Bar
-        local x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
-        local BAR=$(echo ${SPINNER} | awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }")
+	local x BAR
+        x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
+        BAR=$(awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }" <<< "${SPINNER}")
         if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
             printf "\r ";
         fi
@@ -457,7 +460,8 @@
     resolve() {
 
         # IP already?
-        local IP=$(echo "$1" | grep "^${REGEX_IP}$")
+        local IP
+	IP=$(grep -E "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -471,8 +475,8 @@
             esac
 
             case "${CMD}" in
-                ${CMD_DIG} ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
-                ${CMD_HOST} ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX}";;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -480,7 +484,8 @@
     # Result info for IP
     text() {
         # IP already?
-        local IP=$(echo "$1" | grep "^${REGEX_IP}$")
+        local IP
+	IP=$(grep -E "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ -n "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -489,8 +494,8 @@
 
             local TYPE="txt"
             case "${CMD}" in
-                ${CMD_DIG} ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ;;
-                ${CMD_HOST} ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 ;;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time="${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" +tries="${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" ;;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W "${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" -R "${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 ;;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -556,19 +561,19 @@ if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
 fi
 TARGET=$1
 
-if [ ! $(which parallel 2> /dev/null) ]; then
+if ! which parallel &> /dev/null; then
 	echo "Parallel missing, trying to install..."
-	if [ $(which yum 2> /dev/null) ]; then
-		[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q install epel-release
-		yum -y -q install parallel
-	elif [ $(which dnf 2> /dev/null) ]; then
-		[ ! "$(dnf -q provides parallel)" ] && dnf -y -q install epel-release
-		dnf -y -q install parallel
+	if which yum &> /dev/null; then
+		[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
+		yum -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
+	elif which dnf &> /dev/null; then
+		[ ! "$(dnf -q provides parallel)" ] && dnf -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
+		dnf -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
 	else #assumed debian-like
 		apt-get -qq update
 		apt-get -y -q install parallel
 	fi
-	if [ "$(which parallel 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+	if which parallel &> /dev/null; then
 		mkdir ~/.parallel
 		touch ~/.parallel/will-cite
 	else
@@ -618,8 +623,8 @@ info 3 "Using ${REVERSED} for reversed IP"
 # Get the PTR
 info 3 "Checking the PTR record"
 case "${CMD}" in
-    ${CMD_DIG} ) PTR=$("${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
-    ${CMD_HOST} ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
+    "${CMD_DIG}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
+    "${CMD_HOST}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
 esac
 
 # Validate PTR
@@ -661,7 +666,8 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLOCKLISTS}; do
             fi
 
             # Make sure the domain is a proper one
-            TMP=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep ^"${REGEX_DOMAIN}"$)
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2001
+            TMP=$(sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' <<< "${DOMAIN}" | grep -E ^"${REGEX_DOMAIN}"$)
             if [[ -z "${TMP}" ]]; then
                info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: domain '${DOMAIN}' is not valid and will be ignored${CLEAR}"
 
@@ -678,7 +684,7 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLOCKLISTS}; do
 
                 # It is a proper blocklist
                 if [[ "${BLOCKLISTS}" ]]; then
-                    BLOCKLISTS=$(echo "${BLOCKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
+                    BLOCKLISTS=$(echo -e "${BLOCKLISTS}\n${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}")
                 else
                     BLOCKLISTS="${DOMAIN}=${FILTER}#${TYPE}"
                 fi
@@ -736,8 +742,8 @@ parallel_check() {
     if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
 
         # Show percentage
-        local STATUS=$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))
-        STATUS="${STATUS}% "
+        local STATUS
+	STATUS="$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))% "
 
         # Show additional info
         if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 3 ]]; then
@@ -758,7 +764,8 @@ parallel_check() {
     fi
 
     # Get the status
-    local RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
+    local RESPONSE
+    RESPONSE=$(resolve "${TEST}")
 
     # Not blocklisted
     if [[ -z "${RESPONSE}" ]]; then
@@ -766,11 +773,12 @@ parallel_check() {
         # Make sure the server is viable
         local ERROR=""
         if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" ]]; then
-            local TDL=$(echo "${DOMAIN}" | grep -om 1 '\([a-zA-Z0-9]\+\(-[a-zA-Z0-9]\+\)*\.\)[a-zA-Z]\{2,\}$')
+            local TDL
+	    TDL=$(grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX_TDL}" <<< "${DOMAIN}")
             if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
-                echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $invalid_file
+                echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> "$invalid_file"
                 ERROR=TRUE
             fi
         fi
@@ -780,40 +788,40 @@ parallel_check() {
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%s✓%s\n" "${CLEAR}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
             fi
-            echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $passed_file
+            cut -d= -f1 <<< "$BL" >> "$passed_file"
         fi;
 
     # Invalid response
     elif [[ ! "${RESPONSE}" =~ ${FILTER} ]] || [[ ${RESPONSE:0:8} == "127.255." ]]; then
         if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
-            if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+            [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]] && printf "\r"
             printf "%s%sinvalid response (%s)%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
             printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
         fi;
-        echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $invalid_file
+        cut -d= -f1 <<< "$BL" >> "$invalid_file"
 
     # matched
     else
         if [[ "${TYPE}" != "DNSWL" ]]; then
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
-                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]] && printf "\r"
                 printf "%s%sblocklisted (%s)%s\n" "${RED}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
                 printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${RED}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
             elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
-                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
+                [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]] && printf "\r%60s\r" " "
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${RED}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-            echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $failed_file
+            cut -d= -f1 <<< "$BL" >> "$failed_file"
         else
             if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 1 ]]; then
-                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
+                [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]] && printf "\r"
                 printf "%s%sallowlisted (%s)%s\n" "${GREEN}" "${PREFIX}" "${RESPONSE}" "${CLEAR}";
                 printf "%s%${#PREFIX}s%s%s\n" "${GREEN}" "TXT: " "$(text "${TEST}")" "${CLEAR}";
             elif [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
-                if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r                                                          "; printf "\r"; fi
+                [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]] && printf "\r%60s\r" " "
                 printf "%s%s%s : %s\n" "${GREEN}" "${DOMAIN}" "${CLEAR}" "${RESPONSE}"
             fi
-             echo "$BL" | cut -d= -f1 >> $allow_file
+            cut -d= -f1 <<< "$BL" >> "$allow_file"
         fi
     fi
 }
@@ -823,10 +831,12 @@ failed_file=$(mktemp)
 passed_file=$(mktemp)
 invalid_file=$(mktemp)
 export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
-export REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
-parallel -j $j 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLOCKLISTS}
+export REGEX_LIST REGEX_TDL REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+parallel -j "$j" 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLOCKLISTS}
 
 # Print results
+# shellcheck disable=SC2002
 if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
         printf "\r                                                    \n"
@@ -837,23 +847,24 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     echo Results for "${TARGET}"
     echo
     printf "%-15s" "Tested:";   echo "${COUNT}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}$(cat $passed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat $allow_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}$(cat $invalid_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
-    printf "%-15s" "Blocklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Passed:";   echo "${GREEN}$(cat "$passed_file" | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Whitelisted:";  echo "${GREEN}$(cat "$allow_file" | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Invalid:";  echo "${YELLOW}$(cat "$invalid_file" | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
+    printf "%-15s" "Blocklisted:";  echo "${RED}$(cat "$failed_file" | wc -l)${CLEAR}"
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
 
-failed=$(cat $failed_file | wc -l)
-if [ $failed -gt 0 ]; then
+# shellcheck disable=SC2002
+failed=$(cat "$failed_file" | wc -l)
+if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
 	touch $output
-	echo ${TARGET} >> $output
-	cat $failed_file >> $output
+	echo "${TARGET}" >> $output
+	cat "$failed_file" >> $output
 fi
 
-rm -f $passed_file $allow_file $invalid_file $failed_file
+rm -f "$passed_file" "$allow_file" "$invalid_file" "$failed_file"
 
 unset -f parallel_check resolve text progress
-unset REGEX_LIST REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
+unset REGEX_LIST REGEX_TDL REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
 
 exit "${failed}"

From cf47519de3012b39516acc38ecb94302a7eab489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 10:59:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 23/42] allow cli adjustment of parallelism

---
 blcheck | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 02eee45..42e8a75 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -515,32 +515,35 @@
 
     # Show help
     showHelp() {
-        cat <<HELP
-blcheck [options] <domain_or_IP>
-
-Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
-If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
-
--d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
--l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
--c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
--v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
--q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
--p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
-	    for tee'd output to a text file)
--h          The help you are just reading
-
-Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
-IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the exit code is 0.
-
-HELP
+        cat <<-HELP
+		blcheck [options] <domain_or_IP>
+
+		Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
+		If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
+
+		-d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
+		-l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+		-c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
+		-v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
+		-q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
+		-p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
+			    for tee'd output to a text file)
+		-j num	    The number of parallel processes to use (default is 200%, or
+			    2x system core count. See \`man parallel\` for details.)
+		-h          The help you are just reading
+
+		Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
+		IP is not blocklisted on any of the servers the exit code is 0. If there are five
+		blocklist hits, then the exit code is 5.
+
+	HELP
         exit;
     }
 
 #~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ }
 
 # Parse the params
-while getopts :vqphcl:d: arg; do
+while getopts :vqphcj:l:d: arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         d) DNSSERVER="${OPTARG}";;
         l) loadBlocklists "${OPTARG}";;
@@ -549,6 +552,7 @@ while getopts :vqphcl:d: arg; do
         q) VERBOSE=-1;;
         p) PLAIN=1 RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" CLEAR="" ;;
         h) showHelp;;
+	j) j="${OPTARG}";;
         ?) error "Unknown option ${OPTARG}";;
     esac
 done

From 0377c6eacbb266bc83f072e6509eca694e7b465a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 24/42] version increment

---
 blcheck | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 42e8a75..8fbda51 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # description       : Test any domain against more than 100 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : Dec 27 2024
-# version           : 0.7.7
+# date              : May 28 2025
+# version           : 0.8.0
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml

From a3583de0fc0f6181ec585a5498d747780da02b39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <walilkoa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 11:01:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 25/42] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ac1c95..0c2956f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 -q          Quiet modem with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
 -p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
             for tee'd output to a text file)
+-j num	    The number of parallel processes to use (default is 200%, or
+	    2x system core count. See `man parallel` for details.)
 -h          The help you are just reading
 </pre>
 

From a29fac9639ec074da21d8ae4af3770058bfbc4ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:09:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 26/42] too much e

---
 blcheck | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 8fbda51..b5697e1 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 
         # IP already?
         local IP
-	IP=$(grep -E "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
+	IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@
             esac
 
             case "${CMD}" in
-                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX}";;
-                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
     text() {
         # IP already?
         local IP
-	IP=$(grep -E "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
+	IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ -n "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLOCKLISTS}; do
 
             # Make sure the domain is a proper one
             # shellcheck disable=SC2001
-            TMP=$(sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' <<< "${DOMAIN}" | grep -E ^"${REGEX_DOMAIN}"$)
+            TMP=$(sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' <<< "${DOMAIN}" | grep ^"${REGEX_DOMAIN}"$)
             if [[ -z "${TMP}" ]]; then
                info 0 "${YELLOW}Warning: domain '${DOMAIN}' is not valid and will be ignored${CLEAR}"
 
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ parallel_check() {
         local ERROR=""
         if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" ]]; then
             local TDL
-	    TDL=$(grep -Eom 1 "${REGEX_TDL}" <<< "${DOMAIN}")
+	    TDL=$(grep -om 1 "${REGEX_TDL}" <<< "${DOMAIN}")
             if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";

From 45426e06dfe68e979020afea68a99d7d8fdb7f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:12:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 27/42] unneeded quoting

---
 blcheck | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index b5697e1..ec2247b 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@
             esac
 
             case "${CMD}" in
-                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
-                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ info 3 "Using ${REVERSED} for reversed IP"
 # Get the PTR
 info 3 "Checking the PTR record"
 case "${CMD}" in
-    "${CMD_DIG}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
-    "${CMD_HOST}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
+    "${CMD_DIG}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
+    "${CMD_HOST}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)
 esac
 
 # Validate PTR

From cd4d5bd62231d5bc0b919adfcd1d7fe72e9eb8d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 09:13:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 28/42] shellcheck ignores

---
 blcheck | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index ec2247b..54375c4 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@
                    * ) TYPE="a";  REGEX="${REGEX_IP}$";;
             esac
 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
             case "${CMD}" in
                 "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
                 "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ info 3 "Using ${REVERSED} for reversed IP"
 
 # Get the PTR
 info 3 "Checking the PTR record"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
 case "${CMD}" in
     "${CMD_DIG}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -x "${IP}" | sed s/\.$//);;
     "${CMD_HOST}" ) PTR=$("${CMD}" "${IP}" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -o '[^ ]\+$' | sed s/\.$//)

From ee9f24e773e53e7be7a3ac52142e1055bba114e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:53:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 29/42] shellcheck

---
 blcheck | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index f31ead4..f3210cd 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -397,10 +397,11 @@
     }
 
     # Show progress
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2329
     progress() {
 
         # Bar
-	local x BAR
+    local x BAR
         x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
         BAR=$(awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }" <<< "${SPINNER}")
         if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@
 
         # IP already?
         local IP
-	IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
+        IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -438,10 +439,11 @@
     }
 
     # Result info for IP
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2329
     text() {
         # IP already?
         local IP
-	IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
+        IP=$(grep "^${REGEX_IP}$" <<< "$1")
         if [[ -n "${IP}" ]]; then
             echo "${IP}"
 
@@ -483,9 +485,9 @@
 		-v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 		-q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
 		-p          Plain text output (no coloring, no interactive status, useful
-			    for tee'd output to a text file)
-		-j num	    The number of parallel processes to use (default is 200%, or
-			    2x system core count. See \`man parallel\` for details.)
+		            for tee'd output to a text file)
+		-j num      The number of parallel processes to use (default is 200%, or
+		            2x system core count. See \`man parallel\` for details.)
 		-h          The help you are just reading
 
 		Exit code of the script is the number of blocklisted entries. So if the supplied
@@ -508,7 +510,7 @@ while getopts :vqphcj:l:d: arg; do
         q) VERBOSE=-1;;
         p) PLAIN=1 RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" CLEAR="" ;;
         h) showHelp;;
-	j) j="${OPTARG}";;
+        j) j="${OPTARG}";;
         ?) error "Unknown option ${OPTARG}";;
     esac
 done
@@ -522,23 +524,23 @@ fi
 TARGET=$1
 
 if ! which parallel &> /dev/null; then
-	echo "Parallel missing, trying to install..."
-	if which yum &> /dev/null; then
-		[ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
-		yum -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
-	elif which dnf &> /dev/null; then
-		[ ! "$(dnf -q provides parallel)" ] && dnf -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
-		dnf -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
-	else #assumed debian-like
-		apt-get -qq update
-		apt-get -y -q install parallel
-	fi
-	if which parallel &> /dev/null; then
-		mkdir ~/.parallel
-		touch ~/.parallel/will-cite
-	else
-		error "Failed to install parallel, exiting."
-	fi
+    echo "Parallel missing, trying to install..."
+    if which yum &> /dev/null; then
+        [ ! "$(yum -q provides parallel)" ] && yum -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
+        yum -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
+    elif which dnf &> /dev/null; then
+        [ ! "$(dnf -q provides parallel)" ] && dnf -y -q --skip-broken install epel-release
+        dnf -y -q --skip-broken install parallel
+    else #assumed debian-like
+        apt-get -qq update
+        apt-get -y -q install parallel
+    fi
+    if which parallel &> /dev/null; then
+        mkdir ~/.parallel
+        touch ~/.parallel/will-cite
+    else
+        error "Failed to install parallel, exiting."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Some shells disable parsing backslash in echo statements by default
@@ -668,6 +670,7 @@ info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blocklists"
 
 # Iterate over all blocklists
 
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329
 parallel_check() {
     local PREFIX=
     local I=$1
@@ -704,7 +707,7 @@ parallel_check() {
 
         # Show percentage
         local STATUS
-	STATUS="$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))% "
+        STATUS="$(printf " %3s" $((I * 100 / COUNT)))% "
 
         # Show additional info
         if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 3 ]]; then
@@ -735,7 +738,7 @@ parallel_check() {
         local ERROR=""
         if [[ "${VERIFY_BL}" ]]; then
             local TDL
-	    TDL=$(grep -om 1 "${REGEX_TDL}" <<< "${DOMAIN}")
+            TDL=$(grep -om 1 "${REGEX_TDL}" <<< "${DOMAIN}")
             if [[ ! "$(resolve "${TDL}" ns)" ]]; then
                 if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then printf "\r"; fi
                 printf "%s%sUnreachable server%s\n" "${YELLOW}" "${PREFIX}" "${CLEAR}";
@@ -818,9 +821,9 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC2002
 failed=$(cat "$failed_file" | wc -l)
 if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
-	touch $output
-	echo "${TARGET}" >> $output
-	cat "$failed_file" >> $output
+    touch $output
+    echo "${TARGET}" >> $output
+    cat "$failed_file" >> $output
 fi
 
 rm -f "$passed_file" "$allow_file" "$invalid_file" "$failed_file"

From 3f2b5852268e48c7f562565c738d5cfab87ce1e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 10:01:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 30/42] allow output direction to different file by optarg

---
 blcheck | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index f3210cd..c70c51e 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 # =============================================================================
 #
 # title             : blcheck
-# description       : Test any domain against more than 100 blocklists.
+# description       : Test any domain against more than 200 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : May 28 2025
-# version           : 0.8.0
+# date              : Feb 04 2026
+# version           : 0.8.1
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
@@ -474,13 +474,15 @@
     # Show help
     showHelp() {
         cat <<-HELP
+		Test any domain against more than 200 blocklists.
 		blcheck [options] <domain_or_IP>
 
 		Supplied domain must be full qualified domain name.
 		If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 
 		-d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
-		-l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+		-l filename Load blocklists from filename, separated by space or new line
+		-o filename Write results to filename instead of ~/blcheck_blocklists.txt
 		-c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 		-v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 		-q          Quiet mode with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
@@ -501,7 +503,7 @@
 #~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ }
 
 # Parse the params
-while getopts :vqphcj:l:d: arg; do
+while getopts :vqphcj:l:d:o: arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         d) DNSSERVER="${OPTARG}";;
         l) loadBlocklists "${OPTARG}";;
@@ -510,6 +512,7 @@ while getopts :vqphcj:l:d: arg; do
         q) VERBOSE=-1;;
         p) PLAIN=1 RED="" GREEN="" YELLOW="" CLEAR="" ;;
         h) showHelp;;
+        o) output="${OPTARG}";;
         j) j="${OPTARG}";;
         ?) error "Unknown option ${OPTARG}";;
     esac

From dc8b20bcd16f5b49ba09c5529c0d2a3b1c8074a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:48:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 31/42] clarify a few uri/wl types, add sorbs and lashback

---
 README.md |  3 ++-
 blcheck   | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index abb47f1..50ff837 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 
 <pre>
 -d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
--l file     Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+-l filename Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+-o filename Write results to filename instead of ~/blcheck_blocklists.txt
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
 -q          Quiet modem with absolutely no output (useful for scripts)
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index c70c51e..18c082a 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@
         rbl2.triumf.ca
         wbl.triumf.ca#DNSWL
         ipbl.zeustracker.abuse.ch
-        uribl.zeustracker.abuse.ch
+        uribl.zeustracker.abuse.ch#URIBL
         spamrbl.imp.ch
         wormrbl.imp.ch
         rbl.lugh.ch
         dnsrbl.swinog.ch
-        uribl.swinog.ch
+        uribl.swinog.ch#URIBL
         blacklist.woody.ch
         ipv6.blacklist.woody.ch
-        uri.blacklist.woody.ch
+        uri.blacklist.woody.ch#URIBL
         block.ascams.com
         superblock.ascams.com
         rbl.blockedservers.com
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         0spamurl.fusionzero.com
         accredit.habeas.com
         hil.habeas.com
-        hul.habeas.com
+        hul.habeas.com#DNSWL
         sa-accredit.habeas.com
         sohul.habeas.com
         blacklist.hostkarma.com
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         all.spam-rbl.fr
         pofon.foobar.hu
         ispmx.pofon.foobar.hu
-        uribl.pofon.foobar.hu
+        uribl.pofon.foobar.hu#URIBL
         singular.ttk.pte.hu
         blacklist.netcore.co.in
         dnsbl.rv-soft.info
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@
         rbl.blakjak.net
         dul.blackhole.cantv.net
         hog.blackhole.cantv.net
-        rhsbl.blackhole.cantv.net
+        rhsbl.blackhole.cantv.net#URIBL
         rot.blackhole.cantv.net
         spam.blackhole.cantv.net
         rbl.choon.net
         ipv6.rbl.choon.net
-        rwl.choon.net
-        ipv6.rwl.choon.net
+        rwl.choon.net#DNSWL
+        ipv6.rwl.choon.net#DNSWL
         dnsbl.cyberlogic.net
         fnrbl.fast.net
         truncate.gbudb.net
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
         dnsbl.kempt.net
         spamguard.leadmon.net
         niprbl.mailcleaner.net
-        uribl.mailcleaner.net
+        uribl.mailcleaner.net#URIBL
         dnsbl.mailshell.net
         bl.mailspike.net
         rep.mailspike.net
@@ -206,25 +206,25 @@
         virus.rbl.msrbl.net
         web.rbl.msrbl.net
         relays.nether.net
-        trusted.nether.net
+        trusted.nether.net#DNSWL
         unsure.nether.net
         dul.pacifier.net
         all.s5h.net
         bl.scientificspam.net
-        rhsbl.scientificspam.net
+        rhsbl.scientificspam.net#URIBL
         korea.services.net
         bl.spamcop.net
         backscatter.spameatingmonkey.net
         bl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        fresh.spameatingmonkey.net
-        fresh10.spameatingmonkey.net
-        fresh15.spameatingmonkey.net
-        fresh30.spameatingmonkey.net
-        freshzero.spameatingmonkey.net
+        fresh.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
+        fresh10.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
+        fresh15.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
+        fresh30.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
+        freshzero.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
         bl.ipv6.spameatingmonkey.net
         netbl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        uribl.spameatingmonkey.net
-        urired.spameatingmonkey.net
+        uribl.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
+        urired.spameatingmonkey.net#URIBL
         bsb.spamlookup.net
         dnsbl.spfbl.net
         score.spfbl.net
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
         dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
         dnsbl.zapbl.net
-        rhsbl.zapbl.net
+        rhsbl.zapbl.net#URIBL
         rbl.zenon.net
         dnsbl.beetjevreemd.nl
         bitonly.dnsbl.bit.nl
@@ -251,8 +251,9 @@
         blackholes.tepucom.nl
         bl.konstant.no
         bl.0spam.org
+        wl.0spam.org#DNSWL
         nbl.0spam.org
-        url.0spam.org
+        url.0spam.org#URIBL
         orvedb.aupads.org
         rsbl.aupads.org
         ips.backscatterer.org
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@
         rbl.schulte.org
         sbl.spamdown.org
         dbl.spamhaus.org#URIBL
-        vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
+        _vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
         pbl.spamhaus.org
         sbl.spamhaus.org
         sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
@@ -299,9 +300,13 @@
         xbl.spamhaus.org
         zen.spamhaus.org
         abuse.surbl.org
+        abuse.surbl.org#URIBL
         cr.surbl.org
+        ct.surbl.org
         multi.surbl.org
+        multi.surbl.org#URIBL
         mw.surbl.org
+        ph.surbl.org
         dnsbl.tornevall.org
         opm.tornevall.org
         free.v4bl.org
@@ -314,9 +319,9 @@
         lblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
         rblip4.rbl.polspam.pl
         rblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
-        rhsbl.rbl.polspam.pl
+        rhsbl.rbl.polspam.pl#URIBL
         rbl.abuse.ro
-        uribl.abuse.ro
+        uribl.abuse.ro#URIBL
         vote.drbl.caravan.ru
         work.drbl.caravan.ru
         vote.drbl.gremlin.ru
@@ -324,14 +329,20 @@
         dul.dnsbl.sorbs.netdul.ru
         bl.shlink.orgdul.ru
         dnsbl.rymsho.ru
-        rhsbl.rymsho.ru
+        rhsbl.rymsho.ru#URIBL
         netblockbl.spamgrouper.to
         dnsbl.mcu.edu.tw
         dnsbl.net.ua
         rbl.fasthosts.co.uk
         torexit.dan.me.uk
         bsb.empty.us
-        88.blocklist.zap"
+        88.blocklist.zap
+        dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
+        nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
+        badconf.rhsbl.xorbs.net#URIBL
+        ubl.lashback.com"
 
 
         # reputation/scoring pages
@@ -824,9 +835,9 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC2002
 failed=$(cat "$failed_file" | wc -l)
 if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
-    touch $output
-    echo "${TARGET}" >> $output
-    cat "$failed_file" >> $output
+    touch "$output"
+    echo "${TARGET}" >> "$output"
+    cat "$failed_file" >> "$output"
 fi
 
 rm -f "$passed_file" "$allow_file" "$invalid_file" "$failed_file"

From b4fdc135720c54dc034e5a7670d620a20c6e4735 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:49:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 32/42] add a quick_list of top ~75 ip4-only bl's, like
 mxt____ox uses

---
 quick_list.txt | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 quick_list.txt

diff --git a/quick_list.txt b/quick_list.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e4b7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quick_list.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+rbl2.triumf.ca
+spamrbl.imp.ch
+wormrbl.imp.ch
+dnsrbl.swinog.ch
+blacklist.woody.ch
+dnsbl.cobion.com
+bogons.cymru.com
+v4.fullbogons.cymru.com
+blacklist.hostkarma.com
+cidr.bl.mcafee.com
+hil.habeas.com
+dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
+bl.nordspam.com
+bl.score.senderscore.com
+all.spamrats.com
+dyna.spamrats.com
+noptr.spamrats.com
+spam.spamrats.com
+spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
+bl.blocklist.de
+spamsources.fabel.dk
+rbl.jp
+blacklist.mail.ops.asp.att.net
+blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net
+blacklist.mailrelay.att.net
+rbl.interserver.net
+dnsbl.kempt.net
+bl.mailspike.net
+z.mailspike.net
+combined.rbl.msrbl.net
+phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
+spam.rbl.msrbl.net
+relays.nether.net
+unsure.nether.net
+all.s5h.net
+korea.services.net
+bl.spamcop.net
+bl.spameatingmonkey.net
+netbl.spameatingmonkey.net
+dnsbl.spfbl.net
+score.spfbl.net
+psbl.surriel.com
+bl.suomispam.net
+gl.suomispam.net
+dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
+dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
+dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
+dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
+dnsbl.zapbl.net
+bl.konstant.no
+bl.0spam.org
+nbl.0spam.org
+ips.backscatterer.org
+b.barracudacentral.org
+bb.barracudacentral.org
+bl.drmx.org
+dnsbl.dronebl.org
+dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
+mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
+bl.nosolicitado.org
+bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
+rbl.schulte.org
+pbl.spamhaus.org
+sbl.spamhaus.org
+sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
+xbl.spamhaus.org
+zen.spamhaus.org
+multi.surbl.org
+dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
+forbidden.icm.edu.pl
+torexit.dan.me.uk
+88.blocklist.zap
+dnsbl.sorbs.net
+ubl.lashback.com

From 5acb940bd65ba9665f508a7d8daee97424333938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:49:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 33/42] version increment

---
 blcheck | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 18c082a..a49ccf1 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # description       : Test any domain against more than 200 blocklists.
 # author            : Intellex
 # contributors      : Darko Poljak, Oliver Mueller, Andrej Walilko
-# date              : Feb 04 2026
-# version           : 0.8.1
+# date              : Apr 23 2026
+# version           : 0.8.2
 # usage             : blcheck [options] <domain_or_ip>
 # reference         : http://multirbl.valli.org/list/
 # code style        : https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml

From 3d655306aa1b18959d629b3a99cd54e58fde0b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:24:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 34/42] remove some dead rbls, fix some quoting issues

---
 blcheck | 25 ++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index a49ccf1..b7b60c1 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
         mailsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
         urlsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
         dynip.rothen.com
-        blackholes.scconsult.com
         reputation-domain.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
         reputation-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
         reputation-ns.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
@@ -263,7 +262,6 @@
         plus.bondedsender.org
         query.bondedsender.org
         dnsblchile.org
-        dnsrbl.org
         dwl.dnswl.org#DNSWL
         list.dnswl.org#DNSWL
         bl.drmx.org
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@
         bl.mailspike.org
         bl.nosolicitado.org
         bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
-        dnsbl.openresolvers.org
         spam.pedantic.org
         access.redhawk.org
         abuse.rfc-clueless.org
@@ -290,23 +287,16 @@
         whois.rfc-clueless.org
         public.sarbl.org
         rbl.schulte.org
-        sbl.spamdown.org
         dbl.spamhaus.org#URIBL
-        _vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
+        vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
         pbl.spamhaus.org
         sbl.spamhaus.org
         sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
         swl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
         xbl.spamhaus.org
         zen.spamhaus.org
-        abuse.surbl.org
-        abuse.surbl.org#URIBL
-        cr.surbl.org
-        ct.surbl.org
         multi.surbl.org
         multi.surbl.org#URIBL
-        mw.surbl.org
-        ph.surbl.org
         dnsbl.tornevall.org
         opm.tornevall.org
         free.v4bl.org
@@ -330,7 +320,7 @@
         bl.shlink.orgdul.ru
         dnsbl.rymsho.ru
         rhsbl.rymsho.ru#URIBL
-        netblockbl.spamgrouper.to
+        singlebl.spamgrouper.to
         dnsbl.mcu.edu.tw
         dnsbl.net.ua
         rbl.fasthosts.co.uk
@@ -443,8 +433,8 @@
 
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
             case "${CMD}" in
-                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time=${CONF_DNS_DURATION} +tries=${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
-                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W ${CONF_DNS_DURATION} -R ${CONF_DNS_TRIES} "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time="${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" +tries="${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W "${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" -R "${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 | grep -om 1 "${REGEX}";;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -462,9 +452,10 @@
         else
 
             local TYPE="txt"
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2086
             case "${CMD}" in
-                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" "${DNSSERVER}" +short -t "${TYPE}" +time="${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" +tries="${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" ;;
-                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W "${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" -R "${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" "${DNSSERVER}" | tail -n1 ;;
+                "${CMD_DIG}" ) "${CMD}" ${DNSSERVER} +short -t "${TYPE}" +time="${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" +tries="${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" ;;
+                "${CMD_HOST}" ) "${CMD}" -t "${TYPE}" -W "${CONF_DNS_DURATION}" -R "${CONF_DNS_TRIES}" "$1" ${DNSSERVER} | tail -n1 ;;
             esac
         fi
     }
@@ -650,7 +641,7 @@ for BL in ${CONF_BLOCKLISTS}; do
 
             else
                 if [[ "${TARGET_TYPE}" == 'ip' && "${TYPE}" == 'URIBL' ]]; then
-                    info 0 "${GREEN}Notice: URIBL entry '${DOMAIN}' will be ignore, because ${TARGET} is an IP address${CLEAR}"
+                    info 1 "${GREEN}Notice: URIBL entry '${DOMAIN}' will be ignore, because ${TARGET} is an IP address${CLEAR}"
                 else
                 case "${TYPE}" in
                     "DNSBL") COUNT_DNSBL=$((COUNT_DNSBL + 1)) ;;

From 062aa5f5a82091402b3db8c281230575b23dbef7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:46:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 35/42] integrate quicklist into blcheck with -x option
 (x-pedient)

---
 .shellcheckrc  |   2 +
 blcheck        | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 quick_list.txt |  74 -----------------------------------
 3 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .shellcheckrc
 delete mode 100644 quick_list.txt

diff --git a/.shellcheckrc b/.shellcheckrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a37254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.shellcheckrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+shell=bash
+disable=SC2317,SC2329,SC2002
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index b7b60c1..f18963a 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# shellcheck disable=SC2317
 
 # =============================================================================
 #
@@ -338,6 +337,83 @@
         # reputation/scoring pages
         # score.senderscore.com
 
+    CONF_QUICKLISTS="
+        rbl2.triumf.ca
+        spamrbl.imp.ch
+        wormrbl.imp.ch
+        dnsrbl.swinog.ch
+        blacklist.woody.ch
+        dnsbl.cobion.com
+        bogons.cymru.com
+        v4.fullbogons.cymru.com
+        blacklist.hostkarma.com
+        cidr.bl.mcafee.com
+        hil.habeas.com
+        dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
+        bl.nordspam.com
+        bl.score.senderscore.com
+        all.spamrats.com
+        dyna.spamrats.com
+        noptr.spamrats.com
+        spam.spamrats.com
+        spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
+        bl.blocklist.de
+        spamsources.fabel.dk
+        rbl.jp
+        blacklist.mail.ops.asp.att.net
+        blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net
+        blacklist.mailrelay.att.net
+        rbl.interserver.net
+        dnsbl.kempt.net
+        bl.mailspike.net
+        z.mailspike.net
+        combined.rbl.msrbl.net
+        phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
+        spam.rbl.msrbl.net
+        relays.nether.net
+        unsure.nether.net
+        all.s5h.net
+        korea.services.net
+        bl.spamcop.net
+        bl.spameatingmonkey.net
+        netbl.spameatingmonkey.net
+        dnsbl.spfbl.net
+        score.spfbl.net
+        psbl.surriel.com
+        bl.suomispam.net
+        gl.suomispam.net
+        dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
+        dnsbl.zapbl.net
+        bl.konstant.no
+        bl.0spam.org
+        nbl.0spam.org
+        ips.backscatterer.org
+        b.barracudacentral.org
+        bb.barracudacentral.org
+        bl.drmx.org
+        dnsbl.dronebl.org
+        dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
+        mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
+        bl.nosolicitado.org
+        bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
+        rbl.schulte.org
+        pbl.spamhaus.org
+        sbl.spamhaus.org
+        sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
+        xbl.spamhaus.org
+        zen.spamhaus.org
+        multi.surbl.org
+        dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
+        forbidden.icm.edu.pl
+        torexit.dan.me.uk
+        88.blocklist.zap
+        dnsbl.sorbs.net
+        ubl.lashback.com
+        "
+
     # shellcheck disable=SC2034
     CONF_BLOCKLISTS_TEST="
         rbl.rbldns.ru
@@ -398,11 +474,9 @@
     }
 
     # Show progress
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2329
     progress() {
-
         # Bar
-    local x BAR
+        local x BAR
         x=$(($1 % ${#SPINNER} + 1))
         BAR=$(awk "{ print substr(\$0, ${x}, 1) }" <<< "${SPINNER}")
         if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
@@ -440,7 +514,6 @@
     }
 
     # Result info for IP
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2329
     text() {
         # IP already?
         local IP
@@ -462,17 +535,17 @@
 
     # Load the blocklist from file
     loadBlocklists() {
-
         # Make sure the file is readable
-        if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-            error "Option -l requires an additional parameter";
-        elif [[ ! -r $1 ]]; then
+        if [[ ! -r $1 ]]; then
             error "File $1 cannot be opened for reading, make sure it exists and that you have appropriate privileges"
         fi
-
         CONF_BLOCKLISTS=$(cat "$1")
     }
 
+    loadQuicklist() {
+        CONF_BLOCKLISTS=$CONF_QUICKLISTS
+    }
+
     # Show help
     showHelp() {
         cat <<-HELP
@@ -484,6 +557,7 @@
 
 		-d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
 		-l filename Load blocklists from filename, separated by space or new line
+        -x          Use the quicklist of ~70 blocklists instead of the full 200+
 		-o filename Write results to filename instead of ~/blcheck_blocklists.txt
 		-c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 		-v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)
@@ -505,7 +579,7 @@
 #~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ }
 
 # Parse the params
-while getopts :vqphcj:l:d:o: arg; do
+while getopts :vqphcj:l:d:o:x arg; do
     case "${arg}" in
         d) DNSSERVER="${OPTARG}";;
         l) loadBlocklists "${OPTARG}";;
@@ -516,6 +590,7 @@ while getopts :vqphcj:l:d:o: arg; do
         h) showHelp;;
         o) output="${OPTARG}";;
         j) j="${OPTARG}";;
+        x) loadQuicklist;;
         ?) error "Unknown option ${OPTARG}";;
     esac
 done
@@ -675,7 +750,6 @@ info 1 "  - ${COUNT_URIBL} URI blocklists"
 
 # Iterate over all blocklists
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2329
 parallel_check() {
     local PREFIX=
     local I=$1
@@ -801,11 +875,9 @@ passed_file=$(mktemp)
 invalid_file=$(mktemp)
 export -f parallel_check resolve text progress
 export REGEX_LIST REGEX_TDL REVERSED TARGET VERIFY_BL VERBOSE PLAIN COUNT YELLOW CLEAR RED GREEN SPINNER REGEX_IP REGEX_DOMAIN CMD_DIG DNSSERVER CONF_DNS_DURATION CONF_DNS_TRIES REGEX CMD_HOST CMD allow_file failed_file passed_file invalid_file
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-parallel -j "$j" 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: ${BLOCKLISTS}
+parallel -j "$j" 'parallel_check {#} {}' ::: "${BLOCKLISTS}"
 
 # Print results
-# shellcheck disable=SC2002
 if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     if [[ -z "${PLAIN}" ]]; then
         printf "\r                                                    \n"
@@ -823,7 +895,6 @@ if [[ "${VERBOSE}" -ge 0 ]]; then
     echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
 fi
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2002
 failed=$(cat "$failed_file" | wc -l)
 if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then
     touch "$output"
diff --git a/quick_list.txt b/quick_list.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e4b7d7..0000000
--- a/quick_list.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-rbl2.triumf.ca
-spamrbl.imp.ch
-wormrbl.imp.ch
-dnsrbl.swinog.ch
-blacklist.woody.ch
-dnsbl.cobion.com
-bogons.cymru.com
-v4.fullbogons.cymru.com
-blacklist.hostkarma.com
-cidr.bl.mcafee.com
-hil.habeas.com
-dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
-bl.nordspam.com
-bl.score.senderscore.com
-all.spamrats.com
-dyna.spamrats.com
-noptr.spamrats.com
-spam.spamrats.com
-spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
-bl.blocklist.de
-spamsources.fabel.dk
-rbl.jp
-blacklist.mail.ops.asp.att.net
-blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net
-blacklist.mailrelay.att.net
-rbl.interserver.net
-dnsbl.kempt.net
-bl.mailspike.net
-z.mailspike.net
-combined.rbl.msrbl.net
-phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
-spam.rbl.msrbl.net
-relays.nether.net
-unsure.nether.net
-all.s5h.net
-korea.services.net
-bl.spamcop.net
-bl.spameatingmonkey.net
-netbl.spameatingmonkey.net
-dnsbl.spfbl.net
-score.spfbl.net
-psbl.surriel.com
-bl.suomispam.net
-gl.suomispam.net
-dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
-dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
-dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net
-dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net
-dnsbl.zapbl.net
-bl.konstant.no
-bl.0spam.org
-nbl.0spam.org
-ips.backscatterer.org
-b.barracudacentral.org
-bb.barracudacentral.org
-bl.drmx.org
-dnsbl.dronebl.org
-dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
-mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
-bl.nosolicitado.org
-bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
-rbl.schulte.org
-pbl.spamhaus.org
-sbl.spamhaus.org
-sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
-xbl.spamhaus.org
-zen.spamhaus.org
-multi.surbl.org
-dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
-forbidden.icm.edu.pl
-torexit.dan.me.uk
-88.blocklist.zap
-dnsbl.sorbs.net
-ubl.lashback.com

From d0007692a8fba996e6f7c1a199375fe577bc57f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:52:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 36/42] ci

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitlab-ci.yml

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3bc6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+shellcheck:
+  image: koalaman/shellcheck-alpine:v0.11.0
+  script:
+    - shellcheck -S warning blcheck

From 16a102a066361ec882afa36e06e2f47b8585342b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <3455017+ch604@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:55:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 37/42] shellcheck.yml

---
 .github/workflows/shellcheck.yml | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/shellcheck.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a03d2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: ShellCheck
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  shellcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ludeeus/action-shellcheck@master

From df25b9de3297742fc091bb704a37972aff904dc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:55:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 38/42] github, not gitlab

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .gitlab-ci.yml

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b3bc6e8..0000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-shellcheck:
-  image: koalaman/shellcheck-alpine:v0.11.0
-  script:
-    - shellcheck -S warning blcheck

From 303ab82a03fa17cddf5ac6f5d3ec1c938092f9b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <3455017+ch604@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:58:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 39/42] Update README.md

---
 README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 50ff837..dc56034 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ If the IP is supplied, the PTR check cannot be executed and will be skipped.
 <pre>
 -d dnshost  Use host as DNS server to make lookups
 -l filename Load blocklists from file, separated by space or new line
+-x          Use the quicklist of ~70 blocklists instead of the full 200+
 -o filename Write results to filename instead of ~/blcheck_blocklists.txt
 -c          Warn if the top level domain of the blocklist has expired
 -v          Verbose mode, can be used multiple times (up to -vvv)

From 368636e5be949e7daaf0f8cafcaac924157b8f61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:24:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 40/42] remove some combined or dead blocklists

---
 blcheck | 61 +++++++++++++++------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index f18963a..4f05558 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
         probes.dnsbl.net.auproxy.bl.gweep.ca
         rbl2.triumf.ca
         wbl.triumf.ca#DNSWL
-        ipbl.zeustracker.abuse.ch
-        uribl.zeustracker.abuse.ch#URIBL
         spamrbl.imp.ch
         wormrbl.imp.ch
         rbl.lugh.ch
@@ -88,21 +86,19 @@
         0outspam.fusionzero.com
         0spam.fusionzero.com
         0spam-n.fusionzero.com
-        0spamtrust.fusionzero.com
-        0spamurl.fusionzero.com
-        accredit.habeas.com
+        0spamtrust.fusionzero.com#DNSWL
+        0spamurl.fusionzero.com#URIBL
+        accredit.habeas.com#DNSWL
         hil.habeas.com
         hul.habeas.com#DNSWL
-        sa-accredit.habeas.com
-        sohul.habeas.com
+        sohul.habeas.com#DNSWL
         blacklist.hostkarma.com
-        iadb.isipp.com
-        iadb2.isipp.com
-        iddb.isipp.com
-        wadb.isipp.com
+        iadb.isipp.com#DNSWL
+        iadb2.isipp.com#DNSWL
+        wadb.isipp.com#DNSWL
         black.junkemailfilter.com
-        hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com
-        nobl.junkemailfilter.com
+        hostkarma.junkemailfilter.com=127\.0\.0\.2
+        nobl.junkemailfilter.com#DNSWL
         krn.korumail.com
         q.mail-abuse.com
         r.mail-abuse.com
@@ -116,17 +112,11 @@
         mailsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
         urlsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
         dynip.rothen.com
-        reputation-domain.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
-        reputation-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
-        reputation-ns.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
+        bl-domain.rbl.scrolloutf1.com#URIBL
+        bl-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
+        wl-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com#DNSWL
         bl.score.senderscore.com
-        feb.spamlab.com
-        rbl.spamlab.com
         all.spamrats.com
-        auth.spamrats.com
-        dyna.spamrats.com
-        noptr.spamrats.com
-        spam.spamrats.com
         rbl.suresupport.com
         psbl.surriel.com
         whitelist.surriel.com#DNSWL
@@ -194,14 +184,9 @@
         uribl.mailcleaner.net#URIBL
         dnsbl.mailshell.net
         bl.mailspike.net
-        rep.mailspike.net
         wl.mailspike.net#DNSWL
         z.mailspike.net
         combined.rbl.msrbl.net
-        images.rbl.msrbl.net
-        phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
-        spam.rbl.msrbl.net
-        virus.rbl.msrbl.net
         web.rbl.msrbl.net
         relays.nether.net
         trusted.nether.net#DNSWL
@@ -251,7 +236,6 @@
         bl.0spam.org
         wl.0spam.org#DNSWL
         nbl.0spam.org
-        url.0spam.org#URIBL
         orvedb.aupads.org
         rsbl.aupads.org
         ips.backscatterer.org
@@ -272,7 +256,6 @@
         dnsbl.httpbl.org
         mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
         dnsbl.justspam.org
-        bl.mailspike.org
         bl.nosolicitado.org
         bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
         spam.pedantic.org
@@ -295,7 +278,6 @@
         xbl.spamhaus.org
         zen.spamhaus.org
         multi.surbl.org
-        multi.surbl.org#URIBL
         dnsbl.tornevall.org
         opm.tornevall.org
         free.v4bl.org
@@ -331,7 +313,9 @@
         rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
         nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
         badconf.rhsbl.xorbs.net#URIBL
-        ubl.lashback.com"
+        ubl.lashback.com
+        bl.nszones.com
+        ubl.nszones.com#URIBL"
 
 
         # reputation/scoring pages
@@ -344,18 +328,13 @@
         dnsrbl.swinog.ch
         blacklist.woody.ch
         dnsbl.cobion.com
-        bogons.cymru.com
         v4.fullbogons.cymru.com
         blacklist.hostkarma.com
         cidr.bl.mcafee.com
-        hil.habeas.com
         dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
         bl.nordspam.com
         bl.score.senderscore.com
         all.spamrats.com
-        dyna.spamrats.com
-        noptr.spamrats.com
-        spam.spamrats.com
         spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
         bl.blocklist.de
         spamsources.fabel.dk
@@ -368,8 +347,6 @@
         bl.mailspike.net
         z.mailspike.net
         combined.rbl.msrbl.net
-        phishing.rbl.msrbl.net
-        spam.rbl.msrbl.net
         relays.nether.net
         unsure.nether.net
         all.s5h.net
@@ -392,7 +369,6 @@
         nbl.0spam.org
         ips.backscatterer.org
         b.barracudacentral.org
-        bb.barracudacentral.org
         bl.drmx.org
         dnsbl.dronebl.org
         dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
@@ -400,10 +376,6 @@
         bl.nosolicitado.org
         bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
         rbl.schulte.org
-        pbl.spamhaus.org
-        sbl.spamhaus.org
-        sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
-        xbl.spamhaus.org
         zen.spamhaus.org
         multi.surbl.org
         dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
@@ -411,8 +383,7 @@
         torexit.dan.me.uk
         88.blocklist.zap
         dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        ubl.lashback.com
-        "
+        ubl.lashback.com"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2034
     CONF_BLOCKLISTS_TEST="

From 097db41b2b3f42bfe2fc0fded939edc33c2b7565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:31:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 41/42] more stale rbls, add some new ones too

---
 blcheck | 109 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 4f05558..47a9dc6 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -51,17 +51,14 @@
         t3direct.dnsbl.net.au
         ucepn.dnsbl.net.au
         wpbl.dnsbl.net.au
-        bl.reynolds.net.au
         bl.mav.com.br
         openproxy.bls.digibase.ca
         proxyabuse.bls.digibase.ca
         spambot.bls.digibase.ca
-        probes.dnsbl.net.auproxy.bl.gweep.ca
         rbl2.triumf.ca
         wbl.triumf.ca#DNSWL
         spamrbl.imp.ch
         wormrbl.imp.ch
-        rbl.lugh.ch
         dnsrbl.swinog.ch
         uribl.swinog.ch#URIBL
         blacklist.woody.ch
@@ -72,11 +69,13 @@
         rbl.blockedservers.com
         netscan.rbl.blockedservers.com
         spam.rbl.blockedservers.com
-        list.blogspambl.com
         dnsbl1.dnsbl.borderware.com
         dnsbl2.dnsbl.borderware.com
         dnsbl3.dnsbl.borderware.com
         dul.dnsbl.borderware.com
+        black.dnsbl.brukalai.lt
+        light.dnsbl.brukalai.lt
+        white.dnsbl.brukalai.lt#DNSWL
         csi.cloudmark.com
         dnsbl.cobion.com
         bogons.cymru.com
@@ -103,85 +102,76 @@
         q.mail-abuse.com
         r.mail-abuse.com
         cidr.bl.mcafee.com
+        rbl.metunet.com
         dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
         bl.mipspace.com
         bl.nordspam.com
         dbl.nordspam.com#URIBL
         safe.dnsbl.prs.proofpoint.com
-        rbl.realtimeblacklist.com
         mailsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
         urlsl.dnsbl.rjek.com
-        dynip.rothen.com
         bl-domain.rbl.scrolloutf1.com#URIBL
         bl-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com
         wl-ip.rbl.scrolloutf1.com#DNSWL
-        bl.score.senderscore.com
+        bl.score.senderscore.com=127\.0\.0\.[0-9]+
         all.spamrats.com
         rbl.suresupport.com
         psbl.surriel.com
-        whitelist.surriel.com#DNSWL
         bl.tiopan.com
         dbl.tiopan.com#URIBL
         ubl.unsubscore.com
         spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
         bl.blocklist.de
-        dnsbl.darklist.de
-        dnsbl.inps.de
-        dnswl.inps.de#DNSWL
         admin.bl.kundenserver.de
         relays.bl.kundenserver.de
         schizo-bl.kundenserver.de
         spamblock.kundenserver.de
         worms-bl.kundenserver.de
-        dnsbl.madavi.de
-        torserver.tor.dnsbl.sectoor.de
         dunk.dnsbl.tuxad.de
         hartkore.dnsbl.tuxad.de
         spamsources.fabel.dk
         st.technovision.dk
-        dnsbl.abyan.es
         eswlrev.dnsbl.rediris.es#DNSWL
         mtawlrev.dnsbl.rediris.es#DNSWL
+        uribl.rspamd.com#URIBL
         dnsbl.isx.fr
         all.spam-rbl.fr
         pofon.foobar.hu
-        ispmx.pofon.foobar.hu
+        ispmx.pofon.foobar.hu#DNSWL
         uribl.pofon.foobar.hu#URIBL
         singular.ttk.pte.hu
         blacklist.netcore.co.in
         dnsbl.rv-soft.info
-        db.wpbl.info
         rbl.jp
-        spamlist.or.kr
         bl.fmb.la
-        communicado.fmb.la
-        nsbl.fmb.la
-        sa.fmb.la
-        short.fmb.la
-        dnsbl.anticaptcha.net
-        dnsbl6.anticaptcha.net
+        communicado.fmb.la#URIBL
+        nsbl.fmb.la#URIBL
+        short.fmb.la#URIBL
         blacklist.mail.ops.asp.att.net
         blacklist.sequoia.ops.asp.att.net
         blacklist.mailrelay.att.net
         rbl.blakjak.net
         dul.blackhole.cantv.net
         hog.blackhole.cantv.net
-        rhsbl.blackhole.cantv.net#URIBL
+        rhsbl.blackhole.cantv.net
         rot.blackhole.cantv.net
         spam.blackhole.cantv.net
         rbl.choon.net
-        ipv6.rbl.choon.net
         rwl.choon.net#DNSWL
+        ipv6.rbl.choon.net
         ipv6.rwl.choon.net#DNSWL
         dnsbl.cyberlogic.net
         fnrbl.fast.net
         truncate.gbudb.net
         rbl.interserver.net
         rbl.iprange.net
+        rbl.ircbl.org
         dnsbl.kempt.net
         spamguard.leadmon.net
+        iprbl.mailcleaner.net
         niprbl.mailcleaner.net
         uribl.mailcleaner.net#URIBL
+        nuribl.mailcleaner.net#URIBL
         dnsbl.mailshell.net
         bl.mailspike.net
         wl.mailspike.net#DNSWL
@@ -191,7 +181,6 @@
         relays.nether.net
         trusted.nether.net#DNSWL
         unsure.nether.net
-        dul.pacifier.net
         all.s5h.net
         bl.scientificspam.net
         rhsbl.scientificspam.net#URIBL
@@ -216,8 +205,6 @@
         dbl.suomispam.net#URIBL
         gl.suomispam.net
         dob.sibl.support-intelligence.net
-        srn.surgate.net
-        srnblack.surgate.net
         rbl.tdk.net
         dnsbl-0.uceprotect.net
         dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net
@@ -227,32 +214,24 @@
         rhsbl.zapbl.net#URIBL
         rbl.zenon.net
         dnsbl.beetjevreemd.nl
-        bitonly.dnsbl.bit.nl
-        virbl.bit.nl
         blacklist.sci.kun.nl
         whitelist.sci.kun.nl#DNSWL
-        blackholes.tepucom.nl
         bl.konstant.no
         bl.0spam.org
         wl.0spam.org#DNSWL
         nbl.0spam.org
-        orvedb.aupads.org
-        rsbl.aupads.org
         ips.backscatterer.org
         b.barracudacentral.org
-        bb.barracudacentral.org
         list.bbfh.org
-        plus.bondedsender.org
-        query.bondedsender.org
+        plus.bondedsender.org=127\.0\.0\.10#DNSWL
+        query.bondedsender.org=127\.0\.0\.10#DNSWL
         dnsblchile.org
-        dwl.dnswl.org#DNSWL
         list.dnswl.org#DNSWL
         bl.drmx.org
         dnsbl.dronebl.org
         rbl.efnet.org
         tor.efnet.org
         rbl.efnetrbl.org
-        dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
         dnsbl.httpbl.org
         mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
         dnsbl.justspam.org
@@ -260,22 +239,10 @@
         bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
         spam.pedantic.org
         access.redhawk.org
-        abuse.rfc-clueless.org
-        bogusmx.rfc-clueless.org
-        dsn.rfc-clueless.org
-        elitist.rfc-clueless.org
-        fulldom.rfc-clueless.org
-        postmaster.rfc-clueless.org
-        whois.rfc-clueless.org
         public.sarbl.org
         rbl.schulte.org
         dbl.spamhaus.org#URIBL
-        vouch.dwl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
-        pbl.spamhaus.org
-        sbl.spamhaus.org
-        sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org
         swl.spamhaus.org#DNSWL
-        xbl.spamhaus.org
         zen.spamhaus.org
         multi.surbl.org
         dnsbl.tornevall.org
@@ -285,12 +252,14 @@
         ips.whitelisted.org#DNSWL
         dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
         forbidden.icm.edu.pl
-        dyn.rbl.polspam.pl
-        lblip4.rbl.polspam.pl
-        lblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
-        rblip4.rbl.polspam.pl
-        rblip6.rbl.polspam.pl
+        bl.rbl.polspam.pl
+        bl6.rbl.polspam.pl
+        lblip4.rbl.polspam.pl=37\.187\.99\.216
+        rblip4.rbl.polspam.pl=37\.187\.99\.216
         rhsbl.rbl.polspam.pl#URIBL
+        rhsbl.rbl.polspam.pl=37\.187\.99\.216#URIBL
+        ip4.white.polspam.pl=127\.127\.127\.4#DNSWL
+        ip6.white.polspam.pl=127\.127\.127\.6#DNSWL
         rbl.abuse.ro
         uribl.abuse.ro#URIBL
         vote.drbl.caravan.ru
@@ -306,20 +275,19 @@
         dnsbl.net.ua
         rbl.fasthosts.co.uk
         torexit.dan.me.uk
-        bsb.empty.us
         88.blocklist.zap
-        dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
-        nomail.rhsbl.sorbs.net#URIBL
-        badconf.rhsbl.xorbs.net#URIBL
-        ubl.lashback.com
         bl.nszones.com
-        ubl.nszones.com#URIBL"
-
-
-        # reputation/scoring pages
-        # score.senderscore.com
+        ubl.nszones.com#URIBL
+        bl.octopusdns.com
+        wild.pccc.com=127\.0\.[01]\.[1246]#URIBL
+        bl.pcready.me
+        ip.dnsbl.risk.oxl.app
+        multi.uribl.com#URIBL
+        bad.virusfree.cz
+        bip.virusfree.cz
+        d.bl.zenrbl.pl#URIBL
+        ip4.bl.zenrbl.pl
+        rbl.rbldns.ru"
 
     CONF_QUICKLISTS="
         rbl2.triumf.ca
@@ -333,7 +301,7 @@
         cidr.bl.mcafee.com
         dnsbl.forefront.microsoft.com
         bl.nordspam.com
-        bl.score.senderscore.com
+        bl.score.senderscore.com=127\.0\.0\.[0-9]+
         all.spamrats.com
         spam.dnsbl.anonmails.de
         bl.blocklist.de
@@ -371,7 +339,6 @@
         b.barracudacentral.org
         bl.drmx.org
         dnsbl.dronebl.org
-        dnsbl.rangers.eu.org
         mail-abuse.blacklist.jippg.org
         bl.nosolicitado.org
         bl.worst.nosolicitado.org
@@ -381,9 +348,7 @@
         dnsbl.calivent.com.pe
         forbidden.icm.edu.pl
         torexit.dan.me.uk
-        88.blocklist.zap
-        dnsbl.sorbs.net
-        ubl.lashback.com"
+        88.blocklist.zap"
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2034
     CONF_BLOCKLISTS_TEST="

From fb4b2c2926aa3f2d2123e4a7be9284e3e9af09f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrej Walilko <awalilko@liquidweb.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:32:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 42/42] always a false positive on rbldns.ru

---
 blcheck | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blcheck b/blcheck
index 47a9dc6..1c79086 100644
--- a/blcheck
+++ b/blcheck
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@
         bad.virusfree.cz
         bip.virusfree.cz
         d.bl.zenrbl.pl#URIBL
-        ip4.bl.zenrbl.pl
-        rbl.rbldns.ru"
+        ip4.bl.zenrbl.pl"
 
     CONF_QUICKLISTS="
         rbl2.triumf.ca