{"id":22152,"date":"2024-10-04T19:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000275038-why-is-my-ip-address-blacklisted-by-zapbl\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:00:23","slug":"103000275038-why-is-my-ip-address-blacklisted-by-zapbl","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000275038-why-is-my-ip-address-blacklisted-by-zapbl\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is My IP Address Blacklisted by ZapBL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Is it a problem that my IP address is blacklisted by ZapBL?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ZapBL is a &#8220;dead&#8221; blacklist that is not being maintained by its owners or used as a blacklist service so you don&#8217;t need to worry if your IP address is blacklisted by ZapBL. <strong>Any information provided by this blacklist is severely outdated and virtually useless.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Why is my address blacklisted by ZapBL?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contabo have been trying to delist IPs from ZapBL for months and tried any means possible to get in touch with the owners of ZapBL. ZapBL have never sent a reply and not a single delisting request has even been acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>Because of this <strong>we&#8217;re unable to give a clear answer to why your IP address was added to the ZapBL blacklist but rest assured this is not a blacklist that is used so won&#8217;t have any effect on you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contabo are working closely with all serious blacklist providers to keep their lists up to date and to deal with any type of infringement in the network.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000275038-why-is-my-ip-address-blacklisted-by-zapbl-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it a problem that my IP address is blacklisted by ZapBL? 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Any information provided by this blacklist is severely outdated and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22152","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","category-kb"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Contabo Web","author_link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/author\/julius-nalivaiko\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Is it a problem that my IP address is blacklisted by ZapBL? 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