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Definition: A blacklist is a list of addresses, typically IP addresses, but could also pertain to email addresses among other things, which is rejected or denied access by default. A blacklist of IP addresses known to distribute spam is often used to ban any incoming email from those addresses as a means of combatting spam.
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