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About this denylist

The Abandoned and Unmanaged list is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation or limited delivery. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.

Before including any domain on this list we perform the following efforts to ascertain the service status:

Spam accounts are reported to the domain and monitored for mitigation.

After seven days, if no mitigation is observed, the listed admin is contacted on network.

After seven more days, if no response and no mitigation, the listed admin is contacted via email if publicly available.

Where appropriate, DNS/domain registrant contact information is used if available.

After seven more days, if no response and no mitigation, the domain enters the AUD review process.

Domains that do not publish contact information may enter the AUD process sooner than the minimum 22 days. Domains that have active human presence may be recommended for a Limit/Silence, domains that are predominantly serving bot content may be recommended for a Suspend.

Who uses this list?

The AUD list implemented by or is available as a default option in the following platforms:

BridgyFed

Holos Discover

Newsmast

NodeBB

tags.pub (and other ActivityBot Framework services)

WordPress

If your app or platform uses this list, please let us know!

Inclusion

Inclusion on this list means we have observed this domain:

1. is a dedicated spam service, or

2. has been clearly abandoned but still allows creation of new accounts, or

3. chooses to not delete known spam accounts, even when reported; and

4. we are highly unlikely to ever retract an entry.

In all cases we strongly recommend you use a Federation Policy to aid you in your decision making.

Download / subscribe

iftas-abandoned-unmanaged-latest.csv (Mastodon import format)

The permanent file location is:

https://about.iftas.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/iftas-abandoned-unmanaged-latest.csv

(The file path includes ‘/2025/10’ which will not change; the current version will overwrite any previous version at this URL)

Files are also available directly from source in machine-readable and human-friendly CSV formats.

See Denylist Management Tools for third-party tools to import or implement this denylist.

View current denylist

IFTAS Abandoned / Unmanaged Denylist Output – HTML table view of this denylist

Appeals

Requests must be submitted from an email address publicly listed on the service in question. If your service does not list an administrator email address, we cannot process your request.

Email contact @ about.iftas.org in English.

Include the domain name and a brief summary of the actions taken to address the initial reasons for inclusion.

There is no fee for the review or removal of a domain from IFTAS lists.

Related Resources

Known Spam Fediverse Services

IFTAS Do Not Interact Denylist

IFTAS CARIAD Denylist

CARIAD Domain Observatory

Denylist Resources

Denylist Management Tools

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Table of Contents

About this denylist

The Abandoned and Unmanaged list is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation or limited delivery. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.

Before including any domain on this list we perform the following efforts to ascertain the service status:

Spam accounts are reported to the domain and monitored for mitigation.

After seven days, if no mitigation is observed, the listed admin is contacted on network.

After seven more days, if no response and no mitigation, the listed admin is contacted via email if publicly available.

Where appropriate, DNS/domain registrant contact information is used if available.

After seven more days, if no response and no mitigation, the domain enters the AUD review process.

Domains that do not publish contact information may enter the AUD process sooner than the minimum 22 days. Domains that have active human presence may be recommended for a Limit/Silence, domains that are predominantly serving bot content may be recommended for a Suspend.

Who uses this list?

The AUD list implemented by or is available as a default option in the following platforms:

BridgyFed

Holos Discover

Newsmast

NodeBB

tags.pub (and other ActivityBot Framework services)

WordPress

If your app or platform uses this list, please let us know!

Inclusion

Inclusion on this list means we have observed this domain:

1. is a dedicated spam service, or

2. has been clearly abandoned but still allows creation of new accounts, or

3. chooses to not delete known spam accounts, even when reported; and

4. we are highly unlikely to ever retract an entry.

In all cases we strongly recommend you use a Federation Policy to aid you in your decision making.

Download / subscribe

iftas-abandoned-unmanaged-latest.csv (Mastodon import format)

The permanent file location is:

https://about.iftas.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/iftas-abandoned-unmanaged-latest.csv

(The file path includes ‘/2025/10’ which will not change; the current version will overwrite any previous version at this URL)

Files are also available directly from source in machine-readable and human-friendly CSV formats.

See Denylist Management Tools for third-party tools to import or implement this denylist.

View current denylist

IFTAS Abandoned / Unmanaged Denylist Output – HTML table view of this denylist

Appeals

Requests must be submitted from an email address publicly listed on the service in question. If your service does not list an administrator email address, we cannot process your request.

Email contact @ about.iftas.org in English.

Include the domain name and a brief summary of the actions taken to address the initial reasons for inclusion.

There is no fee for the review or removal of a domain from IFTAS lists.

Related Resources

Known Spam Fediverse Services

IFTAS Do Not Interact Denylist

IFTAS CARIAD Denylist

CARIAD Domain Observatory

Denylist Resources

Denylist Management Tools

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About this denylist

The Abandoned and Unmanaged list is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation or limited delivery. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.

Before including any domain on this list we perform the following efforts to ascertain the service status:

Spam accounts are reported to the […]

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About this denylist

The Abandoned and Unmanaged list is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation or limited delivery. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.

Before including any domain on this list we perform the following efforts to ascertain the service status:

Spam accounts are reported to the […]

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About this denylist

The Abandoned and Unmanaged list is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation or limited delivery. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.

Before including any domain on this list we perform the following efforts to ascertain the service status:

Spam accounts are reported to the […]