New SendGrid Dedicated IP Immediately Listed on DNS Blacklists

June 21, 2025

New SendGrid dedicated IPs may appear on DNSBLs like SORBS, causing spam issues and deliverability problems for users.

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New SendGrid Dedicated IP Immediately Listed on DNS Blacklists

Signed up with SendGrid and was assigned the dedicated IP The next day noticed it was listed in seven DNSBLs, including SORBS. Quite surprised / never experienced this before / the level of frustration defies logic. New users deserve that?

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