October 2008

Quick Link: Looks like Backscatter , the annoyance of bounces you receive in response to something somebody else sent (usually spam), has f...

October 21, 2008

Over here, email marketer Dylan Boyd talks about the the DMA's "launch" of an email opt-out site. What, you mean, eMPS? That ...

October 20, 2008

From the NY Times: The Federal Trade Commission won a preliminary legal victory against what it called one of the largest spam gangs on the...

October 15, 2008

____ sent me an email today. ____ "would like feedback on my recent order." My recent order. The one I placed....in February. ...

October 10, 2008

A few weeks ago, I got spam from some wine store I had never heard of: Randolph Wine Cellars. Located in Chicago, it looks like a neat place...

October 8, 2008

Over on DNSBL Resource, I posted a quick rant and link to the DNSBL best practice draft document . This BCP ought to be required reading for...

October 6, 2008

Are you looking to buy a list? There’s no faster path to being identified as a spammer. If you’re looking to damage your ability to send mai...

October 2, 2008

Celso writes, "Can you please help me verify that my IP addresses are not on any blocklist?" No, I cannot, Celso. And here's...

October 1, 2008