I've become a heavy user of Google Voice these past few months, ever since I got my invite and was able to set it up. Finally! A local phone number. (I kept my old, out-of-s…
My current state of residence is in the top ten! Whoo! The top ten of what , you ask? Why, in the list of states ranked by how much spam people in those states, receive, of cours…
So, if a bank accidentally sends you somebody else's information....they can now sue your webmail provider to have your account disabled? Uh, WTF? As Venkat Balasubramani s…
One of my friends is receiving unwanted email from a big motion picture studio, and can't make it stop. Continuing to send email to a recipient after they have unsubscribed…
Please allow me to break from our regular programming momentarily, so that I may brag to you about the most recent changes made to Spam Resource and DNSBL Resource . If you'…
Pivotal Veracity's Deirdre Baird dropped me a line the other day, letting me know that PV has some very useful information available for sharing. In their ISP Insights for 20…
Laura Atkins writes, "Late last week RPost sued Goodmail for infringing two patents. One patent authenticates content and delivery of documents. The second verifies the mess…
Akhter writes, "Our company IP address X.X.X.X is on the dnsbl.sorbs.net blacklist. We have tried many ways of contacting the SORBS company but we have received no response …
Today's guest post comes from Chris Wheeler , the Director of Deliverability at email service provider Bronto Software . No stranger to the email experience, Chris's past…
Patti Blagojevich, the wife of the embattled ex-governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, seems to have done something she shouldn't have with an email list. The allegation is t…
Planning to handle consumer data in the UK? Then it's time to learn about the Data Protection Act 1998. Thankfully, Wikipedia has a very helpful overview . What are the key t…
Adalbert writes: "Hi Al, I need to send emails from Outlook Express. I have a dynamic IP address. I have my own custom domain name. When I try to send, I receive this error…
Hey email senders, looking for some good advice? Here's a few things you should do or not do, if you want to walk on the right side of the line and enjoy email delivery succe…
There's a new feedback loop in town, according to Chris Wheeler over on Deliverability.com . It's being offered by Tucows, who is, among another things, a wholesaler of d…
Last week Ken Magill interviewed Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler, quizzing him on his company's stance on selling lists of email addresses . Jim makes it clear that it's perfectly …
Chip House reported on the new Maine law over on his blog: "The law doesn’t specifically identify email marketing, [but] it does cover the collection and use of all personal…
From WebProNews : "Google's Matt Cutts answered a user question about how the company handles spam complaints in the most recent video upload to the Google Webmaster Ce…
I ran across this on Box of Meat the other day. PogoWasRight.org : Pitney Bowes pays $2.9M to settle ‘Blast Fax’ lawsuit: "When you buy a client list as part of buyng a fir…
J.D. Falk writes about the history of the internet and the relationship between the 'net and advertising. "Oh, Internet. You had such potential when you were born -- dar…
Quick Hit: Today, Consumerist talks about Slate's Big Money blog, where Chadwick Matlin asks and answers the question, "Who’s to blame for these hideous Internet ads th…