John's a famous guy. A self-described "entrepreneur and civil libertarian," he's probably most recently famous for being the guy who challenged the government o…
Q: Is challenge/response a well respected spam prevention/spam blocking methodology? A: NO . Heh.
RFC Ignorant (RFCI) is a blacklist. It lists sites that don't have working postmaster or abuse addresses, among a few other reasons. The name "RFC Ignorant" comes f…
Cindy from NY writes: "Hello -- I am receiving abusive e-mails and am trying to track them through Sam Spade et.al. I think I know who is sending them and am trying to match…
Bill from the UK writes: "I'm 66 and not a tech guy. I've just been kicked back as a "KNOWN SOURCE OF SPAM (NJABL)" although I don't generate spam. I d…
Over here , I help answer a question about Challenge/Response filters, in MediaPost's EmailInsider newsletter. I was already a reader before the "E-mail Diva" rea…
Here's an update from Groklaw on the lawsuit brought against Spamhaus by e360. Good reading, good insight. As always, the comments from the peanut gallery contain a lot of a…
I received the question yet again today: Who's been sued under CAN-SPAM? Let's take a look and see what our good friend, the Internet, has to say on the subject. Just la…
John from the UK writes: We have recently -- the last 2 weeks -- become victims of a spamming outfit. They have borrowed our domain name and are sending out emails from random fi…
In March 2005, I was helping a top-tier ISP with an issue related to a sender utilizing co-registration. The sender wasn't a client of my (then) employer, but the ISP had ask…
On Friday, NetworkWorld talked about Google's new "Code Search" tool : "The company's new source-code search engine, unveiled Thursday as a tool to help …
Be careful about giving your information out for sweepstakes. I signed up for some sweepstakes hosted by Peel.com on May 6, 2003. Like I always do, I gave them a tagged (uniqu…
Here's a lawyer's take on the $11.7 million lawsuit and summary judgement against the UK anti-spam group Spamhaus.
I was pleased to discover today that even the Chicago Police Department utilizes double opt-in for their newsletters signup . I wonder what led them to implement their signup for…
It seems pretty basic, but I often get asked how to attach a file to an email campaign. Maybe it's just going to a handful of folks, but you don't always want the hassle …
Today I got mail from "Angela Brobst," with a subject line of "question about your site." She apparently works for "The Search Doctors," located in …
Over on MediaPost's EmailInsider, Paul Beck talks about his experiences at an email marketing conference in Holland. One thing that hit home for me was Paul's comment t…
Here's a link to a document I wrote back in February, 2006 . It gives an overview of how to implement double opt-in. How does it work? What do you need to be careful about? H…
Since SPF records are DNS TXT records, they can only contain up to 255 characters of information. In some situations, you might not be able to fit all your sending networks in a…
Note: This is a guide I wrote back in 2005/2006 to share with folks how to properly implement confirmed opt-in aka double opt-in. I'm sharing a copy of it here to protect it …
