February 2007

In short, spamtraps are bad addresses that you don’t want on your list. They’re old email addresses that haven’t been used for real people f...

February 28, 2007

Among other things, I run the abuse desk for a large service provider with lots of clients. We get a handful of complaints a day. For exampl...

February 26, 2007

Over on CIO Magazine's website, capable jounalist Esther Schindler posted an interesting article on the topic of spam defined, and how ...

February 24, 2007

Have you ever received a bounce message that says “We do not relay” or “Mail loops back to myself”? Wondering what that means? I get this qu...

February 24, 2007

The US Federal Anti-Spam law (CAN-SPAM) has been in effect for just over three years now, yet I still get questions about it constantly. Her...

February 22, 2007

5/22/2007 Update: Some of this information is out of date. Please click here for my latest thoughts on Spamcop and the Spamcop SCBL. Rece...

February 19, 2007

It's time for a Friday night funny. Remember this video of Scott Richter on the Daily Show, from back in 2004? Well, check this out....

February 17, 2007

Remember the famous internet rumor that made the rounds in 2006: “ AOL is trying to tax your email, write in now! ” Was it a rumor? Let’s ...

February 8, 2007

What is it? Backscatter is a certain kind of mail you receive that you didn't ask to receive. If you've ever received a “Your mail ...

February 4, 2007

Joe Jared used to run an open-relay blacklist called Osirusoft. I respected what Joe’s intent was, though I was of the opinion that Joe ran ...

February 2, 2007