spamhaus
What are spamtraps?
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...
Archive
February 2007
abuse mailbox
Dealing with spam to your abuse desk?
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...
article
The Changing Definition of Spam
Over on CIO Magazine's website, capable jounalist Esther Schindler posted an interesting article on the topic of spam defined, and how ...
ask al
What it does it mean “We do not relay?”
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...
best practices
CAN-SPAM Roundup
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...
microsoft
Microsoft using Spamcop and Spamhaus? Yes!
5/22/2007 Update: Some of this information is out of date.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...
funny
Blast from the past: Scott Richter on the Daily Show
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....
aol
The AOL email tax: Is the sky falling?
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 ...
autoreplies
Backscatter: What is it? How do I stop it?
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 ...
joe jared
Joe Jared Wins
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 ...