Archive

August 2008

godaddy

Godaddy misusing the PBL?

According to Justin Mason, domain registrar (and email/web hoster) Godaddy is misusing the Spamhaus PBL: Using it as a URL filter. This is w...

email append

Ow, my Irony hurts!

Hey, what? Did I really just read that? An email appender sending out a press release about how to combat spam? Wait...the company name ...

deliverability

What is a Sender?

Somebody just asked me what I mean when I say "sender." I often refer to senders in contexts like this: A good sender should alway...

best practices

More on Pizza Hut

Dylan at email service provider eROI points out that Pizza Hut's email sign up process is substandard : You have to opt-in to receive e...

habeas

ReturnPath Buys Habeas

ReturnPath has purchased Habeas, according to all of the industry sources in the world, all of whom have sent me separate emails giving me a...

politics

Political Sending Reputation

Ever wondered what the sending reputation was for your favorite presidential candidate? Here's the IP addresses and Sender Score rankin...

spam

Beware the Fake News Spam

Terry Zink reports on the most recent ball of spam that he (and most of us) have been receiving: Fake news alerts that claim to be from CNN ...

bronto

List Reconfirmation Example

Hey, fellow anti-spammers: "Re-Engagement Strategy" is what email service providers or deliverability people would call a reconfir...