Don't Share Needles!
Ew, what a disgusting title. But, sharing needles is what it amounts to. Read More
Google Voice and Phone "Spam"
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 ...Read More
Symantec Says Illinois is #5
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 peo...Read More
Rocky Mountain Bank WTF
So, if a bank accidentally sends you somebody else's information....they can now sue your webmail provider to have your account disabled...Read More
Make it stop!
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 ...Read More
Spam Resource, New and Improved
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 Reso...Read More
Pivotal Veracity on Domain Reputation and ISP Insights
Pivotal Veracity's Deirdre Baird dropped me a line the other day, letting me know that PV has some very useful information available for...Read More
Breaking: Goodmail Sued for Patent Infringement
Laura Atkins writes, "Late last week RPost sued Goodmail for infringing two patents. One patent authenticates content and delivery of d...Read More
Ask Al: Help! I'm Blacklisted!
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 com...Read More
DUDE: YR DOIN' IT WRONG!
Steven Champeon says , "If your PTR contains or ends with IN-ADDR.ARPA, you're Doing It Wrong. Go read a book. That is all."Read More
Domain Reputation and Recipient Engagement
Today's guest post comes from Chris Wheeler , the Director of Deliverability at email service provider Bronto Software . No stranger to ...Read More
Quick Hit: Blagojevich Spam
Patti Blagojevich, the wife of the embattled ex-governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, seems to have done something she shouldn't have w...Read More
Online Privacy in the UK
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...Read More
Ask Al: Trouble Sending From My Own Domain?
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. Wh...Read More
Good Advice for Senders
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 t...Read More
New FBL from Tucows/OpenSRS
There's a new feedback loop in town, according to Chris Wheeler over on Deliverability.com . It's being offered by Tucows, who is, a...Read More
Jigsaw Blacklisted by Spamhaus
Last week Ken Magill interviewed Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler, quizzing him on his company's stance on selling lists of email addresses . Jim m...Read More
New Maine Law Came...and Went
Chip House reported on the new Maine law over on his blog: "The law doesn’t specifically identify email marketing, [but] it does cover ...Read More
How Google Looks at Spam Complaints
From WebProNews : "Google's Matt Cutts answered a user question about how the company handles spam complaints in the most recent vi...Read More
You Can't Buy an Existing Business Relationship
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 bu...Read More
Happy Birthday, Internet!
J.D. Falk writes about the history of the internet and the relationship between the 'net and advertising. "Oh, Internet. You had su...Read More
Internet Miracle Cures For Everything!
Quick Hit: Today, Consumerist talks about Slate's Big Money blog, where Chadwick Matlin asks and answers the question, "Who’s to b...Read More
Don't Lie About Safe Harbor
The FTC recently announced what appears to be the first spotlight shined on somebody pretending to be Safe Harbor certified when they actual...Read More
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