Spam Resource: All Things Deliverability

Wired reports that the country of Colombia is about to open things up, allowing anybody who wants to buy a domain under the TLD (top level domain) .co. You know what's great about this? Nothing at all. Count the seconds until phishers set up websites at hotmail.co and yah…

It is with sadness that I pass along that email marketing expert Stefan Pollard passed away recently. He was a really good guy. I had only met him a few times in person, but we traded emails regularly, and anything he wrote was always on my "must read" list. (My favo…

Back in January, I saw author Joseph Menn speak at a conference, telling us tails of tracking cybercrime from the US to Russia and everywhere in-between.  I found the topic (and his telling of these tales) very compelling, scary and amazing. In his book " Fatal System E…

Following up on my recent post, " How Not to Respond to Public Spam Allegations ," wherein I detail a few of the useless responses I receive whenever I mention somebody's spam issue publicly, Blue Sky Factory's Ken Pfeiffer shares his similar frustrations , st…

I admit it. I'm loud. I have opinions. And I'm not shy about sharing them. Sometimes, I highlight bad actions taken by bad actors. I also highlight bad choices made by good guys. Sometimes people spam out of malice, but certainly, sometimes people spam out of ignoranc…

MailChimp's Ben Chestnut talks about why it's a really bad idea to send emails from the cloud . He highlights Reddit's own public statements of frustration over being blacklisted by Trend Micro and struggling to get confirmation mails delivered. I couldn't agree…

Fourth in a three-part series (uh, what?), today I'm going to offer up a quick link to a blog post by Microsoft spamfighter Terry Zink , where he quotes his friend talking about the applicability of CAN-SPAM to non-profits (net: it applies) and some general guidance to cons…

Three CAN-SPAM Myths: CAN-SPAM is the US Federal Anti-spam law. If you're sending commercial email in the US, or you're a savvy spam filterer, you probably already know a bit about the law. But, did you know these specific points? Here are three common myths that I h…

Three CAN-SPAM Myths: CAN-SPAM is the US Federal Anti-spam law. If you're sending commercial email in the US, or you're a savvy spam filterer, you probably already know a bit about the law. But, did you know these specific points? Here are three common myths that I have…