There's an effort underway within ICANN where the net result could be that publicly-available domain ownership info is no longer available under any circumstances. Does that strike you as the best way to go? I personally don't think it is. WHOIS is a valuable forensic …
As reported last May , the Verizon email user transition to AOL continues, with Verizon now announcing that they have decided to " close down our email business ." Existing verizon.net email users have two options: Continue to use their verizon.net email address, but …
I've been thinking about best practices for password reset emails lately. Instead of trying to re-invent a wheel that other folks have already capably designed, I'll just highlight a couple of thoughts and link to some more detailed info from a couple of folks with have…
Microsoft's Terry Zink announced yesterday on the Mailop list that Microsoft is combining the infrastructure for Outlook.com (Hotmail) and Office 365. As part of this infrastructure update, Microsoft is letting the world know that soon, all outlook.com (hotmail.*, live.*, …
I usually try to avoid getting too political around these parts, but this one I just can't resist. Turns out, then-Indiana governor Mike Pence was a big fan of using his personal AOL email account for state business . That can't be right, can it? After all, that party s…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,547,842 to IBM for an "Out-of-office electronic mail messaging system." What? I don't even .