Evan writes, "Hi Al, My email address has just been compromised and now I am receiving hundreds of System Administrator and Mail delivery failure notices sent to my inbox f…
Hey, just a quick reminder that I compile my Spam Resource blog content into a weekly email newsletter that sends out every Monday morning. Each week it contains highlights from …
I think Verizon Wireless has supported reporting SMS spam to them via the 7726 (SPAM) SMS number for a while now. I'm not really sure when that started, but very recently, Ve…
I saw somebody ask recently how best to label their email marketing messages as an advertisement. Their intent was to comply with CAN-SPAM, the US federal anti-spam law. Though I…
Anti-spammers and deliverability folks might think of this as a Permission Pass email. And indeed, Spamhaus has a whole guide describing how they think you should do it properly…
Yahoo (as far as Yahoo Mail is concerned) was once called Yahoo, then it absorbed AOL and became Oath, then Verizon Media, and now it is just called Yahoo again . Throughout this…
If you monitor ISP feedback loop complaints, you may have noticed that the level of spam complaints received was greatly reduced over the weekend, as it appears that the Validity…
The intent behind DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) is to give a domain owner insight into who is sending mail using their domain and allow …
Yum! From the Daily Herald of Everett Washington, I share with you a wonderful recipe from Taylor Goebel that will allow you to make make cheesy little SPAM sandwiches, suitable …
What is COI/DOI? It's just address validation and permission verification -- you send a welcome or verification message and the recipient has to click on a link to prove they…
Diego asks, "I want to find out from you if their is a script or software that one can use for warming up an IP. I will buy even if it's not free." Not only did Di…
Join us on April 4th, in a webinar put together by the Certified Senders Alliance : With an ever-changing #email environment and recent developments around privacy and security i…
Via the BBC comes the story of how a Norwegian computer expert has set up a website to allow people to mail random Russians to tell the story of the Ukraine war from a perspecti…
Over on his blog, John Levine explains why we couldn't just delete all .ru domains (or .su domains or Russian IP addresses) from the internet. His is the practical take; why…
Dan Graham of Austin, TX has an interesting side hustle, going after telemarketers violating the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) . I'm glad he's doing it…
It's always good to check your email messages against the popular and free SpamAssassin spam filter (maybe even using my KBXSCORE tool?) to try to minimize your spam score.…
Over on one of the forums the other day, somebody asked about best practices for redirects and link tracking for marketing email sends. Here's a few of my thoughts. First, it…
Mike Robuck of Mobile World Live reports on a new SMS and call spam protection option for Verizon Wireless users here in the US: an updated free Call Filter app . I just download…
