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I've seen a significant number of folks asking for help lately on various mailing lists and online forums ( like Reddit ), saying that they're now having trouble with ema…
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What the heck is Cinco De Microsoft? Why, today is. Monday, May 5, 2025, the date when, as announced by Microsoft , non-compliant bulk email messages sent to Microsoft consumer m…
Sometimes I need a break from all this talk of new sender requirements. So, let's sprinkle in some fun as we head into the weekend, and pause to enjoy another classic Brookly…
If you're an email developer or marketer, you know how tricky it can be to get your emails to look right across all the different email clients. Enter Can I Email , an essent…
It's nearing the end of the month, and I suspect that the folks at Koli-Lõks OÜ are getting ready to post another month's worth of spam trap data. For fun, I thought I w…
By now, you've probably heard: Microsoft has officially joined the club. Following in the footsteps of Google and Yahoo, Microsoft has announced new requirements for high-vol…
It's been a light week as far as me posting things on Spam Resource. The reason for that? I've been so busy with the release of Valimail's  2025 Disinformation and Ma…
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If you've ever wondered how long I've been in the email game, the answer is: a while. I've been working in and writing about email deliverability for more than twenty…
It's Friday! Time to take a break from DMARC dilemmas and deliverability disasters to enjoy something truly vital: Technotronic and their magnum opus: Pump Up the Jam . Techn…
A friend sent me the following question the other day: “Hi Al! How are you? I have one client who wants to send an email to more than 600,000 recipients who have already opted-ou…
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This week, I received a notification from Google letting me know that one of my old test accounts is on the chopping block. According to the alert, the account hasn’t been used i…
Google just announced that end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available for Gmail for business users. According to Google's official announcement , this new feature is being…