Showing posts with the label changes

Google: Changes coming to GPT

If you're somebody who pays close attention to reputation data, and you utilize Google's Postmaster Tools (GPT) data to monitor for and help remediate Gmail deliverability and reputation issues, then you'll want to make note: changes are coming: Google has just  pos…

Gmail: Status, Changes, and Challenges

There's no two ways about it -- it truly is getting trickier to deliver email to Gmail lately. There's a lot going on here -- from the recent past, to what's happening today, through to the very near future. Let me jump right into it, starting with changes that are …

MX records changing for Microsoft-hosted domains ... eventually

If you're one of those weirdos (like me) who tracks what email providers hosts mail for what domains, you'll want to take note of this. In the email industry's ongoing efforts to improve email security, Microsoft is adding the ability for Microsoft-hosted domains to…

Validity to start charging for Feedback Loop email feeds

Email feedback loops have a long history as a component of the sending, receiving and handling of email messages en masse. I vaguely recall that AOL was the first entity to set up what we commonly think of as a feedback loop -- with their now-common process to register your se…

What about AOL?

If you're wondering if AOL still exists as a separate entity, the answer is no. AOL as a standalone ISP is no more. What was AOL is now part of Verizon Media Group, which for a time was called Oath . AOL, Yahoo and Verizon are all one mailbox provider, from a sender's…

Hotmail UK MX Change

The MX servers for Hotmail UK changed in DNS overnight. For those who are caching DNS or have hard coded DNS entries, you're going to run into problems with false positive "user unknown" bounces. Time to flush the cache and make sure you're relying on what'…

Verizon Email Transition Update

From Network World, here is an update on the winding down of Verizon's email service, which  I previously reported on here . When is the transition happening? "Once customers are notified, they are presented with a personal take-action date that is 30 days from the ori…

Orange UK Email Closure

United Kingdom-based ISP Orange (now part of Everything Everywhere aka EE) has announced that they are shutting down their email service as of May 31, 2017. This affects users at these domains: orange.net, orangehome.co.uk, wanadoo.co.uk, freeserve.co.uk, fsbusiness.co.uk, fsli…

Verizon Users: Leave, or move to AOL

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 …