Ken says what I'm thinking , as is often the case. Spam bad? Yup. Davidson a scumbag? Yup. Happy about a murder suicide? Nope. Happy about just the suicide? Nope, never. Al…
Here's a tale from Matt Blumberg , CEO of ReturnPath, on how confirmed opt-in, aka double opt-in, isn't necessarily enough to 100% prevent spam complaints. Why? Because t…
Backscatter has long annoyed me . But, I've been even more annoyed at the lack of comprehensive information online explaining exactly what backscatter is, and why it sucks. W…
I was reading a mailing list today, as I often do. Some random guy, nobody I know, he posted a request for help. He said, more or less: "Hey, blacklist XYZ has listed my do…
Ed Falk on E360 dropping lawsuits with prejudice (meaning E360 cannot refile). Mickey points out that E360 reached a settlement agreement with Mark Ferguson but not with the o…
Mickey Chandler asks, " Do you want to fund the lawsuit? " Meaning, if you're splitting the hair very thin to make the case that what you're doing *must* be leg…
Terry Zink blogs about the necessity of a "Report Moron" button . Ha.
Dylan from email service provider eROI talks about how he got an offer to sign up for services from a competing email service provider. And, as Dylan puts it, "they are us…
Check out this very old presentation about the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) , from October, 2000. I had already left MAPS at that point, but apparently, my personal brand …
Insight on the topic (and thoughts on industry leadership issues) from Ken Magill and Laura Atkins .
Ben at MailChimp takes us through it : Postini causes wanted mail to not be delivered. MailChimp tries to work with Postini. Postini rather lamely says, "Yeah, they're k…
Remember James Gordon? The guy who sued Virtumundo, and lost? If you don't remember, here's some history: Ken Magill laughs at Gordon here . Mickey Chandler talks about i…
Might I recommend you check out J.D. Falk's " Box of Meat " blog? It has rapidly become one of my favorites, the blog I check first when it's time to start read…
Laura Atkins of Word to the Wise covers the topic capably , covering both sides of the ISP/blacklist filtering coin. Here’s my take on it, based on my experiences working both as…
It's time for a friendly reminder: It's not cool to steal content from somebody else's blog to put on your own. If you're quoting 98% of somebody else's blog…
