china
China's Anti-Spam Law
It dawns on me that there isn't an English copy of China's anti-spam law available anywhere online. Through the magic of machine tra...
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can-spam
Blast from the past: John Gilmore's open relay
John's a famous guy. A self-described "entrepreneur and civil libertarian," he's probably most recently famous for being t...
bad ideas
Opinions on Challenge/Response?
Q: Is challenge/response a well respected spam prevention/spam blocking methodology? A: NO . Heh.
bad ideas
Blast from the past: RFC Ignorant
RFC Ignorant (RFCI) is a blacklist. It lists sites that don't have working postmaster or abuse addresses, among a few other reasons. The...
ask al
Ask Al: How do I track abusive spam?
Cindy from NY writes: "Hello -- I am receiving abusive e-mails and am trying to track them through Sam Spade et.al. I think I know who ...
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Ask Al: Help, I'm being blocked as a spammer!
Bill from the UK writes: "I'm 66 and not a tech guy. I've just been kicked back as a "KNOWN SOURCE OF SPAM (NJABL)" a...
bad ideas
How to deal with Challenge/Response?
Over here , I help answer a question about Challenge/Response filters, in MediaPost's EmailInsider newsletter. I was already a reader ...
e360
Groklaw on the Spamhaus case
Here's an update from Groklaw on the lawsuit brought against Spamhaus by e360. Good reading, good insight. As always, the comments from...
can-spam
Who's been sued under CAN-SPAM?
I received the question yet again today: Who's been sued under CAN-SPAM? Let's take a look and see what our good friend, the Interne...
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Ask Al: Help, my domain is being forged!
John from the UK writes: We have recently -- the last 2 weeks -- become victims of a spamming outfit. They have borrowed our domain name and...
bad ideas
Co-Registration Woes
In March 2005, I was helping a top-tier ISP with an issue related to a sender utilizing co-registration. The sender wasn't a client of m...
google
Google Code Search
On Friday, NetworkWorld talked about Google's new "Code Search" tool : "The company's new source-code search engine...
can-spam
Who has your personal information?
Be careful about giving your information out for sweepstakes. I signed up for some sweepstakes hosted by Peel.com on May 6, 2003. Like I ...
lawsuit
Spamhaus in the News
Here's a lawyer's take on the $11.7 million lawsuit and summary judgement against the UK anti-spam group Spamhaus.
coi
If it's good enough for the cops...?
I was pleased to discover today that even the Chicago Police Department utilizes double opt-in for their newsletters signup . I wonder what ...
ask al
Sending an attachment with your email campaign?
It seems pretty basic, but I often get asked how to attach a file to an email campaign. Maybe it's just going to a handful of folks, but...
rant
A question about your practices.
Today I got mail from "Angela Brobst," with a subject line of "question about your site." She apparently works for ...
europe
Europe hasn't caught up yet
Over on MediaPost's EmailInsider, Paul Beck talks about his experiences at an email marketing conference in Holland. One thing that hi...
best practices
Double Opt-in How To
Here's a link to a document I wrote back in February, 2006 . It gives an overview of how to implement double opt-in. How does it work? W...
authentication
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) trick of the day
Since SPF records are DNS TXT records, they can only contain up to 255 characters of information. In some situations, you might not be able...
2006
Double Opt-in How-To
Note: This is a guide I wrote back in 2005/2006 to share with folks how to properly implement confirmed opt-in aka double opt-in. I'm sh...
bill gates
Bill Gates, spamkiller?
"Spam's days are numbered, Gates says," according to the Miami Herald on January 24, 2004. Fellow anti-spam advocate Brian Mc...
can-spam
CAN-SPAM is here
The new U.S. anti-spam law ("CAN-SPAM") is here to stay. It's a compromise law, that really won't make anybody happy on ei...