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Help! I'm spam blocked by DCC!
A friend of a friend mentioned that they're finding mail bounced back with a reference to the DCC . "Halp! How do we get unblocked?...
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b2bspam
Speaking of Business Contact Databases
Check out Chad White's blog post today over on his Retail Email Blog . Kevin Akeroyd, COO of Jigsaw, is said to have presented at the E...
barnes and noble
Barnes and Noble Emails Opt-Outs
Hmm, I thought to myself. Why didn't I think of this? Barnes And Noble is sending emails to recipients who declined to opt-in , asking t...
jeremy jaynes
SCOTUS Declines Review of VA Anti-Spam Law Case
" The Supreme Court has passed up a chance to examine how far states can go to restrict unsolicited e-mails in efforts to block spammer...
comcast
E360 Gets an Important Bit Wrong
I have a cold, which leaves me lacking energy and lacking the desire to do anything beyond sit on the couch and read. Read what, you might a...
rant
JC Penney Does WHAT?
Consumerist reports: "Reader psionix bought some PJ's from JC Penney for his wife and, upon checkout, chose not to receive any ema...
direct magazine
No more, Direct Magazine
As of today, the tagged (unique) address I used to sign up for Ken Magill's newsletter now a spamtrap address. I just can't take it ...
consumerist
AT&T's 'American Idol' Text Message Stunt Backfires
Consumerist has the story. Some random (but large) number of AT&T subscribers got SMS-spammed by their cell provider. Lame. The NY Tim...
justin mason
Neat Hack: Re-Assassinate
Over on his blog, Justin Mason shows us how you can re-run already received messages through SpamAssassin . This is a neat idea. He explains...
abuse mailbox
Abuse Mailbox on Google Apps?
So, if you're like me, and you host email for your domain using Google Apps, you might be wondering how to read mail sent to abuse or po...
domains
Email Append and New Domain Spam
Spam to a new domain isn't uncommon. Lots of spammers comb whois, search the web, scrape forums, looking for any domain they can find, a...
b2bspam
EmailAppenders Has a Question
" Is there anything wrong with collecting business cards and selling the list? " -- Ian Cooper, president of new business developm...
law
Michigan State to student: Political e-mail is spam
If you're mad about how something is run at your school, is it OK to spam 391 people complaining about it? If the school is Michigan Sta...
b2bspam
Ken Magill, Laura Atkins on Zoominfo
Zoominfo -- a company that has created some sort of business contact database where you (you probably being "spammer") can buy lis...
john levine
Spam from Postini Servers
John Levine reports on yet another example of spam received from the servers of spam filtering service provider Postini.
gmail
Gmail Tempfailing
Word on the street is, if you're running an MTA that utilizes pipelining aggressively, you're probably having trouble sending email ...
article
Backscatter Goes Mainstream
Quick Link: Looks like Backscatter , the annoyance of bounces you receive in response to something somebody else sent (usually spam), has f...
dma
Tell me about this new opt-out list!
Over here, email marketer Dylan Boyd talks about the the DMA's "launch" of an email opt-out site. What, you mean, eMPS? That ...
criminals
Authorities Shut Down Spam Ring
From the NY Times: The Federal Trade Commission won a preliminary legal victory against what it called one of the largest spam gangs on the...
best practices
Message Timing FAIL
____ sent me an email today. ____ "would like feedback on my recent order." My recent order. The one I placed....in February. ...
chicago
Spam from Randolph Wine Cellars
A few weeks ago, I got spam from some wine store I had never heard of: Randolph Wine Cellars. Located in Chicago, it looks like a neat place...
bcp
Blocking list BCP and Dead DNSBLs
Over on DNSBL Resource, I posted a quick rant and link to the DNSBL best practice draft document . This BCP ought to be required reading for...
list purchasing
Spammers: SambaMail and The Data Supplier
Are you looking to buy a list? There’s no faster path to being identified as a spammer. If you’re looking to damage your ability to send mai...
apews
Ask Al: Help! Am I blocklisted?
Celso writes, "Can you please help me verify that my IP addresses are not on any blocklist?" No, I cannot, Celso. And here's...