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ask al

Ask Al: Help! I'm Blacklisted!

Akhter writes, "Our company IP address X.X.X.X is on the dnsbl.sorbs.net blacklist. We have tried many ways of contacting the SORBS com...

dns

DUDE: YR DOIN' IT WRONG!

Steven Champeon says , "If your PTR contains or ends with IN-ADDR.ARPA, you're Doing It Wrong. Go read a book. That is all."

blago

Quick Hit: Blagojevich Spam

Patti Blagojevich, the wife of the embattled ex-governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, seems to have done something she shouldn't have w...

international

Online Privacy in the UK

Planning to handle consumer data in the UK? Then it's time to learn about the Data Protection Act 1998. Thankfully, Wikipedia has a very...

deliverability

Good Advice for Senders

Hey email senders, looking for some good advice? Here's a few things you should do or not do, if you want to walk on the right side of t...

chris wheeler

New FBL from Tucows/OpenSRS

There's a new feedback loop in town, according to Chris Wheeler over on Deliverability.com . It's being offered by Tucows, who is, a...

b2bspam

Jigsaw Blacklisted by Spamhaus

Last week Ken Magill interviewed Jigsaw CEO Jim Fowler, quizzing him on his company's stance on selling lists of email addresses . Jim m...

legal

New Maine Law Came...and Went

Chip House reported on the new Maine law over on his blog : "The law doesn’t specifically identify email marketing, [but] it does cover...

gmail

How Google Looks at Spam Complaints

From WebProNews : "Google's Matt Cutts answered a user question about how the company handles spam complaints in the most recent vi...

box of meat

Happy Birthday, Internet!

J.D. Falk writes about the history of the internet and the relationship between the 'net and advertising. "Oh, Internet. You had su...

europe

Don't Lie About Safe Harbor

The FTC recently announced what appears to be the first spotlight shined on somebody pretending to be Safe Harbor certified when they actual...

coi

Guest Post: Email and the White House

Today's guest post comes to us courtsey of Jaren Angerbauer, the founder and CEO of DeliveryVision , an email delivery consulting firm. ...

aol

Blocking specific domains?

Over on the Word to the Wise blog, Laura Atkins answers the question , is it wise for senders to block mail to various anti-spam companies? ...

aol

AOL to Stop Sending Report Cards

As recently noted on the AOL postmaster blog : "We are no longer sending report cards. If you have a complaint feedback loop, make sure...

ken magill

Wholesale e-mail data? Uh, no.

In Dissecting a Pitch that Smells , Ken Magill tears apart an email list offer that smells too good to be true. Ken runs down the myriad of ...