dmarc
DMARC: Gmail "p=reject" policy is coming
First Yahoo. Then AOL. Recently, additional Yahoo domains. Next up? Gmail. DMARC.org announced today that Gmail will move to publish a more ...
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email access
Add Other Email Accounts to Yahoo Mail
Want to access your AOL or Outlook.com mail via Yahoo! Mail? Yahoo's got you covered . The deliverability consultant in me wonders exact...
dmarc
Additional Yahoo Domains to get DMARC "Reject" Policy
You may recall that Yahoo implemented a "p=reject" DMARC policy in April, 2014 for their primary yahoo.com domain name. (And AOL ...
ask al
⛄ Put a snowman in your subject line ⛄
I'm not going to lie; I think it's a bit silly. But, I get asked about this pretty darn regularly: How can I put symbols in my subje...
gmail
Google now allows you to "block" senders in Gmail
Over on the Official Gmail Blog, Google's Sri Harsha Somanchi lets us know that Gmail now offers the ability to "block" unwant...
dead dnsbls
Another day, another dead blacklist....
Spam filtering still happens, but are blacklists where its at? Yet another one dies today , making for 25+ reports of DNSBL death since 2007...
brian krebs
HostWinds: A Turnaround Story
From Brian Krebs comes the story of the fall and rise of internet hosting firm HostWinds . Founder Peter Holden explains how they came to ge...
gmail
Oops: Gmail Spam Filter Changes Bite Linus Torvalds
As reported on Slashdot: "[After recent spam filter changes at Gmail, Linux inventor Linus] Torvalds said his own experience [is] that ...
admin
1,072,835 Page views!
I registered the domain spamresource.com on December 31, 2000 and in the year 2001 first used it as a platform to publish my thoughts and op...
eff
Domain Registration Privacy: Another View
Electronic Frontier Foundation's Jeremy Malcolm and Mitch Stoltz published an article yesterday quite reasonably expressing concern ove...
dmarc
DMARC and mailing lists: We survived!
It's been a little over a year since Yahoo and AOL implemented restrictive "p=reject" DMARC policies, saying you essentially...
IP addresses
Return Path: When is it OK to Use a Shared IP Address?
Return Path's Tom Sather explains when it's OK to use a shared IP address . Basically, when your volume is very low. He suggests tha...
laura atkins
ESPs and Purchased Lists
Over on her Word to the Wise blog, Laura Atkins shares a wonderful list of links to almost every email service provider's policy prohib...
france
DeliverNow: New Filters @ Orange, SFR, Laposte
According to France-based Deliverability monitoring company DeliverNow, French ISPs Orange, SFR, and Laposte.net have deployed a new spam fi...
authentication
Sending mail over IPv6? Authenticate!
Josh over at Word to the Wise explains that as Microsoft brings live IPv6 support for its Office365/Exchange Online Protection email platfor...
clear
Domains clear.net and clearwire.net have been retired
If you're trying to send mail to subscribers at clear.net or clearwire.net today, you'll notice that all delivery attempts are bei...
bcp
Great work, MAAWG!
On March 10th, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) published a new version of the Senders BCP (Best Common ...
dmarc
DMARC and Mailing Lists: A Roundup
In 2014, Yahoo and AOL both implemented strict "p=reject" DMARC policies on their primary domains. This presented challenges to b...
lawsuit
Spamhaus Sued for Libel in UK
Ken Magill has the story on initial filings regarding the lawsuit brought by Craig Ames and Robert McGee against Spamhaus in the United King...
law
House Introduces Email Privacy Bill
Read all about it over at The Hill. My question is, does this thing have a chance of going anywhere, based on the current gridlock in Congre...
amazon
Amazon Starting Email Service
According to multiple sources , Amazon is starting up a cloud-hosted email service. Called WorkMail, it looks as though it'll be price...
list-unsubscribe
Microsoft Updates Use of List Unsubscribe Header
What is a list-unsusbcribe header, you might ask? It's an email header, typically hidden from the end user, that includes information th...
ahbl
Ask Al: Help! AHBL is blocking inbound mail!
Mickey writes, "I'm being blocked by AHBL. I own a tax and accounting firm. We send out two newsletters per year to our existing cl...
alibaba
Yahoo Shuts Down Its Email Service In China
As reported on TechCrunch and elsewhere, Yahoo's Chinese email service is no more. Warned all the way back in April, current users of th...