gmail
Gmail: Filtering mail into folders
Somebody recently asked me how does one set up folders in Gmail, and how does one then filter mail into those filters? Setting up filters an...
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b2bspam
Gmail & B2B Spam
A client recently reminded me of Gmail's yellow bar that explains why a message went to spam. I decided to pull up the last few spams ou...
aol
AOL/Yahoo Transition Update: AOL DMARC & FBL Reports
AOL Postmaster Lili Crowley posted an update yesterday to the AOL Postmaster Blog regarding the future of DMARC and FBL reports from the A...
hotmail
List-Unsubscribe header: You need it!
Allow me to distill this very insightful article from Word to the Wise down to four simple points: Microsoft wants you to include the list-...
food
Isleton Spam Festival: There's still time
You've got just over two weeks until it's time for Isleton, California's Spam Festival. The February 18th affair has in the past...
aol
AOL Announces Mail System MX Changes
As expected, AOL announced yesterday that the MX records for their domains are being updated: As AOL and Yahoo come together under the OA...
clamav
Using ClamAV? Update Now
ClamAV is a popular open source anti-virus engine, that among other things, is popularly used to scan emails on Linux/Unix systems for bad ...
aol
More Transitions: AOL/Yahoo Consolidation
Remember how I said that I thought 2018 would be the year of consolidation ? First you had the Microsoft platform consolidation, the mergi...
challenge-response
History Repeating: Challenge/Response again?!
At least one mailing list operator on Mailop is reporting that he's receiving mail from something called BitBounce. It sounds like some ...
canada
Canada and Japan joining forces to stop spam
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has signed an agreement with Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and...
alltel.net
Dead email domain: alltel.net
A reader wrote in asking me if anybody was home at the email domain alltel.net . I performed a handful of checks to see: Does the domain...
closing
TinyLetter: Don't freak out just yet!
Slate reports that popular email service provider Mailchimp plans to phase out TinyLetter , the neat simple newsletter service they have own...
blog
More on "Smart Unsubscribing"
I mentioned recently that Google has implemented a feature wherein they'll suggest to "Inbox by Gmail" users that the user ma...
2018
Challenges in 2018?
It's the first working day of the new year. What do you think are going to be some of the challenges we face in the realms of email and ...
history
Hotmail: Twenty years ago this month...
Twenty years ago this month, HoTMaiL was acquired by Microsoft, going on to become MSN Hotmail, er, Windows Live Mail, er, Windows Live Hotm...
admin
Top Five Spam Resource Posts of 2017
Hey, we made it! 2017 is finally drawing to a close! Let's take a moment to review the top five most popular Spam Resource posts this ye...
holiday season
On the 12th day of Listmas...
Mickey Chandler just posted the 12th and final in his series of "the Days of Listmas" over at Spamtacular . Happy holidays!
dkim
LaPoste Now Offering DKIM-based ISP Feedback Loop
A representative of French post office and webmail provider LaPoste announced on LinkedIn yesterday that LaPoste.net now offers support for...
cbl
Did anyone recently notice that the Spamhaus XBL just got really big?
Ray from Spamhaus explains why in a new post. Spoiler alert: Looks like the Andromeda botnet and rise of IoT (Internet of Things) spam are ...
engadget
Inbox by Gmail will remind you to unsubscribe from unread promo emails
Engadget reports that Gmail's "Inbox by Gmail" web interface and Android app are proactively offering up a suggestion to unsub...
brian krebs
Krebs: Phishers Are Upping Their Game. So Should You.
Brian Krebs recently published a most excellent article on the current state of phishing and what you can and should do to try to protect y...
holiday season
The 12 Days of Listmas
🎵 On the first day of Listmas 🎵 my data showed to me 🎵 something’s causing slow delivery… Over on Spamtacular, Mickey Chandler is ...
aol
Help! I'm blocked at Verizon.net! (Updated for 2024)
Hey! Are you finding your mail rejected when trying to send to verizon.net? Through a complicated series of mergers and acquisitions over th...