best practices
Double Opt-in/Confirmed Opt-in
Different names for the same practice. Whether you call it closed-loop opt-in, confirmed opt-in, verified opt-in or double opt-in, you...
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rant
Problems with Spamcop
(Note: This is out of date. Click here for a much more up-to-date commentary from me about Spamcop.) Think long and hard about what spam ...
lawsuit
MonsterHut in the News
THIS is a PDF of an judge's order regarding a lawsuit in the State of New York against a company named MonsterHut, alleging that they...
press
Buying dirty lists doesn't pay
I was quoted in the August, 28th 2001 SpamCon Foundation newsletter, where I shared my experiences relating to spam complaints and ROI on p...
data sharing
Selling your e-mail address for fun and profit
Michael Rathbun runs honet.com, and started noticing lots of attempts to deliver mail to an invalid email address there. Follow the travels...
blocklists
Audit Trails and Relay Blocking Lists
Check out this article on SFGate.com. It's an editorial by David Lazarus that talks about a local arts group being listed on Joe Jared...
blocklists
Nick Renton
On July 31, 2001, Nick Renton , of Melbourne, Australia, wrote an interesting commentary on why a new anti-spam blacklist, called ORBL, was...
blocklists
MAPS
As you probably know, I used to be associated with the Mail Abuse Prevention System, the well-known anti-spam blacklist group. Though I co...
blocklists
Ramblings about MAPS and the RBL
I used to work for the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS). They maintain, among other things, the Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). The MAPS...