coi
On Political Speech, DOI, and Mr. Poopyhead
Ken Magill (or shall I say, Mr. Poopyhead) makes a funny, yet very insightful point, in his recent article about an email he recently recei...
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godaddy
Godaddy misusing the PBL?
According to Justin Mason, domain registrar (and email/web hoster) Godaddy is misusing the Spamhaus PBL: Using it as a URL filter. This is w...
email append
Ow, my Irony hurts!
Hey, what? Did I really just read that? An email appender sending out a press release about how to combat spam? Wait...the company name ...
deliverability
What is a Sender?
Somebody just asked me what I mean when I say "sender." I often refer to senders in contexts like this: A good sender should alway...
best practices
More on Pizza Hut
Dylan at email service provider eROI points out that Pizza Hut's email sign up process is substandard : You have to opt-in to receive e...
can-spam
Don't Spam to Apologize for Spam
The Consumerist headline says it all: Pizza Hut Sends Unsolicited Email To Apologize For Sending Unsolicited Email Or does it? Let's t...
habeas
ReturnPath Buys Habeas
ReturnPath has purchased Habeas, according to all of the industry sources in the world, all of whom have sent me separate emails giving me a...
politics
Political Sending Reputation
Ever wondered what the sending reputation was for your favorite presidential candidate? Here's the IP addresses and Sender Score rankin...
spam
Beware the Fake News Spam
Terry Zink reports on the most recent ball of spam that he (and most of us) have been receiving: Fake news alerts that claim to be from CNN ...
double opt-in
Yahoo Insights and Subcriber Engagement
Mark Brownlow talks about Yahoo's take on subscriber engagement here . After you read that, check out Mark's more generalized theory...
bronto
List Reconfirmation Example
Hey, fellow anti-spammers: "Re-Engagement Strategy" is what email service providers or deliverability people would call a reconfir...
eddie davidson
Ken Magill on the Eddie Davidson Coverage
Ken says what I'm thinking , as is often the case. Spam bad? Yup. Davidson a scumbag? Yup. Happy about a murder suicide? Nope. Happy abo...
double opt-in
COI Can't Protect Against Stupid
Here's a tale from Matt Blumberg , CEO of ReturnPath, on how confirmed opt-in, aka double opt-in, isn't necessarily enough to 100% p...
backscatter
Backscatter in Detail
Backscatter has long annoyed me . But, I've been even more annoyed at the lack of comprehensive information online explaining exactly wh...
coi
When Terminology Attacks
I was reading a mailing list today, as I often do. Some random guy, nobody I know, he posted a request for help. He said, more or less: ...
e360
E360 Failure Update
Ed Falk on E360 dropping lawsuits with prejudice (meaning E360 cannot refile). Mickey points out that E360 reached a settlement agreement ...
lawsuit
Do you want to fund the lawsuit?
Mickey Chandler asks, " Do you want to fund the lawsuit? " Meaning, if you're splitting the hair very thin to make the case th...
idiocy
The "Report Moron" Button
Terry Zink blogs about the necessity of a "Report Moron" button . Ha.
b2bspam
Offers You Can't Refuse
Dylan from email service provider eROI talks about how he got an offer to sign up for services from a competing email service provider. An...
blocklists
MAPS: A bit of ancient history
Check out this very old presentation about the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) , from October, 2000. I had already left MAPS at that poi...
eec
The EEC/Zinio Affair
Insight on the topic (and thoughts on industry leadership issues) from Ken Magill and Laura Atkins .
false positives
Postini Bug and False Positives
Ben at MailChimp takes us through it : Postini causes wanted mail to not be delivered. MailChimp tries to work with Postini. Postini rather ...
james gordon
Thanks, James Gordon
Remember James Gordon? The guy who sued Virtumundo, and lost? If you don't remember, here's some history: Ken Magill laughs at Gordo...
box of meat
Behold the Box of Meat
Might I recommend you check out J.D. Falk's " Box of Meat " blog? It has rapidly become one of my favorites, the blog I check ...