What happened to Compu-Finder?
The CTRC said today that it has issued its first penalty against someone for sending emails violating Canada’s anti-spam law. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CRTC Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer Issues $1.1 Million Penalty to Compu-Finder for Spamming Canadians, Government of Canada (2015), https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2015/03/crtc-chief-compliance-enforcement-officer-issues-1-1-million-penalty-compu-finder-spamming-canadians.html (last visited Jun 2, 2024). The penalty is substantial (C$1.1
The ISP should be the last of your concerns
Hey marketers! Listen up! I’m about to give you the dirty little secret to deliverability. You know those stupid “one simple trick” scams that tout weight loss or lower insurance rates? Unlike those scams, I have one simple trick to improve your deliverability rates. Are you ready? Read moreThe Spock TrapFORGET ABOUT THE RECEIVERS AND
Nomenclatura
“Nomenclatura” is a Latin word that refers to the “assigning of names to things.” Merriam-Webster, Nomenclature, Word History, Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary (2024), https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nomenclature#word-history (last visited Jun 2, 2024). It’s something that we often overlook, but it is very important. The names that we assign to things tell us something about them and sometimes also tell us something
Domain Reputation
[acp author=”The Spamhaus DBL Team” title=”Changes in Spamhaus DBL DNSBL return codes” id=”DBL_1″ media=”blog” url=”http://www.spamhaus.org/news/article/713/” year=”2014″ month=”June” day=”15″ year_access=”2014″ month_access=”June” day_access=”16″]{author}[/acp] is making some change to their Domain Block List. The new changes will seek to emphasize domains associated with malware and bots, and allow administrators to more easily filter out entries related to legitimate
BT Transitioning Away From Yahoo! Mail
British Telecom (BT) announced last year that they would be transitioning away from Yahoo! Mail’s service for their customers after a decade. Christopher Williams, BT dumps Yahoo! email after hacking claims, The Telegraph (2013), http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/btdota/10089355/BT-dumps-Yahoo-email-after-hacking-claims.html (last visited May 27, 2024). The concern at the time was over account security. Many BT customers reported losing control of
Proper Assumptions
This week, I’m at the Messaging, Malware, & Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group meeting. After all of the Tuesday sessions were over, I spoke with a colleague from another company about how I handle some aspects of providing client advice, and he suggested that I write that down in a blog post. For instance, when dealing
If ESPs were like ISPs…
Everyone wants to protect users and trap data. As a result, people like to send redacted complaints to email service providers (ESPs). Generally, I’m pretty happy to work with redacted data. I need to be able to tell which client sent mail. I need to be able to tell when they sent the mail (the
Spammer escapes slammer (Updated)
The Lompoc Record is reporting that Jeffery Kilbride has escaped from the minimum security federal lockup. Kilbride was convicted in 2007 of offenses primarily related to the CAN-SPAM Act. Among the things that were apparently included was an allegation that Kilbride and his partner had impaired the ability to track them down by using false
Make money that’s worth it…
I’m putting some old posts back up. That means searching through the Wayback Machine, looking for interesting posts (like many other writers, I think that a lot of what I’ve put out in the past is drivel), and then copying and pasting it into the blog platform, and then altering the date (so that the URL doesn’t change). I came across this post from December 14, 2006. In re-reading it, it occurred to me that with just a few edits, it’s all still relevant today. So, rather than put it back in its old place, I’m putting up a new post (with appropriate edits) exactly 7 years after posting it the first time.