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CAN-SPAM Ruling: Domain Ownership Masking Deceptive 11 Jun 2013 | 07:58 pm
Over on his blog, John Levine shares his thoughts on the default judgment in Zoobuh v. Better Broadcasting. Though it's a default judgment, the judge actually seems to have spent some time researching...
DMARC: Please Be Careful! 10 Jun 2013 | 09:35 pm
Every couple of days, somebody new pops up on the DMARC-Discuss mailing list to ask some question or share an observation. It's great to see people interested and joining the conversation. Clearly, DM...
Twitter Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication 24 May 2013 | 08:42 pm
It's Twitter's turn to jump on the two factor bandwagon. I'm sad that it didn't happen sooner, but still happy to see them joining the ranks of Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Please, p...
Apple Rolls out Two-Factor Authentication 10 May 2013 | 08:31 pm
I'm a big fan of two factor authentication. I've been using it on my Google accounts forever. Yahoo has it. Microsoft has it. Now, Apple has it, too! I'm very glad to hear this. I'll be setting it up ...
A New DNSBL: DNSBL Chile 2 May 2013 | 01:55 am
It's been a long time since I've noticed a new anti-spam blacklist (DNSBL) out in the wild. For more information, click on over to the DNSBL Chile article on DNSBL.com. This post first appeared on Al...
Dutchman Arrested in Spamhaus DDoS 29 Apr 2013 | 07:30 pm
Brian Krebs reports on the arrest made in response to the recent massive distributed denial-of-service attack against anti-spam group Spamhaus. (Hat tip: Laura Atkins) This post first appeared on Al...
Groupon is Hiring 17 Apr 2013 | 08:28 pm
Groupon is looking for an email deliverability engineer to be based in Sidney, NSW, Australia. From the posting: "The role of Email Deliverability Engineer will ensure optimal inbox rates through dail...
COI: Another List Manager's View (or two) 17 Apr 2013 | 01:22 am
Ken Magill posted today on "Why Fully Confirmed Opt-in Sucks." It's definitely worth reading, and I hear where Ken's coming from. To "lose a subscriber" through their failure to confirm, that can rea...
Payday Loans in the News 15 Apr 2013 | 08:20 pm
It looks like email permission is not the only challenge for some payday loan marketers. Case in point: This weekend I ran across this story on Slashdot explaining how a Wordpress plugin was hacked to...
Tons of Misdirected Mail 12 Apr 2013 | 07:59 pm
In Laura Atkins' blog post where she shares her thoughts on COI, she links to this amazing article from the New Yorker, where Matthew J.X. Malady shares a bit of insight about the vast amounts of misd...
