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Yahoo releases user names 27 Aug 2013 | 05:36 am
According to TechCrunch, Yahoo has started notifying people if their desired username is available. For users who asked for names that aren’t available now, Yahoo has a solution. They will be keeping ...
Insights on how to improve email marketing 23 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
I can’t do anything except say +1 to this list of ineffective habits of email marketers from Loren McDonald.
Major payday loan email sender shut down 22 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
Chattanooga area payday lender Carey V. Brown lays off workers
“Blocked for Bot-like Behavior” 20 Aug 2013 | 10:43 pm
An ESP asked about this error message from Hotmail and what to do about it. “Bot-like” behaviour usually means the sending server is doing something that bots also do. It’s not always that they’re sp...
Ken gets spam 20 Aug 2013 | 03:14 am
Ken at Popehat gets spam offering to write a sponsored post. Ken counters with what he wants out of a sponsored post. Blogging is going to be light this week. I’ve got a couple project deadlines to m...
Spam illustrated 17 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Portraits of Spammers It’s been a long week, so enjoy some art (and spam). Next week we’ll get back to discussing the many faults of Gmail. And senders. And receivers. And, well, everyone has faults....
Gmail tabs … good for marketers? 16 Aug 2013 | 04:22 am
It appears to be Google’s turn as the subject of most of my blog posts these days. Consumerist had a post up today talking about the new Gmail tabs. Interestingly enough, they’re quoting an Ad Age ar...
Gmail promotions tab 15 Aug 2013 | 12:39 am
Chad White explains why you shouldn’t ask recipients to move mail from the promotions tab to the inbox.
Gmail says no expectation of privacy, kinda. 14 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
Consumer Watch put out a press release yesterday about a court filing made by Gmail that says Gmail users have no expectation of privacy. I pulled a bunch of the docs yesterday, but have had no real t...
TWSD: Don’t honor opt-outs 14 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
One of the big arguments various mailers make is that they make it easy for users to opt-out of mail, so it’s not a big deal. Users who don’t want to receive the mail, can make it stop. This was one o...
