Archive for October, 2009
Guest Blog: C-27 Passes Committee
Today, we have another guest blog from the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE). Last night, Neil Schwartzman, CAUCE’s Executive Director, sent me the following update: C-27 Canada’s Electronic Commerce Protection Act passes Committee Review Bill C-27 passed an important milestone on Monday October 26, at 17:30 when it passed clause-by-clause committee review and was [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25
@dtboyd Excellent point! in reply to dtboyd # @jacaldwell Spam yesterday: "To be hung as horse is extremely possible." I'd rather not be hanged as a criminal, a horse, or anything else. in reply to jacaldwell # @jacaldwell I'd rather be able to say "These are not the droids you're looking for" #starwarsdreamsdocometrue in reply [...]
Guest Blog: Consumers Cautiously Optimistic about the Future
Today, we have a guest blog from the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE). CAUCE has been heavily involved in crafting a worthy anti-spam law in Canada, so I reached out to them to see if they would like like to guest blog here. Neil Schwartzman, CAUCE’s Executive Director, wrote back with the following:
Pottery Warriors Are Standing By…
Often people look at their ESP or delivery consultant as the emperor did his clay pot army: “They will be the invincible might that makes email flow past the evil demons of spam filters and postmasters and into the glorious inbox.”
Something that authentication can’t help
The email said, “Our last mailing had 30 complaints at AOL. Will signing with DKIM and SPF help with our reputation there?” In some ways, that is a fair question. We do talk about reputation a lot and how authentication ties into that. But, really, this is something that authentication can’t help because, for all [...]
Mickey Chandler's Spamtacular. 
