SORBS blocks Gandi.net

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In a blog post on 5 March 2010, (original French version), Gandi.net asserts that it has been blocked by SORBS since last December.
The accusations seem to be almost par for the course when accusations are leveled against SORBS. Namely, Gandi is saying that SORBS

Feels that it is “above the law”
Demands that action [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

.@justinpremick I generally advise against unsub confirmation messages for just that reason: recipients tend not to like it. #
Thanks for all the fish, Annalivia! RT @aliverson: Annalivia Ford leaving AOL. http://bit.ly/9PUf3e #
Did you know that…. spammers hide who they are and what they're doing? #
Didn't I just post about that last week? Is something in [...]

When is a press release an advertisement?

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One of the first things I learned when I became a legal assistant is that there are rarely any pat answers. A blanket assertion is almost always wrong. (Did you see the attorney-like weasel wording there?)
There has been an interesting discussion on Twitter today regarding a February Techcrunch post (and wow is [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28

AMAZING insight! RT @aliverson: It's true! Prospecting for email addresses is more complicated if you're not allowed to spam. #
Hrm. When you retweet, do you put comments before or after the tweet? Which is more clear and useful to the reader? #
Listening to They Might Be Giants…. "The sun is a mass of incandescent gas" [...]

You might be a spammer

You might be a spammer if

you think in terms of “prospects” not “clients” or “customers”
you think only of the revenue that the people on your list represent
you think that “best practices” are rules that apply to other people, but not you
you think that businesses who use your product or service are in business for the [...]

“The recession has forced us to drop this etiquette.”

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semantics definition
se·man·tics (-tiks)
noun

the branch of linguistics concerned with the nature, the structure, and the development and changes of the meanings of speech forms, or with contextual meaning

semiotics
the branch of semiotics dealing with relationships of signs and symbols to the things to which they refer, or with referential meaning

the relationships between [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21

RT @aliverson: Already at 115 hits on the co-reg dashboard, just from 5pm-midnight on Sunday evening. http://bit.ly/9DVBR2 (Congrats!) #
.@evan_burke I am also missing out on #maawg Maybe next time we'll both be there #
.@toddherr Can a Brazilian bar be too long? #
.@indiescott Mayo Clinic: "Ideally, CPR involves 2 elements: chest compressions combined with … [...]

Back to WHOIS Privacy Services

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There seems to have been a bit of confusion over a previous post I’ve made over the use of WHOIS privacy services, like Domains By Proxy.
It has gotten back to me that some people are pointing to that post as saying that ANY use of a WHOIS privacy service “is [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14

Asking people to repost things is like saying "I know this is really lame, but I need to get my name out there." #
Just got a pre-record in the governor's race here in Texas. So not cool, @teamkay #spammer #
Great fun: Some #spammer sent me viagra #spam with a From: line of "Greg House" #
.@StrongMail [...]

The Legal Status of Feedback Loops

An interesting question comes in today: “Is it required by law to unsubscribe feedback loop complaints received by senders?” And I call it interesting because it’s a question dealing with legal status, and not best practices.
So, today’s post gets a caveat: I am not an attorney licensed to practice in any jurisdiction [...]