Top 10 Posts of 2009
So, yesterday I put out a list of the bottom 10 posts of 2009. I promised then that I’d put out a list of the top 10 posts today, and here they are (in reverse order — #1 is really #10). IP relisted despite no more mail being sent. It seems like I blogged about [...]
Barry Speaks: We won’t shut-up and eat your spam
Today we have a guest post from the ever popular Barry. Barry is overworked and underpaid, and wants to get the word out: I’ve been hearing a lot of chatter about how ESPs think the ISPs should just shut up and eat their spam. That if the ISPs understood how hard they’re working, and what [...]
The hard truth about email
Image via Wikipedia Many clients expect email to be sort of an automatic thing. The thinking is “I should hit ‘Send’ and it should arrive within moments.” So, sometimes those of us who work in email hear comments like the following: I understand that these delays may not be your fault, but we can’t have [...]
Sending email to wireless domains?
One question that I get asked a lot has to do with sending email to wireless domains. So, I’ll lay out the answer here for all the world to see: No unsolicited messages may be sent to a recipient on a mobile domain for any reason, period. Here’s the general rule from the FCC’s Order [...]
Dog Bites Man: IAB Suggests You Follow the Law
The IAB has issued its Email Data Management Best Practices document and suggests that you only send mail to people who have agreed to receive mail from you. They also appear to have started drinking a bit of Kool-Aidetm and are recommending that you share your suppression files with third parties, but that you encrypt [...]
Lessons Learned From Politicians
B to B has an interesting article: “Election ’08: The candidates’ e-mail errors” It lists four mistakes: Signup problems (including Obama’s site’s demand that you contribute!!) Lack of welcome messages Lack of relevance Obama’s list uses CAPTCHA on the unsubscribe page, something that would be illegal for you to do Really, these things are Email [...]
Things that make you go “Hmmmmm”
Ken Magill has another article up on EmailAppenders. What I find interesting is the “Devin Juan”/”Prakash Kotian” angle. Apparently this person is writing to people reporting on the EmailAppenders/Javelin Marketing incident trying to get articles critical of EmailAppenders removed. The emails quoted in the article are also interesting because they appear to make some accusations [...]
Earthlink and the devil’s spam filter
Macworld’s Christopher Breen speaks out against unnecessary C/R Breaking away from the traditional Q&A format today, I’d like to offer a small piece of advice to Earthlink customers: Earthlink’s spamBlocker is the tool of the devil if it’s not configured properly.
When should you use RSS instead of email?
Here’s an interesting read and take on the Randy Cunningham broadside against Yahoo! When is Spam not Spam? The thing is, it kind of is spam. I know that it’s not unsolicited and Randy doesn’t share his email lists and he has an unsubscribe link and honours all the unsubscribe requests promptly, but really, why [...]
Habeas Bye-ku
ReturnPath shivers Engulfs Habeas like spring Floats away from us. (See OpinionJournal for an explanation of the “bye-ku.” Of course, don’t forget that Habeas started out with putting a haiku into the headers of email.) Update: Maybe we’ll get a mini round-up of Habeas haiku. Laura at Word to the Wise has one up. Steve [...]
