Tag: The Spamhaus Project

Spamtraps are not the problem

When you go to the doctor, do you want the doctor to treat your symptoms or do you want the doctor to give you treatment for the disease that is causing the symptoms? If you’re like most people, the answer will be “I want the doctor to treat the disease.” In my line of work,… Read More

SBLs

On the fifth day of Listmas, my data showed to me five SBLs… Coming up on Spamhaus’ radar is usually bad news. Unlike some stories that you might read on the Internet, Spamhaus won’t reach out in order to give you a [acp media=”website” author=”Bob D’Angelo” url=”http://www.ajc.com/news/national/michigan-police-hand-out-target-gift-cards-instead-tickets/6DgfHWMMMxevxK33MkOcWK/” title=”Michigan police hand out Target gift cards for… Read More

Back to Basics: Where does Spamhaus get off…

One of the more popular questions that come up deals with the use of DNSBLs[acp footnote]DNS-based Blocking Lists[/acp], especially Spamhaus’ lists, by ISPs[acp footnote]Internet Service Providers[/acp]. The question usually goes something like this: Who are the operators of that list and what gives them the right to regulate commerce? Are they run by a government or… Read More

It’s time to consider non-users

A joint investigation by the Canadian and Australian governments has [acp author=”Offices of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Australian Privacy Commissioner” title=”PIPEDA Report of Findings #2016-005: Joint Investigation of Ashley Madison by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Australian Privacy Commissioner/Acting Australian Information Commissioner” id=”OPCCAPC-01″ year=”2016″ month=”August” day=”22″ year_access=”2016″ month_access=”August” day_access=”23″ url=”https://www.priv.gc.ca/cf-dc/2016/2016_005_0822_e.asp”]released… Read More

Proper Assumptions

I’m at the Messaging, Malware, & Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group meeting this week. After all of the sessions on Tuesday were over, I was speaking with a colleague from another company about how I handle some aspects of providing client advice and he suggested that I write that down in a blog post. When dealing… Read More

Bro-status

Deliverability Relationship Marketing

A teaser ​(King 2013)​ for a Delivera whitepaper by Ken Magill provided blog fodder for Laura Atkins over at Word to the Wise ​(Atkins 2013)​. Ken’s premise, with which Laura agrees, is that ESPs which start talking about the wonderful relationships they have with folks at Spamhaus or at various ISPs should cause you to be… Read More

Why Does All of This Matter?

Sometimes, you just want to beat your head against your desk, put your head in your hands and cry, and then beat your head against the wall. I’m kind of at that point at the moment. Why? “Probably,” as Jack Handy once said about the reason why raindrops would be God’s tears, “because of something… Read More

Guest Blog: I am not a spammer – so why have I been blocked?

screenshot of an email inbox filled with spam

screenshot of an email inbox filled with spam (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today’s post comes from Richard Bewley. He’s a deliverability expert in ExactTarget’s London office. Since I’m at ET as well, we sometimes get the opportunity to work together and I’ve found him to be pretty solid in the advice that he gives clients and thought that you might enjoy his insight.

So, without further ado, take it away, Richard!

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Why an opt-out opt-in doesn’t really work

I recently heard from some friends about Penton Media sending an email asking people to subscribe to get third-party email.  They didn’t like being required to opt-out to avoid getting email that wasn’t requested in the first place, even if there had been a warning given that the email was coming. Apparently, Spamhaus agreed with… Read More

The Eleventh Commandment

When you do business with a government agency, at just about any level, you surrender a certain amount of privacy. Whatever you give to the agency is likely going to be subject to so-called “sunshine” laws that go by names like “Freedom of Information” or “Freedom of Access.” Recently, some sportsmen have discovered this the hard… Read More

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