Author: Mickey Chandler

“We’ve Gotta Make Our Numbers”

14 December 2017

On the sixth day of Listmas, my client said to me “We’ve gotta make our numbers!” There’s a reason that “Black Friday” is called “Black Friday.” No, actually, there is more than one reason. According to [acp id=”oxford-20171214″ url=”https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/black_friday” media=”website” publisher=”Oxford University Press” title=”Black Friday | Definition of Black Friday in US English by Oxford… Read More

SBLs

13 December 2017

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

Authentication Failures

12 December 2017

On the fourth day of Listmas, my data showed to me four authentication failures… Hey, it’s a song, okay? So, there are a number of ways to go to get authentication failures. Not everybody checks authentication, we could still be counting either DomainKeys or SenderID, etc. But, honestly, this is day 4 because that’s just… Read More

Sending three times daily

11 December 2017

On the third day of Listmas, my data showed to me they were sending three times daily… So, the funny thing about this one being on day three is that to be more accurate to what some folks are doing now, this should be anywhere from day 4 to day 7. For instance, here’s a… Read More

First Day of Listmas: Slow Delivery

7 December 2017

On the first day of Listmas, my data showed to me something’s causing slow delivery… Slow delivery rates are a real factor all year long, but they become especially pointed and painful during the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. They happen for all kinds of reasons. So, each weekday until the Friday before Christmas, we’re going… Read More

Back to Basics: Where does Spamhaus get off…

11 January 2017

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

Back to basics: Why have a policy?

4 January 2017

It occurred to me that some people are unclear on why ESPs[acp footnote]Email Service Provider[/acp] have policies. Those people aren’t always clients. Sometimes, they’re salespeople. Sometimes, they’re even management. I suppose that sometimes, even deliverability professionals lose sight of why policies exist as they do. The Ultimate Answer The ultimate answer as to “why have… Read More

It’s time to consider non-users

23 August 2016

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

Who Drives DMARC?

23 June 2016

Every time that someone comes up with a new way to talking about mail back channels it gets just a little more complex. First, we had SPF. That was a relatively easy thing. Add a text record to DNS that says where your mail is coming from and you’re set. You even had options to… Read More