Real impacts of spam
15 February 2018
I don’t talk about it very often, but there are some real consequences to even the existence of spam. All the way back in 2004, the FTC mentioned it as a driver in address churn*(Federal Trade Commission 2004). Of course, wanted messages get lost. Finally, we can blame the mere existence of spam for the…
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[1] , especially Spamhaus’ lists, by ISPs[2] . 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 something? A Brief History…
Did you catch the death of Postini?
25 June 2015
According to Google, all mail stopped flowing through Postini servers on June 15. Any Postini clients who had not made the transition by the end of May were supposed to have been forcibly transitioned then. Postini was a traditional troublespot when it came to deliverability. That shouldn’t be the case anymore. BibliographyPostini Transition to Google Apps,…