Tag: Spam filtering

Real impacts of spam

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… 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

Did you catch the death of Postini?

According to [acp author=”Google” title=”Postini Transition to Google Apps” id=”Goog1″ media=”website” url=”http://postini-transition.googleapps.com/” YEAR_ACCESS=”2015″ MONTH_ACCESS=”June” DAY_ACCESS=”25″]Google[/acp], 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… Read More