Spam is a common problem that can be frustrating to deal with. Fortunately, there are several effective and proven tools to help you control what messages are marked (or not marked) as spam including MarkAsJunk and address rules also known as safelists and blocklists. Safelists are lists of email addresses or domains that you trust and want … Read more
Email viruses and malware are constantly evolving which makes it difficult if not impossible for even the best rated antivirus and spam protection programs to keep on top of emerging threats. The last line of defense is you! Here is a list of dos and don’ts for anyone who handles email messages. Dos DO Use common … Read more
Sender authentication technologies like DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) and Sender Policy Framework (SPF) not only help control spam but also improve deliverability of legitimate messages. Consequently, these systems are of interest to both email administrators and email marketers. What is sender authentication? In the most general sense, sender authentication measures the validity of a message source, and this information is … Read more
In his 2002 article entitled Death by Spam, Kevin Werbach predicted that as a result of spam, email would gradually move from being an open to a closed system. Six years later, where are we now and how far have we moved in that direction? Sadly and not surprisingly, email is still greatly hampered by … Read more