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
Greatmail LLC offers entry level email hosting geared towards non-profit organizations, small businesses and families. The plan includes a maximum of 15 POP3/IMAP email accounts, 10 GBs storage per mailbox, webmail, support for mail clients like Thunderbird and Outlook, spam and antivirus protection. Clients may choose to upgrade to Greatmail’s premium email hosting service including advanced collaboration tools, increased storage options, hosted … Read more
Do you have questions about your company’s email and want guidance in selecting and/or maintaining an email solution for your business? If so, you may want to consider hiring an email consultant to analyze your company’s email requirements and recommend email services. What is email consulting, and what sets it apart from services offered by … Read more
As social networking sites gain momentum, the question arises how to integrate content and information from sites like Twitter into popular client side communication tools like Microsoft Outlook. Fortunately, with third party Outlook add-in applications like TwInbox (formerly known as OutTwit) available from TechHit, Outlook can become a full featured Twitter client. For those unfamiliar … Read more
You’ve recently moved your email to an email hosting provider. The incoming spam is finally under control and your users have all transitioned to the new server without issue. Then you get the call from your new email provider. A recent message you tried to send to 350 recipients was blocked. Like it or not, … Read more
Clients often ask about BES and synchronization of calendars and contacts between Outlook and Blackberry. One of the major issues is specifically how to synchronize calendars and contacts data between the desktop and wireless device. There are presently 2 ways to utilize the Blackberry. The first and more traditional method is via your POP3/IMAP mailbox. … Read more
What is a spambot? Spambots are address harvesting robots that scrape the internet looking for email addresses to build mailing lists. Common places for spambots to collect email addresses include forums, guestbooks, blogs, contact forms and other web pages that contain or display email addresses. There are several things you can do to protect your … Read more
Ever received a spam message supposedly from yourself or another existing or non-existing account at your domain? If so, you’ve experienced email spoofing where messages are forged or made to appear as though they originate from your server. If you’re the email administrator for your domain, you certainly know the frustration trying to explain to … 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
What is email hosting? Do I need email hosting? Can’t I get email through my web host? If you’re considering outsourcing your email to an email hosting specialist, these are just a few of many questions you’re probably asking yourself right now. Email hosting, in the literal sense, is hosting for email. Generally, email hosting … Read more