We do not make any distinction about how the sender got the RCPT address or if he has permission to send to it. We simply note that inherently - those without permission to send must constantly move and change or be blacklisted. Those with no reason to move and change rapidly are those whose mail is generally welcomed by the RCPT.   more »

What is the one thing a fraud cannot copy?

Element 1. Something personal to the individual user.
Examples: a personal photo or a personal sound recording of their pet, child, loved one or self. Selected by the user, not by the software maker or application server, not by the third party trust authority.   more »

The bad news is that even if an SPF record helps get your mail delivered to Microsoft Hotmail or MSN email users - an SPF record may hurt your email's spamminess score elsewhere, at hundreds of thousands of non-Microsoft mail services.   more »

VARA = Verified And Recipient Authorized, a simple, public domain concept with applications in anti-phishing and fixing the forwarding ...   more »

Ironically, efforts to block spam sometimes cost businesses revenue by preventing employees from seeing mail from legitimate contacts, including customers. ...   more »

Written for a user who asked for a way to get his mail from multiple computers, home and travelling. Often ...   more »

It's the classic catch 22: you'd like to get rid of the spam clogging your existing email address by starting over with a new one. But you've printed that email address on all your business cards, letterhead, it's in your advertising and you have important customers who write to it.   more »

Three Crucial Reasons to Verify Control of Your Domain and Business Email Address - Reason number one: Your email address is a valuable asset; you pay to advertise it, customers retain it. Would you change your phone number overnight or let a third party control any of your other business reputation assets?   more »