In what could best be described as "madness" US ISP Verizon has decided to block all of Europe to stop spam. Full article available here Thanks Verizon! … [Read more...] about Verizon blocks Europe
Spam Filtering
Sending bulk email without spamming
If you are going to run a mailing list you need to be very conscious of the problems you face. At the technical/design level you need to send emails that people will be able to read.Plain text emails are obviously going to be legible in all email clients, but are not as attractive as HTML ones. Unfortunately no two email clients are going to render your emails in exactly the … [Read more...] about Sending bulk email without spamming
Geo specific scoring
For the last couple of months we have been tracking our logs using Vispan with the GeoIP. We can easily see where viruses and spam are coming from and thus draw up a top list of countries. For example, so far this month the top sources of spam have been: United States Korea, Republic of China Ireland United Kingdom NB A percentage of these emails would have been tagged as … [Read more...] about Geo specific scoring
Irony?
Barracuda Networks sell devices that are supposed to protect networks from spam, however the owner, Michael Perone, has been fingered by some as a former spammer … [Read more...] about Irony?
Accurate Statistics
If you are using MailScanner to filter mail you probably want to know how much mail you are filtering and how effective it is, or isn't :mrgreen: There are a number of applications that allow you to get an idea of what is going on: MailWatch - A comprehensive tool that monitors many aspects of your incoming and outgoing mail, as well as offering access to your … [Read more...] about Accurate Statistics