People are more prone to lie over email than face to face.
November 22, 2011
We lie more in email than in person
22November
November 21, 2011
Having the same conversation
21November
This morning I was reading a blog post about the failure of the congressional super committee. The author commented parties can’t reach an agreement if they’re not even having the same conversation. I realized this is just as true in email as it is in politics. All too often we’re not having the same conversation. Look at the comments thread on my spamtraps post. Steve Henderson and I...
November 18, 2011
More legal problems for Boris
18November
Boris Mizhen is once again on the wrong side of legal action. This time it’s not as simple as Microsoft suing him for creating hundreds of thousands of accounts to try and game the spam scoring system. Instead, he seems to have run afoul of the FTC. This case isn’t obviously about email, but the FTC alleges that companies under the “control or influence” of Boris set up a...
November 17, 2011
Email lost a mighty advocate
17November
Last night J.D. Falk passed away from stomach cancer. For those of us who were privileged to know him, it was not unexpected but it is still a sad day. CircleID has a memorial post up. I’ve known of JD since I started in email in the late ’90s. I had the privilege of meeting him when we moved out to the bay area and he invited Steve and I to the “sushi cabal” – a...
November 16, 2011
IP reputation and the bulk folder
16November
I’ve spent much of today talking to various people about IP reputation and bulk foldering. It’s an interesting topic, and one that has changed quite a bit in the past few months. Here are a few of the things I said on the topic. Generally IPs that the ISP has not seen traffic from before starts out with a slight negative reputation. If you think about all the new IPs that an ISP will...
November 15, 2011
Vetting customers
15November
MAAWG has published a BCP for vetting new customers. This is the culmination of much work by a lot of people. One of the best things about the document is the discussion of how spammers attempt to hide their identity. All too often I’ve been called in by ESPs to help them identify how a spammer got on their network and where their process failed. As filtering gets better at blocking spam...
November 14, 2011
Spam is not illegal
14November
I was recently taken to task for claiming that unsolicited bulk email was spam. Spam is illegal and Spammers are criminal. Let’s not mess about with words here. Calling someone a spammer is inflamitory [sic]. I’m not arguing that sending unsolicited bulk email is anything other than bad. And that a lot of senders have a negative reaction to being called spammers. I’ve even had hate...
November 12, 2011
Silly Saturday Spam
12November
I couldn’t resist posting the newest Nigerian 419 showing up in my mailbox. Attn: Sir/Ma We are writhing to know if it’s true that you are DEAD? Because we received a notification from one MR. GERSHON SHAPIRO of USA stating that you are DEAD and that you have giving him the right to claim your funds. He stated you died on a CAR accident. He has been calling us regarding this issue...
November 11, 2011
Eleven – Eleven – Eleven
11November
I’ve been hearing a lot of people wondering how many marketers were taking advantage of the “special” date today. I got two, and both managed to work in the number 11 into the offer. One offered 11 of their top selling products for $11 each. The other offered a fixed amount off a purchase, if you used the code “eleven” at checkout. And that particular offer expires...
November 10, 2011
More on Rove Digital
10November
Brian Krebs has more on Rove Digital and the criminal connection to other scammers and spammers.
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