Life of an Email

I’m repeating the presentation I gave at M3AAWG in London for the Certified Senders Alliance.

It’s all about how to send an email by hand, and how knowing the mechanics of how an email is sent can help us diagnose email delivery issues.

We’re starting in about five hours from when I post this.

Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2268789893122531343

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