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I cannot feel the Bern.

May 24, 2016 by meri in Best Practices

On a lark (and to do my best to stay as informed as possible via primary sources) I decided to sign up for the official mailing lists of the Trump, Clinton, and Sanders campaigns. Both Trump and Clinton were happy to take my email address and add it to their distribution lists, no confirmation required. […]

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Do system administrators have too much power?

September 1, 2015 by meri in Industry

Yesterday, Laura brought a thread from last week to my attention, and the old-school ISP admin and mail geek in me felt the need to jump up and say something in response to Paul’s comment. My text here is all my own, and is based upon personal experience as well as those of my friends. That […]

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Yahoo List-Unsub header
Last week some folks were mentioning a spike in unsubscribes from Yahoo. This is being investigated. No Comments
It's not a technical problem
You can't technical your way out of the bulk folder. I wrote that a year and a half ago, and it's even more true today. Filters at the big webmail providers continue to evolve to meet new threats and new spamming techniques. Sending technically perfect mail won't get your mail into the inbox. Recipients have to want the mail and interact with the mail for good delivery. No Comments
Edison acquires part of Return Path
Today Matt Blumberg announced that Edison Software acquired Return Path's Consumer Insight division, current customers and some Return Path staff. Congrats to everyone involved.1 Comment

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