The Huffington Post
The majority of Americans disagree with the FBI's decision not to bring charges against Hillary Clinton in her email scandal, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. The poll found that 56 percent of FBI director James Comey's decision, and only 35 percent approve. Fifty nine percent of independents, 88 percent of Republicans and 31 percent of Democrats disapproved of the recommendation.
Talking Points Memo
UK-based email marketing provider Adestra has suspended service for the Paramount Communication Group, the DC company working with Trump's digital team to send fundraising emails. Paramount was using Adestra's software to send email marketing communications. According to ReturnPath, 79 percent of Trump's campaign emails landed in the spam folder.
GrahamCluley.com
Pandora Radio has sent an email to some users suggesting that they change their passwords. The company doesn't think that it has suffered a data breach, but has warned that some passwords have been compromised. The passwords were likely compromised if the user used the same password on another site that was compromised.
Fortune
Frank Quattrone, a well-known investment banker in the tech sector, has criticized FBI director's stance on Hillary Clinton's email probe. He himself was investigated over email by Comey in the past. Quattrone tweeted: "Says the man who once indicted me over a 23-word email that encouraged my team to save subpoenaed documents" in response to the news. Comey had pursued a case against Quattrone claiming that he deleted evidence on purpose, but the charges wouldn't stick.
Direct Marketing News
Collaboration tools like Slack have been hitting the market to help workplaces get over the massive amounts of emails being sent. These tools are helpful in many ways to help people cut down on emails to share information. However, predictions that these tools will kill email are far fetched. There are some occasions for people to still check email for work and for personal reasons. And so long as people are checking email, marketers should continue to be there. Email marketing is incredibly cost efficient and has proven that it can't be killed.
The Washington Post
The State Department has announced plans to reopen Hillary Clinton's email case. The review will look for any mishandling of classified information in emails between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her top aides. The news comes on the heels of the FBI suggesting that Clinton not be indicted for her actions.
The Observer
Worldwide email will grow through 2017, according to numbers from the Radicati Group. The research also revealed that the number of business email accounts will grow 23-24 percent year-over-year and that consumer email accounts will grow 76-77 percent year-over-year. In addition, the study found that the total number of emails sent will increase by 3 percent year-over-year.
ZDNet
Some Microsoft Office 365 users have experienced email outages today. These people have reported big delays on in a variety of locations across the US. Microsoft said that some people had experienced issues, but that they are working on the issue and restoring the service.
Business Insider
Forty-four percent of working adults check work email every day while on vacation, according to the American Psychological Association. In addition, about 10 percent of these people check their email hourly. Other studies have found that checking email on vacation or on days off can increase stress.
BuzzFeed
Sixty percent of all emails sent include email trackers, according to MailTrack. The company found that about 11 percent of personal emails include these tools. Email tracking is on the rise. According to MailTrack, the number of people using apps with email trackers has increased by 284 percent since 2013.