- Auto-Responder Spam Emails Hit Email Inbox
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Sunday, September 23, 2018
An inbox becomes filled with dozens of spam emails. They seem to be related and appear to come from auto-responders -- then Google apparently shuts off the list. ...
- Bing Shuttering Anonymous URL Submission Tool
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Bing announced Tuesday it will retire its tool allowing anyone to anonymously submit a URL on the web into the Bing search index. ...
- The History Of Inedible Spam: A Junk Email Timeline
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Do you know when people started using the word "spam" to denote unsolicited email? Or when the practice of sending it started? Here's a timeline. ...
- Email Volume Down -- And So Is Spam -- In Wake Of GDPR
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 30, 2018
Experts feared that GDPR would open the door for spammers. But a study by Recorded Future shows that it hasn't. ...
- MailChannels Debuts Email Filtering Service
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 6, 2018
The new tool from MailChannels detects and blocks spam, the company says. ...
- Google Reports Less Than 1% Of Websites Visited In 2017 Were Filled With Spam
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 28, 2018
An increase in website hacking for search ranking and the spread of malware became one of the biggest trends in 2017. The malware could record keystrokes or steal login credentia ...
- Google Sent 6M Search-Spam Related Messages To Site Owners
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 11, 2018
Google is asking for help to keep its search results clean after sending about 6 million "manual action messages" to webmasters in 2017 about spammy content on their site, alo ...
- It's Not Your Neighbor Calling
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Tuesday, May 29, 2018
"The Neighbor Scam is a tactic phone fraudsters use to mimic (also known as spoofing) the first six digits of a user's phone number, the area code and the followi ...
- Microsoft Corrects Office 365 Spam Folder Issue: Reports
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 27, 2018
Microsoft has resolved an issue that was bothering email users. It also has achieved strong quarterly performance. ...
- Return Path Offers Email Delivery Monitoring Help To Email Service Providers
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 28, 2018
The new deliverability tracking service from Return Path is for Email Service Providers. ...
- Survey Of Scientists Tagged As Spam Within EPA: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 12, 2018
The EPA apparently did not notify staff scientists that a survey was coming, so some took it as spam. ...
- What's Behind The Falling Email Read Rate?
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Open rates are down and not-spam rates are up. Return Path's Tom Sather believes the ISPs may be to blame -- and offers tips on how to handle it. ...
- The Seven Hidden Measures Of Email Deliverability
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Return Path found that more emails are ending up in the spam folder -- but there are signs of improvement on other fronts. ...
- Americans Trust Brands Over People, Says Survey
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Consumers are more trusting of email newsletters sent from a brand or company name, according to a recent GoDaddy study, compared to messages with an employee or business owner's na ...
- Email Can Help Nonprofits Weather Tax-Related Lag In Donations
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Email marketers working at nonprofit organizations have just a few more days to elicit charitable donations before the end of the year. The start of a new tax law cou ...
- Yuletide Phishing: Attacks And Clicks Are On The Rise
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Spam emails peaked two days after Cyber Monday this year. Why? The opportunity presented by human behavior. ...
- ZeroBounce Improves Its Email Newsletter Service
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, November 7, 2017
ZeroBounce has improved its tools for hitting email newsletters into the inbox. ...
- OTA Submits CAN-SPAM Recommendations To FTC
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Wednesday, August 30, 2017
The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), a non-profit and Internet Society initiative, submitted recommendations to the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to modify the United States' anti-spam law. ...
- Trove AI Releases Update, Gleans Network Insights Via Email
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Monday, August 28, 2017
On Monday, Trove released an update that allows teams to use the email intelligence app together, combining networks so that team members can help each introduce each other to t ...
- The Spam Jam: Should Consumers Use The Unsubscribe Button?
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 28, 2017
Two observers confront each other over use of the email unsubscribe button. Should people unsubscribe or push perceived spam into the junk mail folder? ...
- Craigslist Awarded $31 Million Judgment Against CAN-SPAM Violator
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 21, 2017
Online classifieds site Craigslist has obtained a $31 million judgment against used car retailer Instamotor, which allegedly violated the federal anti-spam law. ...
- Spam Made Up More Than Half Of All Email in July: Report
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Spam comprised almost 55% of all email sent last month, Symantec reports. ...
- Judge Refuses To Revive Text-Spam Lawsuit Against Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 31, 2017
A federal judge has rejected Montana resident Noah Duguid's request to revive his lawsuit accusing Facebook of a consumer protection law by repeatedly sending him text messages. ...
- Duke U. Blocked 1.3 Billion Spam Emails In 2016
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Duke University inboxes receive one email for every two that are sent. The undelivered ones are spam and virus emails. ...
- Email Scourge: A Quarter Of All Messages Are Spam Or Worse
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 26, 2017
How good is your security system? Mimecast examined 45 million emails and found that almost a quarter were bad or likely bad. ...
- Mom Claims She Was Spammed By Fisher-Price
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 7, 2017
A mother who signed up for email safety alerts with Fisher-Price got more than she bargained for. The company promptly sent her promotional emails, she claims. ...
- Facebook Takes Added Measures To Combat Spam
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, July 3, 2017
Among its nearly 2 billion active members, the tech titan has identified a small group of troublemakers who regularly share massive amounts of public posts per day. ...
- FTC To Review CAN-SPAM Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The Federal Trade Commission is gearing up to review rules implementing CAN-SPAM -- a 2003 law aimed at regulating commercial email. ...
- MailCoach Takes On Unroll.Me, Launches In Beta
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Now in beta, MailCoach is an email management and productivity solution that aims to help people spend less time in their inbox. ...
- CASL 'Private Right Of Action' Deadline Nears
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Email marketers have a little over two weeks to ensure they are compliant with the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), or face fines of up to $10 million. ...