There have been a number of posts recently on the use of No-Reply, or some variation, as the sending address for commercial newsletters. Chad White of the Retail Email Blog, posted a Birds Eye view on the topic after a lengthy discussion on Twitter about this same topic regarding Welcome emails using the from alias of DoNotReply. This discussion got me thinking and watching for mailers using the No Reply from address, fortunately I found...

Further to the last entry, World Data Privacy Day, we at EmailKarma.net remembered that The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has this great “Privacy Quiz” made up of ten questions, which change to ten new questions every time you do this quiz. It’s an interesting quiz based on Privacy legislation in Canada. As well, If you were wondering about the Privacy Act of Canada and the PIPEDA (The Personal Information Protection...

You probably don’t know this, but today is the second annual “World Data Privacy Day”. People and companies from the United States, Canada, and 27 European countries will celebrate Data Privacy Day today. Here are a few things to consider and help your own personal data privacy practices and maybe a few tips for around the office. 1 – Start today to implement a process that reminds you to change your webmail, voice...

I just received word that tomorrow afternoon at 1pm ET, Goodmail’s Jordan Cohen, Sr. Director of Industry Relations, will be hosting a webinar titled “The ROI of Rendering” along side industry expert David Daniels, Vice President and Research Director, JupiterResearch. They will be uncovering key findings from new executive research talking about: What challenges top the list of email marketers’ concerns for...

Over on the Google Enterprise blog there is summary of the 2008 spam year in review. Covering the trends as seen by the Postini Message Security network, which Google acquired in July of 2007. A number of the provided graphs show surge in April of 2008 for the number of spam messages blocked followed by a significant drop is spam levels last November after McColo was taken off line. These graphs also show a disturbing yet steady recovery...