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DNSBL.NET.AU to shutdown April 1, 2009

Posted by on Apr 29, 2009 in 2009 | Comments Comments Off
DNSBL.NET.AU to shutdown April 1, 2009

The Blacklist DNSBL.NET.AU will be shutting down very shortly, please review your spam filters to prevent a disruption of services. A warning from the DNSBL.NET.AU: Please note that as of Wednesday, April 1, 2009 the DNSBL.NET.AU blacklist will cease to exist. Prior to this date, please ensure that all MTA’s that are utilising the DNSBL blacklists are reconfigured to no longer point to these servers. WARNING!!!!!What happens to your...

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Canada’s Electronic Commerce Protection Act

Posted by on Apr 28, 2009 in 2009, Bill C-28 | Comments Comments Off

NOTE: This is NOT LEGAL ADVICE – just my own personal interpretation and understanding of the proposed law. Please read this law yourself and also have your council review it for your protection. Recently the Canadian Government introduced the Electronic Commerce Protection Act [ECPA] (aka: Bill C-27), an Anti-spam act that covers; email communications, unauthorized installed applications and the alteration of data during...

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Will We Finaly See A Spam Law In Canada?

Posted by on Apr 24, 2009 in 2009 | Comments Comments Off
Will We Finaly See A Spam Law In Canada?

Canada.com ran this story this morning, “Tories to crack down on spam“, hinting that an Anti-Spam bill is about to be tabled in the Canadian parliament. What’s the good news? The bill was drafted by Industry Canada, hopefully based on the Task Force on Spam* published recommendations ( Stopping Spam: Creating a Stronger, Safer Internet – PDF) and the Canadian Justice Department. What’s the bad news? I still...

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Q&A: An Offer In A Confirmation Message

Posted by on Apr 16, 2009 in 2009, CAN-SPAM, Q&A | Comments Comments Off

Q: Dear EmailKarma.net, We’ve been sending confirmation emails with a thumbnail view of one of our newsletter articles the registrants will receive as part of our email program. What are the ramifications of switching the article thumbnail for a thumbnail of one of the actual offers that we would be sending? Here are a sample of what we are considering: Thank you for opting in to receive our email communications. To complete the...

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OTA Warns of Government and Retail Authentication shortfall

Posted by on Apr 14, 2009 in 2009 | Comments Comments Off

Release received from the OTA: SEATTLE, WA – April 14, 2009 – The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) today gave leading government agencies and online retailers a failing grade in preventing deceptive email and phishing scams based on its newly released analysis of email authentication adoption. While adoption has grown over the past year, OTA found approximately 56 percent of the top .gov sites – including Whitehouse.gov,...

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