An overeager junk-mail filter captured and killed a Kennesaw businessman’s bid to provide telephone services to the school system, reports Alex Bard for SecurityPro News. Mike Russell the businessman, said that he would have saed the school system at least $250,000 a year on telephone services.
Robert Morales, the school director, confirmed the event, adding that […]

Millions of AOL, Compuserve and Netscape customers around the world were experiencing delays in sending and receiving e-mails Thursday, reports CNN. The problem was discovered about 11 a.m. ET, according to Nicholas Graham of AOL Corporate Communications.
For those of you who tried to send your e-mail to our colleagues or an e-mail newsletter near the […]

The Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP) has decided to partner with Aweber’s Delivery Monitor to provide delivery monitoring services to its SuretyMail accreditation service.
Aweber, an email service provider, lets marketers track in real time whether e-mail they send is getting delivered to user inboxes at the ISPs. Delivery Monitor maintains more than […]

JupiterResearch have released a report targeting online retailers. The report, titled Maximizing E-Mail Acquisition tries to explain how retail sites can capitalize on their traffic and manage an effective e-mail registration tactics.
Key findings
Only 17 percent of online shoppers said search drove their most recent purchases, indicating many consumers use search without immediately purchasing.
Key questions

How well […]

The e-mail accreditation company Goodmail Systems is partnering with Internet privacy organization Truste to help volume email senders establish their bonafides as legitimate and trusted senders.
Prospective companies seeking to use CertifiedEmail who earn TRUSTe’s Email Privacy Seal (EPS) certification will enjoy a reduced Goodmail application fee. TRUSTe EPS certification requires a company to offer opt-in […]