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This Proposed E-mail Tax Wasn’t a Rumor
French politician Alain Lamassoure last week proposed a tax on e-mail and instant messages in the EU. Unlike the e-mail hoax that periodically surfaces in the U.S. that the postal service is considering an e-mail tax, Lamassoure’s proposals were apparently no joke.
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Authentication Makes Small Gains in May
As of June 1, 22% of Fortune 500 companies have adopted the SIDF e-mail authentication scheme, an increase of 1% over the previous month, according to Craig Spiezle, director, technology care and safety, for Microsoft.
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Return Path Slashes Accreditation Fees for Nonprofits
E-mail deliverability-services firm Return Path today announced it has eliminated licensing fees for nonprofits on its Sender Score Certified e-mail accreditation service.
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The Two Easiest (and Most Overlooked) Ways to Improve E-mail Response
Your house list, customers and prospects who’ve eagerly asked to hear from you, is one of your most valuable marketing tools. But if an individual signed up to be on your e-mail list within the past 60 days, he is vastly more likely to open, click, and convert for additional offers than is someone who opted in more than two months ago. In fact,
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Live From Inbox: Don’t Let the Bozos Get You Down, Kawasaki Says
Direct marketers have their 40/40/20 rule. Guy Kawasaki has his 10/20/30 rule, and both are aimed at helping craft better pitches.
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This Frog’s Gonna Croak, Too
A group of anonymous anti-spam activists last week decided pick up in the spam wars where ill-fated start-up Blue Security left off.
Dubbed Okopipi, the new all-volunteer project, is named after a poison dart frog found in South America.
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Anti-Spam Idea: Exploding Ink Packets
Whatever one thinks should be done to combat spam, marketers and anti-spam zealots alike can agree that if people didn
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