Digital + Social

In a breathtaking display of denial, the Department of Commerce

Are we the only ones who are beginning to think the folks who run Spamhaus are in over their heads?

A former Lyris engineer has launched an e-mail marketing software company that he claims addresses one of marketers

The editors of online tech publication Silicon.com let a real laugher of a headline slip by yesterday.

Michael Carney, president of soon-to-be-defunct e-mail list firm DirectQlick, has launched a new company and is building an e-mail cooperative database of people who have made online purchases.

A former Lyris engineer has launched an e-mail marketing software company that he claims addresses one of marketers’ biggest fears over working with service providers — it eliminates the need for marketers to transfer their data to their vendor’s network.

Unspam Technologies, arguably the most despised company in e-mail marketing circles, has joined the Direct Marketing Association and apparently there is nothing the DMA can do about it.

The e-mail marketing industry is about to lose another one of its long-time, high-profile executives.

Tricia Robinson, senior vice president of marketing at Premiere Global Services, has resigned, and she swears it was voluntary.

Keith McCracken, president of Vismail America, claimed in an e-mail to us that he has the solution to broken and blocked HTML images.

In a jaw-dropping embarrassment, the state of Utah has mistakenly divulged e-mail addresses of kids on its so-called child-protection do-not-e-mail list — a registry proponents claim is foolproof.