Mar
08
February 2017 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP mail seen in spamtraps, February 2017
This is the post-MAAWG post. Thanks to all we met in SF.
Feb
15
Suomen Perintätoimisto Oy: Spammer protected by TeliaSonera
As of November, Suomen Perintätoimisto have been contaminating the customer servers of TeliaSonera (inet.fi) with their spam. They openly admit the use of a purchased list from Bisnode.
TeliaSonera abuse response: “B2B spam is legal.” Perhaps so, but do you want your entire customer base to suffer because you allow a spammer to abuse the facilities used by everyone? Besides, the processing of outdated and erroneous personal information is illegal, and the spamming of natural persons is illegal as well.
The hosts involved are in 62.71.2.0/24.
Feb
06
January 2017 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP mail seen in spamtraps, January 2017
This post marks the second anniversary of this series (which was not intended to become a series or any sort of regular occurrence in the first place). I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who is paying attention and sharing these posts in social media, and I’m very much looking forward to meeting a significant part of you all in two weeks – that is, assuming that Finns with ESTA are still allowed in. 😀
Jan
06
December 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP mail seen in spamtraps, December 2016
This month’s theme is “Fake ESPs and Dyn”. Otherwise, it’s mostly the usual suspects, with the exception of AWeber making an entry at #10 with a make-money-fast spammer.
Jan
06
Why have a policy?
Excellent post from Mickey Chandler over on Spamtacular.com, one of the blogs we refer to in the sidebar: https://www.spamtacular.com/2017/01/04/back-to-basics-why-have-a-policy/
If you want to successfully deliver mail into the inboxes of your recipients, you must abide by the mailbox provider’s policy, and the ESP’s opt-in requirement simply exists in order to assist you in complying with the mailbox provider’s policy. In other words the ESP’s policy exists for one simple reason: To help you succeed.
Dec
05
November 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP mail seen in spamtraps November 2016
The theme of this month’s post is Dyn. There were indications last month that they were up’n’coming, but I wasn’t quite expecting them to make #1, definitely not with a 50% lead over the next contestant.
Nov
19
October 2016 in Spamtraps: ESPs
ESP mail seen in spamtraps October 2016
Severely late this month, to offset last month’s being well on time… 🙂