Monday, June 23, 2014

Websense Email Spy Dictionary Classification

Too many to list, here are the subcategories. If you want the entire list 5000K+ words and phrases I have a copy of the list here. http://208.53.19.136/list.txt


Name Description Number of Phrases

Adult Sexually Explicit, Adult-Oriented 276
Alcohol/Tobacco/Drugs Instructions, Products, Terms, Promotion 182
Arts/Entertainment Media, Humorous, Horoscopes, Art, Activity Guides 168
Compliance - Finance Financial records & GLBA-related terms 229
Compliance - Medical Procedures Medical, dental, and procedural terms 2611
Compliance - Payment Card terms Context terms related to payment cards 32
Compliance - Payment Cards Credit/Debit Card Numbers 2
Compliance - Personal Identifier terms Context terms related to personal identifiers 215
Compliance - Personal Identifiers Personally identifying patterns and terms 1
Computing/Internet/Hacking Software, Parts, Accessories, Hacking 97
Confidential Customize to meet your confidentiality needs 8
Finance Stock Trading, Money Management, Accounting 129
Gambling Tips, Terms, Online Casinos, Betting Pools 47
Hate Speech/Offensive Prejudice based on Race, Gender, Religion, etc. 193
Job Search Employment Agencies, Job Listings, Career Searches 79
Medical/Healthcare Medical and health care terminology 214
Shopping Internet Mall, Online Catalogs, Retail Stores 25
Spam Misspellings Misspelled common Spam words 270
Sports Sports-related content 100
Travel Airlines, Accommodations, Destinations 73
Violence/Weapons Advocation or depictions of violent acts 133

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

AT&T Postmaster

Always request for unblocks.

 
 
 
Dear Administrator:

Thank you for contacting the AT&T Postmaster.

The mail server IP address(es) associated with your request will be
removed from the block list within 24-48 hours from the date of 
this notification.  AT&T, Bellsouth, SBC and any affiliates do NOT 
intentionally block legitimate mail in the course of our anti-spam 
initiatives and regret any inconvenience this may have caused.  If 
the IP that was recently blocked begins to exhibit the 
characteristics of a compromised network object or is compromised 
by an offender of Acceptable Use Policies, the IP address will be 
blocked again.

ADMINISTRATORS:  Please thoroughly check your IP logs before 
requesting removal.  You must determine that all traffic from the 
blocked IP is actually from your mail servers to ensure your 
network is not compromised.  Administrators who fail to do this may 
experience subsequent and more resolute blocking.

Thank you for helping the AT&T WorldNet Services network combat 
spam in all its forms.

Regards,

AT&T Postmaster
AT&T CSO/IISS
postmaster@att.net
http://att.net/blocks

Friday, August 16, 2013

PR Web

PRWEB fail.


It never ceases to amaze me that a company who's prime vertical is the online marketing world fails at the simple things.


Bad subject line encoding


Source code:



Rendering, Thunderbird 17.0.8



Probable cause?


Email software used: Lyris

Email creator : PRWEB


Monday, July 22, 2013

CNN Registeration = Yahoo Spam Folder

CNN = SPAM


Registering with CNN?
In order to begin participating in the CNN community please confirm your membership now.

But you can't. You see the email went into the spam folder, and Yahoo doesn't allow links to work for emails that get placed by yahoo into the spam folder.


Why? 
Yahoo is trying to limit the amount of spam their users get. If a email spam link doesn't work, then they can't make money. True.

Who gets caught up in this fight? Just about everybody. Nobody is immune to the spam folder from Yahoo.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "It is better to let a thousand guilty men go free then condemn one innocent man"

I guess Abraham didn't work as a Yahoo postmaster.


spam folder

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

AOL Inbound Mail Servers

AOL Inbound Mail Servers Cluster Diagram.


  • Estimated Inbound MTA's
    • 120+ Servers
  • Estimated Maximum Load Inbound SMTP traffic
    • ~360,000 emails per second.





Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Most Polite Unsubscribe Request.



On 2013/06/25 11:46 +0000
"Doug F" <dxxxxxt@att.net> wrote:



>I have been receiving numerous spam emails from your company and I
>don't recall opting-in for any that I would recognize.
>From what I can tell, your firm seems to take steps to set and work by
>standards in your industry.
>Please remove my email address from any and all of your distribution
>lists.  Also, please ensure that I'm not added in the future.
>Thank you.  Doug F

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Comcast Delivery Notes

Rate limits for Comcast

Recipients per HourSenderScore*
3,6000 - 15
7,200N/A & 16 - 25
14,40026 - 30
28,80031 - 50
50,40051 - 70
72,00071 - 85
86,40086 - 100
*Subject to successful authentication

Recommended Delivery Settings

Comcast allows 25 simultaneous connections per sending IP address.
Comcast allows 100 recipients per message.
Comcast allows a throttle rate based on your sender reputation and authentication.