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Graymail is basically bulk Email that may have been requested at one point via an opt in but over time, interest in this type of Email has diminished and the end user eventually considers these messages as annoyances or spam. Another name for it is BACN (Or Bacon). Wikipedia defines Graymail as having the followingRead more

If you’re running an exchange server (or any other type of mail server) on-premise, you should consider putting your spam filtering gateway outside your network, either at a co-location (if it’s a physical server), or, if it’s a software package, on a VPS provider (Virtual Private Server). Why? The reason is simple: by doing this,Read more

Many of us get undesired emails in our inboxes on a daily basis; we either react by ignoring these emails or attempting to block them. Those who choose to block these undesired emails do so by either adding the sender to a blocked list or create various rules in the mail client to discard similarRead more

If you’ve found yourself in a situation where your end users for some reason are getting bounce notifications for emails they didn’t send out don’t panic. Sometimes it _could_ mean your server has been compromised (i.e.: someone managed to guess the users password and is sending mail using their account). However unless your mail queuesRead more

A splog, also known as a Spam Blog, is created for the main purpose of linking to other websites and attracting internet traffic to a scam site. They can also be created simply to occupy search engine rankings on a certain keyword. Many online scam websites usually create spam blogs for keywords they suspect theirRead more