Comments on: Bloggers and Email Spoofing or Why is My Spam Folder Full? http://www.fieldguidetoprogrammers.com/blog/it/bloggers-and-email-spoofing-or-why-is-my-spam-folder-full/ Code, Toys, Bits of Odd Fluff Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jamiegrove http://www.fieldguidetoprogrammers.com/blog/it/bloggers-and-email-spoofing-or-why-is-my-spam-folder-full/#comment-294 jamiegrove Sat, 24 May 2008 14:15:37 +0000 http://www.fieldguidetoprogrammers.com/blog/it/bloggers-and-email-spoofing-or-why-is-my-spam-folder-full/#comment-294 @Meryl Some network admins who check in here might snicker at this next statment, but I think SPF is a tough beast to tackle alone unless you're technical... The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) had a strong push for SPF last year. I sat through a number of webinars with marketers who just couldn't get a handle on it. The thing is, I don't believe that marketers need to know much more than the information I've provided in this article. I hope your story about switching DNS services is an inspiration to others to do the same or grab a hired gun who can help out. This is serious business and help is available. Thanks for the thoughtful and informative comment, Meryl. Sorry for the delay in posting it. Believe it or not, it got caught in my Akismet spam filter. LOL! :) @Meryl Some network admins who check in here might snicker at this next statment, but I think SPF is a tough beast to tackle alone unless you’re technical…

The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) had a strong push for SPF last year. I sat through a number of webinars with marketers who just couldn’t get a handle on it.

The thing is, I don’t believe that marketers need to know much more than the information I’ve provided in this article. I hope your story about switching DNS services is an inspiration to others to do the same or grab a hired gun who can help out. This is serious business and help is available.

Thanks for the thoughtful and informative comment, Meryl. Sorry for the delay in posting it. Believe it or not, it got caught in my Akismet spam filter. LOL! :)

]]> By: Meryl K. Evans http://www.fieldguidetoprogrammers.com/blog/it/bloggers-and-email-spoofing-or-why-is-my-spam-folder-full/#comment-293 Meryl K. Evans Sat, 24 May 2008 13:53:16 +0000 http://www.fieldguidetoprogrammers.com/blog/it/bloggers-and-email-spoofing-or-why-is-my-spam-folder-full/#comment-293 Thanks for this great article! I know it's hard to explain this stuff. As someone a little more technical than the average user, I struggle with this, too. Here's my experience. I've had my domain since 1995 and though I'm a one-person domain with about five legitimate email addresses... spammers like to use it. I use a web host -- meaning I pay a monthly fee to host my web site and tie my domain to that provider. Open relay: Those who host their domains with a service provider usually receive a inbound and outbound server address. Something like smpt.url.com or mail.url.com. So I entered my outbound into the open relay on spam help (where there is an IP address). I did not check the box. It confirmed it's closed. SPF: This is more complicated, but I'm glad I read up on this thanks to this post. It motivated me to leave a bad DNS registrar behind for good. I didn't like them or how they did business. Well, they don't offer this SPF stuff -- now I can't find where I found this information. My domain doesn't have SPF. Will have to work on this one. Thank you. Thanks for this great article! I know it’s hard to explain this stuff. As someone a little more technical than the average user, I struggle with this, too. Here’s my experience.

I’ve had my domain since 1995 and though I’m a one-person domain with about five legitimate email addresses… spammers like to use it. I use a web host — meaning I pay a monthly fee to host my web site and tie my domain to that provider.

Open relay: Those who host their domains with a service provider usually receive a inbound and outbound server address. Something like smpt.url.com or mail.url.com. So I entered my outbound into the open relay on spam help (where there is an IP address). I did not check the box. It confirmed it’s closed.

SPF: This is more complicated, but I’m glad I read up on this thanks to this post. It motivated me to leave a bad DNS registrar behind for good. I didn’t like them or how they did business. Well, they don’t offer this SPF stuff — now I can’t find where I found this information. My domain doesn’t have SPF. Will have to work on this one.

Thank you.

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