Alan Ralsky, a pump-and-dump spammer noted by Spamhaus as one of the world's top ten worst spammers for "quite some time," is off to camp fed for 51 months. Anti-spammers are torn between cheering for his downfall and annoyance that the sentence...

Lynn asks, "Al, I'm hoping you can help me out. I belong to a group that has a mailing list of 350 people. Every month the group sends them a PDF, and there are always problems. Some people can't open the PDF attachment. Some people get the mail in...

My friend Mickey Chandler mentioned to me that TAG44 emailed him yet again. They're apparently still putting a stupid "this is not spam" disclaimer in their email. As with last time, they reference a law that doesn't exist. "Note: We respect your...

Yesterday, Loren McDonald blogged about "FISUE Syndrome." What is it? It's where a recipient "Forgot I Signed Up for Email." He writes: "Was That Email Spam? Or Just Spam-Like? Earlier this year, I received an email from a presentation company that I...

Jerry writes, "Al, a recent email from 'Get to the Point' quoted you as below. My question is this: What, exactly, are spam filters picking up from a generic template that could reduce delivery? Thanks in advance for your reply." It looks like I was...