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THE BARE MINIMUM YOU, AS A DEVELOPER, SHOULD BE DOING WHEN YOU WANT ME, A USER, TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE EMAIL FROM YOUR WEBSITE. Thursday, 21 February 13

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@GAVINMONTAGUE Thursday, 21 February 13

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LEAD DEVELOPER @ Thursday, 21 February 13

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#HUMBLEBRAG IMMINENT Thursday, 21 February 13

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2009 Thursday, 21 February 13

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2009 2009: 20K EMAILS PER MONTH Thursday, 21 February 13

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2009 2009: ~90% DELIVERY RATE Thursday, 21 February 13

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2009 2009: (PROBABLY) Thursday, 21 February 13

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2012 Thursday, 21 February 13

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2012 2012: 300K EMAILS PER DAY Thursday, 21 February 13

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2012 2012: >99% DELIVERY RATE Thursday, 21 February 13

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2012 2012: (DEFINITELY) Thursday, 21 February 13

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WE SEND QUITE A LOT OF EMAIL Thursday, 21 February 13

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Disclaimer: this talk contains no stylesheet or frontend stuff. (Go look at the Email Standards Project for that) Thursday, 21 February 13

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Disclaimer: this talk contains no stylesheet or frontend stuff. (Go look at the Email Standards Project for that) Thursday, 21 February 13

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Disclaimer: this talk contains no stylesheet or frontend stuff. (Go look at the Email Standards Project for that) Thursday, 21 February 13

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TIP #1 FOR SENDING EMAIL FROM YOUR OWN SERVERS Thursday, 21 February 13

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DON’T. Thursday, 21 February 13

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LET SOMEONE DO IT FOR YOU Thursday, 21 February 13

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LET SOMEONE DO IT FOR YOU Thursday, 21 February 13

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D.I.Y. EMAIL SERVER Thursday, 21 February 13

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D.I.Y. EMAIL SERVER Thursday, 21 February 13

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D.I.Y. EMAIL SERVER Thursday, 21 February 13

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D.I.Y. EMAIL SERVER Thursday, 21 February 13

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D.I.Y. EMAIL SERVER Thursday, 21 February 13

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DONE, RIGHT? Thursday, 21 February 13

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NOPE. Thursday, 21 February 13

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IF YOU’RE USING THE “STANDARD” TOOLS A LANGUAGE PROVIDES AND NOTHING ELSE FOR SENDING EMAIL, YOU’RE PROBABLY DOING IT WRONG. Thursday, 21 February 13

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PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST Thursday, 21 February 13

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PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST •Are you on a shared IP address? Thursday, 21 February 13

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PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST •Are you on a shared IP address? •Check your IP address for previous abuse Thursday, 21 February 13

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PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST •Are you on a shared IP address? •Check your IP address for previous abuse •Set up postmaster@...., abuse@... Thursday, 21 February 13

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PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST •Are you on a shared IP address? •Check your IP address for previous abuse •Set up postmaster@...., abuse@... •Make sure your DNS registration details are up to date Thursday, 21 February 13

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Edit > View Source Thursday, 21 February 13

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Edit > View Source Thursday, 21 February 13

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SETTING UP RDNS Thursday, 21 February 13

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SETTING UP RDNS Received: from mx4.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.203]) by compute4.internal (LMTPProxy); Tue, 19 Feb 201 Received: from nestor.itison.com (nestor.itison.com [31.222.170.118]) by mx4.messagingengine.com (Postfix for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:24:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) Thursday, 21 February 13

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SETTING UP RDNS Received: from mx4.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.203]) by compute4.internal (LMTPProxy); Tue, 19 Feb 201 Received: from nestor.itison.com (nestor.itison.com [31.222.170.118]) by mx4.messagingengine.com (Postfix for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:24:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) Thursday, 21 February 13

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SENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPF) Thursday, 21 February 13

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SENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPF) “WHO CAN SEND EMAIL FOR THIS DOMAIN? Thursday, 21 February 13

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SENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPF) Thursday, 21 February 13

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SENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPF) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id rw7si9680451wjb Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 31.222.170.188 as permitted sender) client-ip=31.222.170.188; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 31.222.170.188 as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass [email protected] Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ince.itison.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044AC228D3 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:17:49 +0000 ( Thursday, 21 February 13

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SENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK (SPF) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id rw7si9680451wjb Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 31.222.170.188 as permitted sender) client-ip=31.222.170.188; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of [email protected] designates 31.222.170.188 as permitted sender) [email protected]; dkim=pass [email protected] Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ince.itison.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 044AC228D3 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:17:49 +0000 ( Thursday, 21 February 13

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DOMAIN KEYS (DKIM) Thursday, 21 February 13

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DOMAIN KEYS (DKIM) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nestor.itison.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD6D20CAE for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=itison.com; s=nestor; t=1361262270; bh=QaZ2zdOM7wm/2XXqa6uJJgRm2OQqYOgCdjUxGX4WPLo=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:List-Unsubscribe; b=+Gp5sOmfHTkDL26/IliNbgpAGvWaTzzKVboWpAHb3tBPvnKU8O+Gr3JXgl43MlH95 juUg83Ww8xfHNTe4poLAjADyFA9TR1chGcQLFN/GEA+X7Wwbg2X1F9kvTn7idgI0Hf I8Te84VxgZ5vHBuAlbWIWoKTE4MxIoPOJPJJGZxM= Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:22:44 +0000 From: itison Thursday, 21 February 13

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DOMAIN KEYS (DKIM) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nestor.itison.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD6D20CAE for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=itison.com; s=nestor; t=1361262270; bh=QaZ2zdOM7wm/2XXqa6uJJgRm2OQqYOgCdjUxGX4WPLo=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:List-Unsubscribe; b=+Gp5sOmfHTkDL26/IliNbgpAGvWaTzzKVboWpAHb3tBPvnKU8O+Gr3JXgl43MlH95 juUg83Ww8xfHNTe4poLAjADyFA9TR1chGcQLFN/GEA+X7Wwbg2X1F9kvTn7idgI0Hf I8Te84VxgZ5vHBuAlbWIWoKTE4MxIoPOJPJJGZxM= Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:22:44 +0000 From: itison Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address • Indicate if message is advertisement Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address • Indicate if message is advertisement • Include a conspicuous unsubscribe method Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address • Indicate if message is advertisement • Include a conspicuous unsubscribe method • Process all unsubscribe requests in < 10 days Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address • Indicate if message is advertisement • Include a conspicuous unsubscribe method • Process all unsubscribe requests in < 10 days • As an agent/source you share responsibility Thursday, 21 February 13

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CAN-SPAM (US) • Don’t use fraudulent channels/tools • Don’t obscure sender identity • Include physical postal address • Indicate if message is advertisement • Include a conspicuous unsubscribe method • Process all unsubscribe requests in < 10 days • As an agent/source you share responsibility • Any message sent to a “harvested” address is spam. Thursday, 21 February 13

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E.C. (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 Thursday, 21 February 13

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E.C. (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 • No, the last slide was all bullet points • This isn’t a lecture. • You’re not a lecturer, Gavin • I refuse to contain two slides of bullet points back- to-back • This isn’t what I want to be. • I wanted to be one of those fun presentations with photos of lolcats. :( Thursday, 21 February 13

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“OPERATIONALLY, WE DEFINE SPAM AS WHATEVER CONSUMERS DON’T WANT IN THEIR INBOX.” MILES LIBBEY ANTI-SPAM, YAHOO Thursday, 21 February 13

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“I DON’T CARE IF THEY’VE TRIPLE OPTED- IN AND GIVEN YOU THEIR CREDIT CARD NUMBER. RELEVANCE RULES, AND CATERING TO END USER PREFERENCES IS TOP PRIORITY.” CHARLES STILES POSTMASTER, AOL Thursday, 21 February 13

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FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT Thursday, 21 February 13

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LINE OF TITLE TEXT FEEDBACK IS IMPORTANT Thursday, 21 February 13

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REGISTER FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS Thursday, 21 February 13

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REGISTER FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS Thursday, 21 February 13

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REGISTER FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS Thursday, 21 February 13

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REGISTER FOR FEEDBACK LOOPS Thursday, 21 February 13

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SET UP LIST UNSUBSCRIBE HEADERS Thursday, 21 February 13

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SET UP LIST UNSUBSCRIBE HEADERS Thursday, 21 February 13

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SET UP LIST UNSUBSCRIBE HEADERS Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: Please confirm your email address with itison Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative;..... List-Unsubscribe: Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Subject almost says No prescription X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? CGI in .biz TLD X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Date: is 6 to 12 hours after Received X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Uses a mis-spelled version of cialis. X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? HTML has unbalanced body tags X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? HTML font color similar to background X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? HTML: images with 0-400 bytes of words X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Something is emphatically guaranteed X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Subject line starts with Buy or Buying X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHAT’S YOUR SPAM SCORE? Message says that prices aren't too expensive X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.4 X-Spam-score: 0.0 X-Spam-hits: BAYES_00 -1.9, HTML_IMAGE_RATIO_06 0.001, HTML_MESSAGE 0.001, RCVD_IN_RP_CERTIFIED -3, RCVD_IN_RP_SAFE -2, RP_MATCHES_RCVD -0.001, URI_NOVOWEL 0.5, LANGUAGES unknown, BAYES_USED global, SA_VERSION 3.3.1 X-Spam-source: IP='31.222.170.118', Host='nestor.itison.com', Country='GB', FromHeader='com', MailFrom='com' X-Spam-charsets: plain='utf-8', html='utf-8' Thursday, 21 February 13

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TRACKING Thursday, 21 February 13

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TRACKING WHO GOT WHAT Thread-Topic: Hello! Thread-Index: Ac4N79a7oEDJf+ZLS9m3xcdfi2OHCAAM2Y+AABkdfTA= Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:07 +0000 Deferred-Delivery: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:00 +0000 Message-ID: References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US Thursday, 21 February 13

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TRACKING WHO GOT WHAT Thread-Topic: Hello! Thread-Index: Ac4N79a7oEDJf+ZLS9m3xcdfi2OHCAAM2Y+AABkdfTA= Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:07 +0000 Deferred-Delivery: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:00 +0000 X-App-Message-ID: References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US Thursday, 21 February 13

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TRACKING WHO GOT WHAT Thread-Topic: Hello! Thread-Index: Ac4N79a7oEDJf+ZLS9m3xcdfi2OHCAAM2Y+AABkdfTA= Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:07 +0000 Deferred-Delivery: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:32:00 +0000 Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US Thursday, 21 February 13

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HANDLING INCOMING EMAIL OUTBOUND EMAIL IS HARD. INBOUND EMAIL IS HELL. LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN •Bounce Rate (very reliable) Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN •Bounce Rate (very reliable) •Junk Rates (very reliable) Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN •Bounce Rate (very reliable) •Junk Rates (very reliable) •Open Rates (sort of reliable) Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN •Bounce Rate (very reliable) •Junk Rates (very reliable) •Open Rates (sort of reliable) •Click Rates (very reliable) Thursday, 21 February 13

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YOUR OWN METRICS ARE THE BEST GUIDE TO WHEN SOMETHING’S BROKEN •Bounce Rate (very reliable) •Junk Rates (very reliable) •Open Rates (sort of reliable) •Click Rates (very reliable) •Read time Rates (not at all reliable) Thursday, 21 February 13

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DEAL WITH BROKEN WINDOWS QUICKLY CHECK FOR BROKEN WINDOWS OFTEN & FIX THEM QUICKLY Thursday, 21 February 13

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A LITTLE ARTIFICIAL BOOST CAN HELP Thursday, 21 February 13

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A LITTLE ARTIFICIAL BOOST CAN HELP Thursday, 21 February 13

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MISC. Thursday, 21 February 13

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DON’T SEND APP MAIL FROM YOUR ROOT DOMAIN Thursday, 21 February 13

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DON’T SEND APP MAIL FROM YOUR ROOT DOMAIN Thursday, 21 February 13

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DON’T SEND APP MAIL FROM YOUR ROOT DOMAIN YOUR TEAMMATES HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS & GET TETCHY WHEN YOU BREAK THEIR EMAIL Thursday, 21 February 13

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WARM UP NEW SERVERS Thursday, 21 February 13

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NOREPLY@... = F**K YOU Thursday, 21 February 13

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NOREPLY@... = F**K YOU Thursday, 21 February 13

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Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: Please confirm your email address with itison Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: OOF, AutoReply Content-Type: multipart/alternative;..... List-Unsubscribe: Thursday, 21 February 13

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I’M NOT IN THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW Message-Id: <[email protected]> Subject: Please confirm your email address with itison Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: OOF, AutoReply Content-Type: multipart/alternative;..... List-Unsubscribe: Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? Thursday, 21 February 13

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WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? Thursday, 21 February 13

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CATCH TYPOS - MAILCHECK.JS var domains = ['hotmail.com', 'gmail.com', 'aol.com']; var topLevelDomains = ["com", "net", "org"]; var superStringDistance = function(string1, string2) { // a string distance algorithm of your choosing } $('#email').on('blur', function() { $(this).mailcheck({ domains: domains, topLevelDomains: topLevelDomains, distanceFunction: superStringDistance, suggested: function(element, suggestion) { }, empty: function(element) { } }); }); Thursday, 21 February 13

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MAKE IT EASY TO LEAVE Thursday, 21 February 13

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