Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming? - the MEME

2021-08-11 Thread Andrew C Aitchison via mailop
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, G. Miliotis via mailop wrote: On 2021-08-05 21:51, Brielle via mailop wrote: Looks like some of the topics of the spam is starting to gravitate towards current events... ESP to spamming customer: "improve the quality of your mailings, stop sending people mail they

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-07 Thread Slavko via mailop
Hi, Dňa Sat, 07 Aug 2021 19:15:57 +1000 Noel Butler via mailop napísal: > So you think it's better to have the potential to inconvenience > > over the likelihood of a dozen or so people who may have loss of a > legit mail? > > I'm not one to bow to the tiny minorities, also, T's are most

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-07 Thread Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop
Am 07.08.21 um 11:15 schrieb Noel Butler via mailop: > > > So you think it's better to have the potential to inconvenience > > MariaDB [vmail]> select count(*) from virtual_users where active='1'; > +--+ > | count(*) | > +--+ > |  836019 | > +--+ > > over the likelihood of

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-07 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
On 06/08/2021 01:38, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: problem from Google from time to time; especially when I post a lot to mailing lists like this one, my mails start suddenly going to spam at Gmail). I'm starting to like google again buwahahaha -- Regards, Noel Butler This Email,

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-07 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
On 06/08/2021 00:08, Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop wrote: 5. August 2021 14:52, "Noel Butler via mailop" schrieb: pt NEWSFLASH the blocking is to the advantage of end users (sorry for inital empty response, mail program malfunction) If you block only spammers you'd be right. But

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-06 Thread Andre van Eyssen via mailop
On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop wrote: If you block only spammers you'd be right. But SendGrid is one of the sorry cases where you have spam and legit, sometimes important e-mails coming from the same network. Your users won't be happy if you reject their order confirmations

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brett Schenker via mailop
Coming from the political/non-profit side of things, when the revenue drops is when they pay attention. If open rates are 0 or blocks are through the roof, they take notice and will change their habits. The people that click spend don't want to explain to their bosses why things have tanked. On

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brielle via mailop
On 8/5/21 9:41 AM, John Levine wrote: It appears that Brielle via mailop said: There's also the matter of the lack of unsubscribe... Has zoom explained why they are allowing their customers to send unconfirmed opt-out mail with no unsubscribe option? Good point. That's one of the few

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Chris via mailop
There's also the notion of Canspam Act. Where *both* the notion of spamming, and no unsubscribe options are illegal. A few years ago, I constructed a complaint that resulted in a fairly large company receiving a fine. I've got lots of samples in domains defunct for 20+ years, and others

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. via mailop
Brielle wrote: > Litigation is WAY overused to resolve issues. I generally agree. However, on the other hand it's a pretty good way to get the attention of people who *know* they are doing wrong, and continue to do it unrepentingly all the way to the bank. Anne "Cartoony at Large" Mitchell

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brielle via mailop
On 8/5/21 9:41 AM, John Levine via mailop wrote: It appears that Brielle via mailop said: There's also the matter of the lack of unsubscribe... Has zoom explained why they are allowing their customers to send unconfirmed opt-out mail with no unsubscribe option? Good point. That's one of the

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming? - the MEME

2021-08-05 Thread G. Miliotis via mailop
On 2021-08-05 21:51, Brielle via mailop wrote: Looks like some of the topics of the spam is starting to gravitate towards current events... ESP to spamming customer: "improve the quality of your mailings, stop sending people mail they don't want or we will have to ask you again to stop,

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brielle via mailop
On 8/5/21 8:53 AM, Brielle via mailop wrote: On 8/4/21 5:40 PM, Luke via mailop wrote: The account in question was told they need to clean up their act about 4 weeks ago. Thank you for following up with this information.  Its much appreciated. Just another followup, having looked through

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brielle via mailop
On 8/5/21 9:38 AM, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Definitely your memory fails, or your understanding fails;). First, I was not talking about "everyone who runs junk / spam filters", but specifically about Google. Bringing against one just opens the door for more. The minute you create that

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread John Levine via mailop
It appears that Brielle via mailop said: >There's also the matter of the lack of unsubscribe... Has zoom >explained why they are allowing their customers to send unconfirmed >opt-out mail with no unsubscribe option? Good point. That's one of the few things that is specifically illegal under

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 5.08.2021 o godz. 08:30:17 Brielle via mailop pisze: > *squints her eyes as she recognizes the name Jaroslaw Rafa* > > I may not have the best memory these days, but I seem to remember you are > the one who wanted to bring lawsuits against everyone who runs junk / spam > filters. > >

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Brielle via mailop
On 8/4/21 5:40 PM, Luke via mailop wrote: The account in question was told they need to clean up their act about 4 weeks ago. A week later we saw their overall sending volume drop by more than 66%. Bounces and spam report percentages dropped. That data, along with some unscientific subject

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread yuv via mailop
On Thu, 2021-08-05 at 22:52 +1000, Noel Butler via mailop wrote: > On 05/08/2021 19:07, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: > > > I would never block an entire server/provider, no matter big or > > small, unless the server/provider sends spam *only* and not any > > legitimate emails. > > > pt

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop
5. August 2021 14:52, "Noel Butler via mailop" mailto:mailop@mailop.org?to=%22Noel%20Butler%20via%20mailop%22%20)> schrieb: pt NEWSFLASH the blocking is to the advantage of end users (sorry for inital empty response, mail program malfunction) If you block only spammers you'd be

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop
5. August 2021 14:52, "Noel Butler via mailop" mailto:mailop@mailop.org?to=%22Noel%20Butler%20via%20mailop%22%20)> schrieb: pt NEWSFLASH the blocking is to the advantage of end users ___ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
On 05/08/2021 19:07, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: Dnia 5.08.2021 o godz. 11:18:55 Noel Butler via mailop pisze: This only happens because as demonstrated here many are too scared to block the bigger mail senders/providers - and since these gutless so and so's publicly admit it, the big

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
Dnia 5.08.2021 o godz. 11:18:55 Noel Butler via mailop pisze: > > This only happens because as demonstrated here many are too scared > to block the bigger mail senders/providers - and since these gutless > so and so's publicly admit it, the big boys know it, so have little > reason to be

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-05 Thread Luke via mailop
Hey Carl, Not quite. In SendGrid-speak the term bounce is reserved for invalid address responses. I know it isn't normal. I often forget to change my register when I write out in the real world. The example you provided is what we'd call a Block. So, when I said bounce percentages dropped I meant

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Luke via mailop
I'm not sure what you mean by "this kind of response." I'm just keeping the group updated on what we are doing. Trying to be the best little netizen I can be :) I also can't figure out why more people at ESPs aren't willing to respond to these threads. Truly a mystery, isn't it? As always, I

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Noel Butler via mailop
On 05/08/2021 10:59, Michael Peddemors via mailop wrote: You do realize that kind of response probably won't make any friends.. Should SendGrid not simply block obvious malware, no matter who the client? And 4 weeks is far to long to allow malware to We helped them out last week to reduce

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Michael Peddemors via mailop
You do realize that kind of response probably won't make any friends.. Should SendGrid not simply block obvious malware, no matter who the client? And 4 weeks is far to long to allow malware to travel around the internet.. this is getting to be a standard approach that won't endear you, or

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Carl Byington via mailop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Wed, 2021-08-04 at 16:40 -0700, Luke via mailop wrote: > Bounces and spam report percentages dropped. I am probably not the only one that has SA blocking all mail from some of those senders. header SENDGRID4 X-Entity-ID =~

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Luke via mailop
The account in question was told they need to clean up their act about 4 weeks ago. A week later we saw their overall sending volume drop by more than 66%. Bounces and spam report percentages dropped. That data, along with some unscientific subject line analysis, it is clear that they have made

Re: [mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Atro Tossavainen via mailop
On Wed, Aug 04, 2021 at 11:16:15AM -0600, Brielle via mailop wrote: > Like the title asks? > > Still seeing it daily in my logs hitting the system filters... Same > source accounts, same general bodies with no unsubscribes, sent > through Zoom's accounts at Sendgrid... Confirmed, vehemently. >

[mailop] So uh... Zoom/Sendgrid... How's that webinar spam investigation coming?

2021-08-04 Thread Brielle via mailop
Like the title asks? Still seeing it daily in my logs hitting the system filters... Same source accounts, same general bodies with no unsubscribes, sent through Zoom's accounts at Sendgrid... I don't mean to be impatient and all, but it has been a while... -- Brielle Bruns The Summit Open