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Important Updates to Google’s Gmail That Nonprofits Need to be Aware Of

Pamela Grow

Just this month, Google made crucial changes to Gmail in an effort to combat spam and improve user experience. Starting in February 2024, Google will be implementing new rules aimed at curbing the misuse of Gmail for mass promotions. These updates may raise concerns, especially regarding the spam rate threshold.

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Lame spam of the day: Raw spam merge text

Robert Weiner

Some newbie spammer posted a message on my site that shows the contents of their spam merge database. I recognize so many snippets that have appeared in my spam folder over the years. { {I have|I’ve} been {surfing|browsing} online more than {three|3|2|4} hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.

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Lame spam of the day: Meeting invitation from George Adoo

Robert Weiner

This spam arrived in the form of a meeting invitation. My Outlook spam filter (SpamBayes) doesn''t seem to look at meeting invitations, and it also slipped past the SpamAssassin filter on my mail server. This thread shows that the problem has been around for a while. Mon Apr 8, 2013 12pm – 1pm Eastern Time. Scam Spam'

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Google needs to stop treating support like it’s an add-on feature

Judi Sohn

Google, I think I’m over you. Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners (NPSF) is a 6 year-old Google Group now with over 1700 members, averaging around 300 messages a month. We have the group set so topics are public, but only members can post and membership has to be approved to avoid spam. Google Groups is free.

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On Alert: Signs that Your WordPress Site Has Been Hacked

Byte Technology

Perhaps loyal visitors have dropped out in droves or it takes a long time to edit or post new content to your page. Chances are that if you see this or other problems, your site has been hacked or otherwise compromised. Then they add bad links to your site that direct users to spam pages.

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3 Simple Email Improvements to Make More Money During EOY Fundraising

EveryAction

It’s affected by a lot of factors (and the rules are always changing), but spam and spam-related issues are generally the most common determinants of deliverability successes and failures. Email service providers like Google and Yahoo!, That’s because each month, 7.03% of nonprofit emails end up in spam folders.

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Communication Breakdown: The Dangers of Getting Blacklisted

Byte Technology

Essentially, blacklisting is an anti-spam measure designed to help email and Internet service providers curb unsolicited junk mail and other communications from suspect websites. However, problems occur when the anti-spam measures put in place are overly aggressive and actually block legitimate messages and contacts.