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New Email Study Reveals Nonprofit Spam Rates Soared in 2016

EveryAction

Today, EveryAction releases the highly-anticipated 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study , an exploration into how much spam is impacting online fundraising programs. Spam is still a massive problem for fundraisers. In the last week of the year, just as EOY pushes reach their peak, spam rates doubled from 2015.

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Quick Fixes to Common WordPress Problems: Part 1

Byte Technology

But take heart when it happens: the very fact that you’ve encountered a problem speaks to the estimable beauty of the WordPress program and the myriad options it has for everything from customized design to sleek, no-fuss themes and so much more. Stay tuned for more fixes for common problems in future blog posts.).

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Lame spams of the day: Fake Amazon and PayPal receipts

Robert Weiner

These aren't as lame-looking as most of the spam I write about: they use the right logos, fonts, and typefaces. The giveaways are: 1) Hover over the links and see where they point before clicking (that's the best way to prevent phishing attacks and malware infections from spam). 3) I got a dozen of the Amazon spams.

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Missing the Mark: Why Legitimate Emails Head Right for the Spam Folder

Byte Technology

It’s a common and absolutely frustrating problem: you send an important email to a friend, colleague, family member etc. Upon further examination the recipient discovers it got automatically dropped into their spam folder. and, when you hear no response or feedback you follow up only to find they never received the message.

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The Importance of Data Analytics for Fundraising Events

Achieve

Spam Rate The spam rate is the percentage of email recipients that mark your emails as spam. The average allowable spam rate is 0.1%. Anything above 0.3% can pose risks to sender reputation and email deliverability. the head of your school or organization will shave their head if you reach your goal).

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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. Scam Spam'

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