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Tech Tools Working Together: How Text-To-Donate Paves the Way for Text Message Communication

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kim Peterson , Content Marketing Specialist for Give by Cell , a technology company that provides mobile fundraising tools and text messaging services to nonprofits. Spamming is illegal, and often goes straight to a junk mail folder. In contrast, text message spam is almost always viewed, making it more annoying to donors.

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

Byte Technology

Upon further examination the recipient discovers it got automatically dropped into their spam folder. Another type of automatic email sifting is called Bayesian Filtering, which utilizes statistical analysis to “learn” what spam looks like. To begin, follow some simple steps. To begin, follow some simple steps.

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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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Emailing Like a Pro: Navigating Gmail and Yahoo’s New Sender Requirements

The Modern Nonprofit

Keeping our valuable supporters in the loop, and ensuring our messages land right in their inboxes, not the dreaded spam folder. As of February 2024, they’re dialing up their fight against spam with a fresh set of sender requirements. Let’s Keep Those Spam Rates below 0.3% Google Postmaster Tools is your friend here.

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Ensuring Email Deliverability—Updates to Gmail + Yahoo

Media Cause

On February 1, 2024, Google and Yahoo will roll out new requirements, which include bulk senders authenticating their emails, making unsubscribing easy, and staying under a spam rate threshold. Low User-Reported Spam: Senders must stay under a 0.3% spam rate threshold or risk being marked as spam.

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10 Website Maintenance Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google Analytics is an essential website analytics tool for nonprofits. If you have a contact us form, add a Google reCAPTCHA to help stop spam emails. Tablet and mobile website layouts should be similar and on mobile, blocks of text texts should be followed by an image rather than text and images being displayed side by side.

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Lame Spam of the Day: Lehman Brothers Centre for Women 2008 Newsletter

Robert Weiner

It''s been a while since I got a spam message that rose to the level of true lameness (maybe because I''ve improved my anti-spam tools), but this one hit the target. Image: Spam' Newsletter London experience. World impact.

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