Podcast
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In this episode of the podcast, Ben Gabler, CEO and founder of Rocket.net, shares his journey from delivering pizzas to pioneering in the web hosting industry. With over two decades …
Read post: Behind the Scenes at Rocket.net – Ben Gabler (Rocket.net)
Industry
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What bounce codes reveal about your email delivery—and how to interpret them. When your email fails to deliver, the server doesn’t just reject it—it tells you why. That reason is …
Read post: Understanding SMTP Response CodesIndustry
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Introduction Spam filtering is a critical defense against outbound abuse, phishing, and account compromise. But under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any operation involving personal data must have a …
Read post: Is Consent Required for Spam Filtering? A GDPR Perspective for Hosts and ESPsIndustry
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Introduction Filtering outbound email is essential for stopping spam, phishing, and abuse. But if your filtering practices inspect message content or metadata, are you violating your users’ privacy? In a …
Read post: How to Filter Emails Without Violating Privacy: A GDPR-Safe Approach for Hosts and ESPs
Industry
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In shared hosting environments, one bad sender can ruin it for everyone. A single compromised account sending spam can lead to blacklisted IPs, delivery failures, and angry customers wondering why …
Read post: Using SMTP Relay to Isolate and Protect Sending IPs
Industry
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Introduction With the rise in outbound spam filtering and automated abuse detection, email service providers (ESPs) and web hosts face a critical question: How does GDPR apply to email processing—especially …
Read post: Understanding GDPR and Email Processing: What Web Hosts and ESPs Need to Know
Industry
3 min read
Signup abuse doesn’t just affect a single hosting account—it can poison your entire IP range. When malicious users create accounts to send spam, phish, or host malware, the consequences ripple …
Read post: How Signup Abuse Impacts IP Reputation
Industry
3 min read
Email abuse is no longer a problem you can afford to handle manually. In hosting environments—especially shared or reseller hosting—abuse can escalate in seconds, damaging your IP reputation and impacting …
Read post: Automating Abuse Responses with AbuseAPI or Custom Scripts
Industry
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Modern spam and email abuse tactics are increasingly difficult to detect using static rules alone. Attackers now use clean IPs, mimic normal user activity, and automate around basic filters. To …
Read post: Using Behavior Analytics to Detect Abuse PatternsIndustry
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Reseller hosting environments are uniquely vulnerable to signup abuse. With multiple layers of account ownership and limited oversight across customers, attackers often exploit this complexity to register fake accounts, send …
Read post: Signup Abuse in Reseller Hosting: Risks and RemediesSubscribe to the MailChannels Blog to receive new blog posts in your inbox.