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Strategies for Success in the Web Hosting Industry with Lukas Hertig from WebPros
·56 min read
In this episode, Lukas Hertig, a seasoned expert in the web hosting industry, shares his journey and insights. Discover the evolution of cloud hosting, the incredible rise of Amazon Web …
Uber’s Leaky Backend: How Trip Data Ended Up on Google—and Why It Still Matters
·2 min read
In early 2023, a significant privacy lapse was discovered within Uber’s platform: sensitive user and trip data had been indexed by Google, exposing customer names, pick-up/drop-off coordinates, and driver details …
Email Traffic Trends Reflect the Ongoing Shift in Work and Communication
·2 min read
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom emerged as the unlikely poster child for remote communication, riding a wave of global lockdowns and remote work mandates. But what …
How Global Crises Impact Email Traffic—and What Hosting Providers Can Do About It
·2 min read
In 2020, COVID-19 disrupted nearly every aspect of life, including the world of email. At the time, MailChannels observed a sharp increase in global email traffic—especially transactional and outbound messages—as …
Behind the Scenes at Rocket.net – Ben Gabler (Rocket.net)
·57 min read
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 …
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 …
Is Consent Required for Spam Filtering? A GDPR Perspective for Hosts and ESPs
·3 min read
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 …
How to Filter Emails Without Violating Privacy: A GDPR-Safe Approach for Hosts and ESPs
·3 min read
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 …
Using SMTP Relay to Isolate and Protect Sending IPs
·3 min read
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 …
Understanding GDPR and Email Processing: What Web Hosts and ESPs Need to Know
·3 min read
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 …