I like to think I'm unique, but I'm not. There are many more Kelly Molloys in the world, and I am but one. I know there's a Kelly Molloy who lives in Ireland and orders pizza and tops up his or her phone often, and a Kelly Molloy who lives in the Midwest and makes a lot of appointments at the Genius Bar. There's also a Kelly Molloy who lives in Canada and recently had a baby (congrats, and I hope... Continue »

There has been a great deal of discussion in the email sender community about blocklists and blocklisting lately. Since December, I’ve talked to a great many senders who don’t understand why blocklisting services decided to list them and wonder why they were “singled out” for listings. They weren’t; they singled themselves out. What I mean is that I have operated DNSBLs and run spamtrap networks.... Continue »

In June Spamhaus announced an important new list to fight botnets: the BGPCC, and the corresponding BGP feed. The BGPCC isn't a traditional DNSBL; it's a routing table of IP addresses which Spamhaus believes provide command and control (C&C) functions for botnets, as well as IPs listed in the Spamhaus DROP (Do Not Route or Peer) list. ISPs, NSPs and backbone internet providers can use this table... Continue »