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Beating Spam Filters (part two)

There are several different approaches to handling email deliver itself. Essentially these options fall into two broad approaches: sending mail from your own server or someone else’s server. Not wanting to have to setup my own mail server, I first looked to see what options I had if I wanted someone else to deliver my mail for me. Continue reading »

Beating Spam Filters (part one)

I recently setup email notifications on one of my web applications. It wasn’t long before I ran into a significant problem with spam filters, however. I had hoped some basic tactics would be enough to minimize the problem, but I ended up going much further, implementing Domain Keys and DKIM digital signing. Continue reading »