DMARC is an issue for all mailing lists, and mailing list managers. Recently, OnlineGroups.net and our friends at E-Democracy.org collaborated to enhance how we deal with DMARC.
Posts Tagged: Mailing List Manager
Tuning email discussion list privacy for internal knowledge-sharing
Email discussion lists (aka listservs) are a simple and versatile tool for sharing knowledge and holding discussions using email. You can do a lot with the usual privacy settings: public or private. But unless you host your online groups site behind your firewall, neither of these are ideal for knowledge-sharing inside your organisation. OnlineGroups.net have… Read more »
DMARC will expand the role of mailing list moderation
As Laura points out, calling an email spam is not a moral judgement. It’s just a statement of what a particular recipient thinks of an email. I have pretty negative thoughts about some email. And many people enjoy the precooked meat product that has been around since 1937. Spam is a construct that is used… Read more »
DMARC and taking responsibility for sending group email
As it looks like strict DMARC policies are here to stay, OnlineGroups.net has improved its handling of posts from a domains with a strict DMARC policy. This means that as other providers switch to strict policies, we will automatically be able to take responsibility for delivering emails. Here is an explanation of the change we… Read more »
How to whitelist an email address with Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail
You are trying to reset your password. The site says “check your inbox for a password reset email”. But there is no email in your inbox. This frustrating problem can also occur when you are signing up with a site, or adding an email address to your profile. It can also stop you getting posts… Read more »
Listservs (aka mailing list managers) explained
List servers (aka mailing list managers) are applications that allow a member of a group to email the other members of the group. They are mostly used for discussion and announcements. They are distinct from email marketing systems which handle email newsletters and other marketing email. List servers go by various names, and there are… Read more »
Migrate your Mailing List from Mailman to OnlineGroups.net
If you have a mailing list running on GNU Mailman, and you’d like to get the benefits of OnlineGroups.net, we would be happy to migrate your mailing list. OnlineGroups.net is a great way for your group members to collaborate using email. It provides an email address and an inbox for a group, just as email… Read more »
Nine Reasons Ditching Email is Not the Way to Go
Lee Timmins of Management Today lists ten reasons that he thinks ditching email is the way to go. I heartily agree with one of the problems that Lee points out. Email by itself is not great for group collaboration. Lee’s other nine reasons are almost the exact opposite of what I believe is the case…. Read more »
Use a Simple Tool like Email Groups to start Successful Online Collaboration
Whatever technology you use, your main challenge in getting collaboration started is going to be social. So you may as well start using simple technology and work on the social factors. Building Collaboration is a Social Problem not a Technical One Collaboration one of the holy grails of organisations. Everything will go so much better… Read more »
Directly Adding Group Members — Does It Actually Help?
Recently Google removed the feature that enabled a group administrator add members directly to a GoogleGroup, without the need for the new member to take any action. Instead, the group administrator must invite new members, who must accept the invitation before joining the group. At OnlineGroups.Net, we made a similar decision a couple of years… Read more »
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