More Changes with Yahoo! Mail Addresses
In April we blogged about a sharp increase in the number of hard bounces occurring with email addresses at Yahoo! Mail. The increased error rates were attributed to Yahoo reducing the period of...
View ArticleNew Unsubscribe Support
SocketLabs’ Email On-Demand SMTP service has supported Open and Click Tracking for several years. Until now we’ve left providing an unsubscribe function up to our customers’ application because it is...
View ArticleThe Effects of Changes at Gmail on Engagement Tracking
Over the last few days we’ve noticed some interesting changes in email open related data. It turns out to be the result of changes to a particularly popular email client. Google has made some...
View ArticleIntroducing Hurricane Load Balancer
Throughout our company’s history we have solved many of our in-house computing and infrastructure needs by building custom solutions when an adequate commercial solution was not available. As we built...
View ArticleHappy New Year, Thanks for a Great 2013!
I want to thank all of our customers, partners and fans for a great 2013, and to wish you all a very happy and successful new year! We accomplished quite a bit in 2013. I can’t list everything, but I...
View ArticleAOL Becomes Second Major Mailbox Provider to Implement DMARC
What is DMARC and How Does This Affect Me? Just over two weeks after Yahoo’s implementation of a strict DMARC record, a second major mailbox provider has now followed suit. Late yesterday afternoon AOL...
View ArticleCASL – The New Canadian Anti-Spam Law, What You Need to Know
The Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) took effect on July 1, 2014 and has broad application to businesses both in Canada and outside of Canada, especially for senders of commercial email. Even if you are...
View ArticleA Look Back at 2014
Thank you to all of our customers, fans and partners for making 2014 our best year ever! We started 2014 by moving our entire company into new and improved offices, custom designed for efficiency,...
View ArticleTwo-Step Verification
With news of recent vulnerability disclosures, account compromises, and various data breaches, security is a very hot topic in the IT world. Here at SocketLabs we are fully committed to the security...
View ArticleToday Google Announced Their DMARC Plan, and It May Affect Your Email
Gmail Will Use a Strict DMARC Record Beginning in 2016. How Will This Affect Your Email? Today Google announced plans to join both Yahoo and AOL and become the third major mailbox provider to implement...
View ArticleIntroducing API Templates
Our Gift to Software Developers, Marketers & Designers SocketLabs API Templates allow software developers to programmatically send email content which is easily created in our new email designer....
View ArticleYahoo Speaks Out About Recent Policy Changes
Last week we published an article about security policy changes at Yahoo Mail that are affecting email senders. The change implemented by Yahoo was an email security protocol called DMARC. DMARC, which...
View ArticleAre You Prepared for the Holidays?
Are You Ready to Send More Email over the Holiday Season? Did you know that during the holidays we tend to see email traffic increase by up to 30% platform wide? Well, the holidays are fast approaching...
View ArticleIntroducing Hurricane MTA 3.0
Introducing Hurricane MTA 3.0 Now You Can Experience Security, Speed & Enhanced Customization Options Like Never Before SocketLabs is excited to introduce the new, updated version of our enterprise...
View ArticleFighting Hunger Together During the Holiday Season
When you think about the Holidays, what do you imagine? I picture holiday music, ugly sweaters, family, warm eggnog, and eating too much food. Yet, this is not a reality for thousands of families...
View ArticleIntroducing Web Signup Forms: The Easy Way to Build Your Email List
Introducing Web Signup Forms: The Easy Way to Build Your Email List Introducing Web Signup Forms: The Easy Way to Build Your Email List. See how we made it easier to build your email list by capturing...
View ArticleIntroducing Starter Email Templates
Introducing Starter Email Templates: Introducing Starter Email Templates A faster and easier way to create great looking email templates, no design skills or coding required. When it comes to email,...
View ArticleOur Email Designer Just Got Even Better With Sections & Elements
See how we made it even easier for anyone to create a great looking email with our Email Designer. Today, we’re proud to unveil the first of many big changes to the Email Designer coming from our...
View ArticleAre You Aware of This Hidden Danger of Collecting Email Addresses on Your...
Subscription bombing, also known as mail bombing, is an internet-wide trend where malicious bots attack a person via their email address, ultimately rendering the address and email account useless for...
View ArticleA Monumental Leap for Our Best Email Designer Yet
In our effort to help anyone build and send effective email campaigns, we have taken our suite of Simple Email Marketing Tools to a whole new level. And today, we’re happy to introduce our biggest...
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