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Very occasionally you’ll see something in the To: header of an email that isn’t the email addresses you expect, instead it’s the string Undisclosed recipients:;. What does that mean?

https://www.wordtothewise.com/2025/11/undisclosed-recipients/

#Email

ZMLUK fined £105k for sending 67m+ marketing emails without valid consent. The ICO rejected its ‘soft opt‑in’ defence, stressing that vague, bulk consent and third‑party data are no substitute for clear, informed, and specific opt‑ins. A sharp reminder that PECR compliance isn’t optional.

https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/2025/12/zmluk-limited/

#Email #EmailNews

I hope this post finds you well, I'm checking in and reaching out about ZeroBounce's study into the most overused email clichés.

https://www.zerobounce.net/blog/newsroom/press/email-cliches-zerobounce

#email

Re-engagement emails are a great tool for fixing deliverability problems like spam traps, abandoned inboxes, and mail stuck in spam, especially at big consumer ISPs.

Laura at WttW has put together an excellent breakdown.

https://www.wordtothewise.com/2025/12/lets-talk-reengagement/

#EmailDeliverability #ReEngagement

Yahoo Mail reduced free storage from 1TB to 20GB last year, and for many it’s dropping again to 15GB from May 5.

https://emailexpert.com/yahoo-is-cutting-free-mail-storage-again/

#YahooMail #Email #CloudStorage #EmailNews

The Register: "New boss took charge of project code and sent two billion unwanted emails." #OnCall #TechFails

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/24/on_call/

Google quietly kills Gmail's ability to fetch mail from other email accounts using POP3

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/gmail_dropping_pop3/

#Email #EmailNews

Earlier this year, Technische Universität Berlin analysed the SPF configuration of 12 million domains. While SPF adoption is rising (56.5% of domains), 2.9% have errors and many configurations are far too permissive - over a third of domains allow 100,000+ IPs to send mail, enabling spoofing risks.

The full study is here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.08240

Microsoft reverse course on their Exchange Online upcoming mailbox external recipient rate limit after customer feedback that the change would create "significant operational challenges".

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/exchange_online_recipient_rate/

#Email #EmailNews #ExchangeOnline

Accessibility isn't just about compliance, it makes email better for everyone.

https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/blog/email-accessibility/

#Email #a11y #Accessibility

Cloudflare Radar’s 2025 Year in Review is out - check their roundup of the most abused TLDs, domains linked to spam & malicious emails. If you’re buying a new domain and want good email deliverability, these might be ones to avoid.

https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#most-abused-tlds

#CyberSecurity #EmailSecurity #InfoSec

Ever wondered how categorised inboxes from Google, Microsoft etc sort messages? Matthew at Validity explains:

https://www.validity.com/blog/how-major-providers-like-google-microsoft-and-apple-sort-your-inbox/

Sendamatic was the Kitchen Sink WP podcast’s Tool of the Week! 🚀 If you’re looking for simple, reliable email delivery for your WordPress projects, we’ve got you covered. #WordPress #Email

https://kitchensinkwp.com/podcast-e615-listener-q-a/

Thunderbird 145 adds native Microsoft Exchange email support. Contacts and calendars aren't yet supported, but it's still a very useful addition to the open source email client.

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thunderbird-adds-native-microsoft-exchange-email-support/

#Email #EmailNews

Yahoo has launched a new feature called Insights, giving senders better transparency and visibility into their delivery performance.

https://blog.postmaster.yahooinc.com/post/798590258207916032/introducing-insights

#Email #EmailNews #Yahoo

What's been happening in the world of email? Google ramp up enforcement of email sender requirements, Yahoo introduce Insights to their Sender Hub, and more.

https://www.sendamatic.net/blog/november-2025-email-news-roundup

#EmailNews #Email

Unfortunately the global Cloudflare outage continues to cause intermittent errors accessing the Sendamatic website and management API. Mail services are unaffected.

https://sendamatic.freshstatus.io/incident/1469115

Starting November 2025, Gmail is ramping up its enforcement of email sender requirements, and non-compliant emails may face delays or rejections.

https://support.google.com/a/answer/14229414?hl=en

#Email #EmailNews

Proton Mail recently released a newsletters view that "helps you quickly organize and unsubscribe from email subscriptions without digging through your inbox". Gmail are rolling out something similar, will others follow suit?

https://proton.me/support/mail-newsletters-view

#Email #EmailNews #Newsletters