Ray Tomlinson & the history of email in his own words

Ray Tomlinson passed away this weekend, truly an internet pioneer and one that has more claim to the "inventor of email" moniker than any other. #RIP

It is the third legendary MIT-alumni Internet founding father to pass this year, Marvin Minsky died in January, and Wesley A. Clark in February.

Over at bbn.com Ray Tomlinson, shares the story of 'inventing' email in his own words:

"During the summer and autumn of 1971, I was part of a small group of programmers who were developing a time-sharing system called TENEX that ran on Digital PDP-10 computers. We were supporting a larger group working on natural language. Earlier, I had worked on the Network Control Protocol (NCP) for TENEX and network programs such as an experimental file transfer program called CPYNET.

I was making improvements to the local inter-user mail program called SNDMSG. Single-computer electronic mail had existed since at least the early 1960's and http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

In recognition of all his work, and his unique contribution to email, today Deliverability.Buzz has a special commemorative edition recognizing Rays achievements.

Learn from Mandrill: The Cost of Free

iControlWP has written a great post on the business lessons learned from Mandrill and why "Free" may be your most expensive choice in the longer term.

https://www.icontrolwp.com/blog/life-after-mandrill/ 

Remember to catchup on it all: Deliverability.Buzz  and the dedicated Mandrill paper:li : The Mandrill Migration Special Edition

AWS wants to welcome Mandrill users

This article is clipped from the Amazon SES Blog as it forbids crawlers which precluded its inclusion in Deliverability.Buzz  and the dedicated Mandrill paper:li : The Mandrill Migration Special Edition

After the recent announcement of changes with Mandrill, we have received many questions from Mandrill customers who are looking at options for email service providers.

Moving to a new platform can be daunting. If you want to understand what SES is and what it can do for you, check out our product detail page and Getting Started guide. We also have our re:Invent 2014 and 2015 presentations, with real-world examples on how to use the email sending and receiving capabilities of SES. Like many other AWS products, SES offers a free tier.

If you’re ready to dive in and start your migration, we have put together a list of resources to get you up and running with SES.

• If you send emails through an SMTP interface, check out our SMTP endpoints.
• If you send emails through a web API, take a look at the SES API. You can interact with the SES API directlythrough HTTPS, or use one of the many AWS SDKs that take care of the details for you. AWS SDKs are available for Android, iOS, Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby.
• If you are an API user, note that:
  • Mandrill’s send method corresponds to SES’s SendEmail.
  • Mandrill’s send-raw method corresponds to SES’s SendRawEmail.
  • There is no corresponding send_at parameter for SES – messages are queued for delivery when you make an email-sending call to SES.
  • There is no need to specify async – SES API calls are inherently asynchronous.
• If you process incoming email, we offer the ability to receive those emails through SES. Through our inbound processing, you can save your emails to S3, receive SNS notifications, and perform custom logic using Lambda.
• To help you maintain good deliverability, we can automatically DKIM-sign your emails using Easy DKIM. (You are also free to do that manually.)
• SES offers a mailbox simulator you can use to test your application’s handling of scenarios such as deliveries, bounces, and complaints.

Read the full post at  Amazon SES Blog 

View the special Mandrill Migration edition of Deliverability.Buzz

6 reasons your email is blocked

How to succeed with email deliverability written by Loren McDonald of Silverpop. When thinking about tips for successful email deliverability, let’s first look at the inverse – what will get your email blocked or junked by an ISP or other receiver? There are 6 primary ways an ISP (let’s focus in them for simplicity) will block or filter your commercial messages.

What will get your email blocked ?

Responsys seek deliverability specialist (San Fran)

Responsible for monitoring, evaluation, and support of email deliverability customers for a high volume email system. Ensures that email messages are properly constructed to meet industry best practices. Monitors email sends to secure the highest possible delivery rate. Creates and maintains relationships with ISPs, customers (internal and external) and solutions providers to quickly troubleshoot and resolve issues.

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Email Deliverability Specialist at Responsys Location: Anywhere in the US - this job can be remote (San Francisco Bay Area) URL: http://www.responsys.com

Type: Full-time Experience: Mid-Senior level Functions: Marketing, Product Management, Management, Project Management  Industries: Management Consulting, Internet, Information Technology and Services, Marketing and Advertising, Computer Software  Posted: October 20, 2010 by Brian Snodgrass Compensation: Exclellent Comp, Benefits, Stock, 401k Referral Bonus:

Additional Information

Local candidates only, no relocation (San Francisco Bay Area).

No third party applications. Read more at www.linkedin.com

 

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Fred Tabsharani blogging on Deliverability

EmailExpert.org is hosting the complete back archives of Freds collection of blogs... Highlighted here is charity based affinity marketing via email...

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Charity focused Affinity Email Marketing

Whether there are dozens or hundreds, the email messages that arrive daily in your inbox vie for a share of your time and attention.  Because of persistent issues with spam, messages face continued scrutiny.  In order to appeal to subscribers, messages must be authentic, carefully crafted with a specific purpose in mind.  The question is, what kinds of messages will catch subscribers’ attention and resonate with them?

One type of authentic email messaging is laced with charitable goals and good intentions. Subscribers find the idea of charity emotionally appealing, and they will gain satisfaction when they know that proceeds from purchases of your product or service will ultimately benefit other human beings in need. The wisdom of partnering with a charity and creating inspirational messaging cannot be overstated.  Charity-related messaging has a proven positive effect on overall brand awareness which transcends generic “sales event” campaigns.

About the author Fred Tabsharani is engaged in strategic marketing initiatives for Port25 Solutions, Inc., a globally recognized email software company which serves Email Service Providers and leading enterprises. After receiving his MBA from John F. Kennedy University, Fred immersed himself into the world of email deliverability and constantly discovers new insight from thought-leaders in the email industry. He is a columnist for a few industry blogging portals and is also a member of several email based organizations including but not limited to MAAWG and the Email Experience Council. Fred’s goal is to continue honing his skills and knowledge in this space and to build timeless industry relationships that transcend business goals. Read more at emailexpert.org

 

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Great post on email authentication from @Bronto

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Proving Yourself: The Need to Authenticate

The movement towards authentication continues more and more as senders struggle with delivery problems and inbox placement challenges.  Last week I attended the fall session of a conference where many industry leaders gathered to discuss email marketing. I had three key takeaways: authentication, authentication, authentication.  In all seriousness, authentication is a topic which is still gaining momentum and strength, which was reaffirmed at this conference. Both the sender and receiver community are on the same page on the importance of authenticating each email.

Chris Kolbenschlag Director of Deliverability at Bronto Read more at blog.bronto.com

 

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