Andrew Barrett

Knight-errant of the Spam Wars, and Head of Policy & Engagement for Spamhaus.

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

@Xfinity @XfinitySupport We actually got an appointment set, and they just decided not to show up. No notification, no attempt to reschedule, they just didn't come. And now we have to start all over again.

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

My father died & @comcast won't repair service to his house until they decide whether I can take over his account. They promised an answer in 5 days; it's been 8. Meanwhile we have no cable, no internet, no telephone. The rep says, "Sorry, but we are slaves to the system."

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

@Xfinity @XfinitySupport Your representatives keep pushing some silly rewards program on me. The only reward I want is working service. After 32 years as a customer, I am notified that they may charge me $100.

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

I am in @xfinity customer support hell. We've been a customer for 32 years. My dad died, and we have no internet or phone. They keep telling me to log into his account to make an appointment. I can't log into his account, and we've been going back and forth for 12 days now.

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Can @getresponse and @simongrabowski please control their rogue affiliates? We continue to see spam posts from throw-away accounts on various social media platforms shilling the service.

e.g., hxxps://www.getresponse.com/start-free-trial?ab=XrMp63VPvJ&c=CrudeAdvice

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Apache SpamAssassin 4.0 Released
https://t.co/ZBwgL89gsw #deliverability #emailmarketing

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

.@spamhaus ratchets down the temperature over a flood of informational listings - but it's well past time for senders to clean house:
https://t.co/47CqiFWJOS

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

@SparkPost That's kind of a weird thing for an ESP to say, especially since @Sparkpost sends a significant fraction of the mail you think people should be dodging.

I'm over 50 and use the same address for everything since Gmail was invite-only. Why would I want to manage more than 1?

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

How much did @Twitter make on the sale of consumer 2FA data? If the fine is a fraction and not a multiple, then how is it a deterrent from future similar incidents?

[Gizmodo @Gizmodo]

Twitter Has to Pay Pitiful $150M for Using Personal Data for Targeted Ads https://t.co/7orRjB1re4

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Great example why ESPs like@Salesforce @Braze have to be selective with whom they do business. How many hours of discovery and document production is that contract really worth?

https://t.co/1MrsExPctK

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Trump PACs' fundraising emails blatantly violate CAN SPAM prohibitions against misleading subject lines and senders, over and over again. #emailgeeks #deliverability
https://t.co/ToQWdhKHoq

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

You gotta be shitting me, @Mail_Gun. Trump PACs are using your stack to spam the planet. But, hey, revenue is revenue, right?

X-Feedback-Id: 606c9031fd37455a37af0a87:mailgun
X-Mailgun-Sending-Ip: 143.55.227.136

Shame on you. #emailgeeks #deliverability

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

More inbox clipping weirdness @gmail. This message weighs out to 24.1K all-in. Nothing in the rendered portion, at least, appears to have been clipped.😕
#emailgeeks #deliverability

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Hi @evernote peeps: this seems like not a good thing:

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

And he's morphed again, this time into digiteers-orkney. Still spamming from @Gmail's API, but this time with no functioning unsubscribe. Not even pretending anymore to be legit.

Graham Lee, dis you? https://t.co/PGMNTOaHD6

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

The @grahamlee Lydian-Stone/Digiteer spammers have morphed once again, this time into Analytico-Iverson, still spewing training spam from Google's @Gmail API to addresses harvested from LinkedIn.

Here are their NYC "offices":

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

The fine folk @usegetemails continue to spam addresses scraped off of LinkedIn for their "100% opt-in listgen services" via @Gmail's API.😒

I wish Gmail would police the use of their API with at least the same vigor with which they police Gmail users' inboxen.

#emailgeeks

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Holy moly! @mailchimp - the ESP that famously refused to go public - agrees to be acquired by @Intuit for US$12BB. #emailmarketing #deliverability

https://t.co/J82OOpstbA

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

@zerobounce1 @TWFReview Fifth time's the charm ... 🙄

[zerobounce @zerobounce1]

@emailskinny @TWFReview We're sorry and we apologize, Mr. Barrett! Our sales team is making sure to remove all your email addresses from their lists.

[Andrew Barrett @emailskinny]

Fifth time's the charm ... 🙄

[zerobounce @zerobounce1]

@emailskinny @TWFReview We're sorry and we apologize, Mr. Barrett! Our sales team is making sure to remove all your email addresses from their lists.