Most invalid emails purporting to be from banks requesting account information are blocked by spam filters and anti-virus scanners.  This one, Important Issues Concerning Your Online Account, supposedly from Bank of America Alerts (onlp.ert@ealerts.bankofamerica.com) is an example of spam phising for your bank account information.  Cyber thieves are smart; what better time is there to […]

C level executives and small business owners don’t care to know, and don’t necessarily need to know, which mail server they’re running.  Fortunately, successful executives and business owners surround themselves with proven and trusted business advisors to help them implement the changes needed to achieve their business goals.  As always, email and communications are at […]

Today I’ve seen some NDR (non delivery report) email messages bounced back to mail servers from earthlink.net:  #5.5.0 smtp;550 550 Dynamic/zombied/spam IPs blocked. Write blockedbyearthlink@abuse.earthlink.net>.  So at first I didn’t think much of it assuming it was a false positive and I would get with earthlink and have them review the server and they would […]