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Easy Mailjet Alternative: SocketLabs Getting Started Guide
If you are looking for a Mailjet alternative after their recent acquisition by Mailgun, SocketLabs makes it easy to get up and running......
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SendGrid Migration Guide: Finding New Value With SocketLabs
Looking for a new email service provider? This SendGrid Migration Guide makes it easy for unhappy customers find new value with SocketLabs......
The Importance of Email Authentication: 2019 Digital Summit Philadelphia
After two exciting days at Digital Summit Philadelphia, marketers from around the globe learned the importance of email authentication and how it works......
Oracle Users Seek Dyn Alternative: Here’s What You Need to Know
With Oracle's recent annoucement of the discontinuation of Dyn Email Services and DNS, customers are left looking for a Dyn alternative...
Dyn Email Delivery Migration Guide
With the recent announcement that Dyn email delivery will be retired, SocketLabs can answer all of your questions about whats next for you......
The Complete Guide to Email Authentication, Part 8
This is part 8 of an 8 part series on Email Authentication, to go to part one click here. Conclusion As spam and online threats continue to plague user inboxes, Internet and email providers will continue to aggressively take steps to protect their users by implementing the latest technologies and standards available. Email authentication is part […]...
The Complete Guide to Email Authentication, Part 7
This is part 7 of an 8 part series on Email Authentication, to go to part one click here. ISP Adoption of Email Authentication As stated earlier, there has been no general adoption of one specific email authentication standard by the ISP and receiving communities. Additionally, ISPs generally have not been forthcoming about what authentication methods […]...
The Complete Guide to Email Authentication, Part 6
This is part 6 of an 8 part series on Email Authentication, to go to part one click here. DomainKeys Identifed Mail (DKIM) DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) is the successor to Yahoo DomainKeys. Being very similar in functionality to DomainKeys, DKIM has additionally adopted aspects from Cisco’s Identified Internet Mail standard (IIM), and the result […]...
The Complete Guide to Email Authentication, Part 5
This is part 5 of an 8 part series on Email Authentication, to go to part one click here. DomainKeys DomainKeys is a domain-level authentication standard that uses public/private key encryption, DNS, and multiple policies to prove the legitimacy and contents of an email message. It verifies the domain used in the “from” or “sender” header. […]...
The Complete Guide to Email Authentication, Part 4
This is part 4 of an 8 part series on Email Authentication, to go to part one click here. Sender ID Framework (Sender ID) Very similar to SPF version 1 is SPF 2.0, more commonly known as Sender ID. Sender ID works on the same principles as SPF, with the exception that it not only has […]...