Remembering J.D.

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write in 12 years as Return Path’s CEO. I hope it never has an equal.

One of our long-time employees, J.D. Falk, passed away today after a year-long struggle with cancer. J.D., which most people don’t know was short for Jesse David, was only 37 years old. Although I cannot claim to be a close friend of J.D.’s, I have known him fairly well in the industry going back about eight years, and he has been a trusted member of our team here for the last four+ years.

J.D. did great work for us at Return Path, but my admiration for him goes beyond that.

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Choosing Our Own Adventure: Return Path Hack-@-thon

Smarts and creativity were definitely on display last week when we had our first ever Return Path Hackathon. We took two days off from our normal routines and unleashed our creativity and innovation in an attempt to create something awesome.

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We’ve Changed the FBL Enrollment Process — Here’s Why

If you or your organization has recently applied for enrollment in IP-based feedback loops that we host (e.g., Comcast, Road Runner, etc.) you may have noticed that the confirmation email part of the enrollment process has changed. In this article …

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Major Telecommunications Providers Cooperate to Stop Spam in Europe

Using the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF) and Return Path’s feedback report processing technology, ETIS members help each other find the spammers lurking within each others’ networks — and their customers’ networks, and their customers’ networks.

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Education, Not Escalation

Some might believe that all Return Path does is open up tickets or call the mythical ISP batphone to “fix” something for a sender that the sender simply doesn’t like. That can’t be further from the truth. I know, since I’m the one that holds the key to the locked gate that leads down the dimly lit, long and winding cobblestone path to the ISPs.

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Video: Return Path’s Big Problems at Boulder Denver New Tech

Their session, titled “Solving Big Problems With Small Teams,” describes how our data network operates, how we use Hadoop and related tools, and the “fast path” rapid development process we’ve developed.

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Phishing Attack: An Open Letter to the Anti-Spam and Mailbox Operator Community

By Matt Blumberg CEO & Chairman I’m sure many of you are familiar with the targeted ESP phishing attack that has been ongoing for almost a year now and has led to multiple known ESP system breaches. Return Path was …

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Security Alert: Phishing Attack Update

Yesterday, we updated on our report around the targeted ESP phishing attack that has been ongoing for almost a year now and has led to multiple known ESP system breaches. Our original post is here, and yesterday’s post is here. …

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Security Alert: Update on ESP Phishing Attack

As you saw from our blog post yesterday, we have become aware of a serious phishing attack aimed in part specifically at ESPs, some direct mailers, and other sites. Since the time of our posting and into late evening yesterday …

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Return Path joins Signal Spam

Return Path has been working relentlessly to improve email for both Marketers and ISPs since 1999 by championing inbox standards and helping to make email work better by scoring and certifying email senders from around the world.

Today we are the world’s leading inbox deliverability solution and our clients include Fortune 500 firms, online retailers, publishers, market researchers and catalogers across many different industries. Our data is used by most of the largest email providers worldwide.

Despite these accomplishments, one of our core beliefs remains to be that no one company can solve all the problems currently facing email today, but a collaborative method involving as many participants from the entire email eco system will get us closer to it, faster. This is why Return Path is heavily involved with international industry organizations such as MAAWG, OTA, and EITS in their quest to implement best practices, every step of the way.

Return Path has also worked closely with the French non-profit association, Signal Spam for several years now and recently made the decision to join their first line of defense for French Inboxes…

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