How email works?

A standard client server protocol for receiving email.
POP3 is use for retrieving Internet email from ISPs mail server...

All about IP Addresses, DNS and Internet addressing?
Real serious stuff, if you can't sleep this is the perfect remedy

eMail Bolts & Nuts
Frequent Asked Questions

How to manage and clean bounced or undelivered emails?
Understand why emails get bounced and how to manage them

How to use your desktop PCs as an email server?
Using a PCs as email server and bypass your ISP email server,
is a simple process that only requires a mail server program

A one page course on emailing
Everything you wanted to know about emailing in a "nut shell"

How to test your message and see if it gets deleted
by broad based anti-spam filters?

Should I send HTML or TEXT email message?
Using formatted HTML email, you can send an entire webpage

How to embed email tracking code into your email?
Invisible counters, codes, scripts to track viewer click through

How to embed images into HTML email for faster emailing?
Prevent displaying linked-site in recipient email client status bar
or embed email pop-up windows directing viewer to my site

RFC defined ESMTP, SMTP Status Email Error Codes?
These codes are used to provide informative explanations
of error conditions, especially in the context of email delivery

Some spiders visit site after site, collecting email addresses
and controlling these rogue spiders spam bots or email harvesters
with robot.txt won't get the job done, unless...

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How do I "relay" my emails
via third party mail server?

To send emails via a third part mail server (open relay), you must first check if that SMTP mail server allows it--by using a mail server SMTP Relay Check tool to probe whether the SMTP mail server is insecure (therefore allowing anyone to use it as an open relay for relaying emails.

What is the function of URL or Uniform Resource Locator?
Without using an URL command for your email address, some
mail clients may not be able to translate it into an email address

How email works? Delivery of each email is done
by your ISP mail server, first establishing a conversation
through (port 25) of each of your recipient ISP mail server

Collections of important useful emails related sites?
Free email stuff, important email sites, real cool, give it a try

Email history, email netiquette, improving email
presentation, email with sound, pictures--an interesting site

Quick reference guide to: dig, finger, traceroute, ping,
nslookup, whois, IP block, FTP, SMTP relay, TCP/IP, Port

About TCP/IP and mail server port numbers?
A port number is a number between 1 and 65535 which identifies
to the receiving computer what function you want to perform

Meet The Kings of SPAM - You don't need rocket science?
to figure out that strong ISP support and powerful mail server is

Advanced DNS (dig) info for the DNS records of a
host or domain showing all the DNS records for a host or domain

All about IP Addresses, DNS and Internet addressing?
Real serious stuff, if you can't sleep this is the perfect remedy

A standard client server protocol for receiving email.
POP3 is use for retrieving Internet email from ISPs mail server...

Never use ISPs that hosts your web site to send out newsletter.
If they cancel your account, you will lose all your web pages

Warning: If you publish an online newsletter or email to any
opt-in list (including your own list), it is critical that you read this

101 Email spam tracking and meaning of message header?
102 DejaNews the most powerful dedicated spam-tracker's tool
103 The spam tracker tools: Whois, nslookup, traceroute, dig
104 Spam tracking, a spammer unmasked and he is going to jail

The history of Spam starts with episode 25?
of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Vikings singing Spam

A list of return error codes by Windows Sockets API
returned by the WSAGetLastErrorcall, along with descriptions

Email abuse are growing at an exponential rate http://antispam.msexchange.org/ for those interested in combating spam on their servers.

Assuming that the mail server is not secured (open relay), you can never be sure whether it will really accept relayed emails or not because they could be accepted but were (dumped) discarded instead without your knowledge and the only way to be sure is to relay an email back to yourself.

What is an IP address or email domain address? IP address are numeric numbers (example: 151.196.75.10 and not mydomain.com) that represents a location on the internet, most web site has a domain name (ie: mydomain.com) linked to an IP address that emails can be sent to.

IP addresses are allocated to companies and ISPs in blocks. Anyone can find out who administers a block of addresses or the owner of a domain address by using an IP Block whois tool to query the Internic database. See: IP, DNS Address

nslookup is used to find what your server IP address is. Use windows DOS "Command Prompt" (click Start/Programs/Accessories), when the DOS screen opens, at the prompt enter nslookup followed by the name of the domain. Example - if your domain is mailsbroadcast.com enter; Nslookup mailsbroadcast.com [enter] to display your domain IP address.