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The Master List of Email Delivery Terminology First Edition dyn.com @dyninc THE MASTER LIST OF EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY In the world of Email Delivery, follow- ing the latest trends and technology can be confusing if you aren’t familiar with the terminology. To help people who are new to the space or even seasoned veterans who want a refresher, we’ve compiled a list of the need-to-know email delivery terms along with their definitions. Who We Are Dyn is the worldwide Internet Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) leader, performance, reliability, support and security – no matter what stage powering Managed DNS,Traffic Management, Email Delivery & Email of the game they are at. We hold ourselves to the highest standards Reporting for more than four million enterprise, small business and and have put a focus on engineering excellence and world-class personal users. With nearly 20 data centers around the world and customer support since day one. industry-leading uptime for over 10 years, Dyn’s commitment to cus- We are passionate about what we do and we love our customers. We tomer relationships and engineering excellence shines every day. specialize in DNS and Email Delivery so they are free to specialize in At Dyn, we do not discriminate between the hobbyist, the Fortune 500 their own areas of expertise to keep the Internet awesome. company, or top sites on Alexa. We believe our users deserve premier THE MASTER LIST OF dyn.com @dyninc EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY / 1 Table of Contents Who Should Read This? / 3 3rd Party List through Complaint Novice Beginner content is for readers who are new to / 4 Content Filters through DNS email delivery. This content will typically walk you through the basics and give generalized overviews of various subjects. Double Opt In List through IP Address / 5 Intermediate Intermediate content is for readers with some experience in email delivery. This content will / 6 ISP through Seed Account focus on techniques and strategies to take your delivery to the next level. / 7 Sender ID through Spoofing Expert Expert content is for readers who are seasoned in email delivery. This content will focus on ad- vanced techniques with a heavier tech focus. / 8 Suppression through X-header THE MASTER LIST OF dyn.com @dyninc EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY / 2 3rd Party List Bulk Mail A 3rd party list is one that is purchased, rented or somehow obtained Bulk mail is commercial mail sent out by companies. Any email mar- from an outside company. The email addresses on the list have not keting campaign is bulk mail (newsletters, promotions, coupons, etc.). specifically signed up to receive mail from your company, but have Bulk mail sends out to entire lists at once. opted in through the other company to receive mail. It is best practice not to send from 3rd party lists unless you have trust that the email addresses on the list are expecting your mail. This can lead to high CAN-SPAM complaint rates and these lists can sometimes include spam traps or harvested email addresses. The Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Market- ing Act was a law passed in the United States in 2003 to set standards on sending email. Alt Tags Alt tags provide alternative text on an image that is displayed if the Click email client is set to not display images or if a slow connection has delayed the load of an image. Example: A click is defined when a email recipient clicks on a link within a mes- sage. Unique clicks only count one click per user, meaning that if one <img src=”dog.jpg” alt=”An image of a dog” /> recipient clicked a link multiple times, only their initial click is counted. Authentication Complaint Authentication lets ISPs and mailbox providers know that the emails When an email recipient hits the you are sending are approved to be sent by the domain they are coming Whether you click the un- spam button in their inbox, an from and are not spam or phishing emails. email provider’s spam filtering will subscribe link or the spam often record this as a complaint and prevent future email from that button makes a difference. Blacklist sender from reaching the inbox. Some email providers will provide Be sure to click unsubscribe Special lists, maintained by spam filtering companies or organizations, a feedback loop of complaints, so that attempt to identify known servers, IP addresses, and/or domains instead of spam if you’re just that senders can be informed and that spammers use. These lists then can be subscribed to by other keep their lists clean. Complaints mail servers to reject spammers’ mail as quickly as possible. sick of receiving a newsletter should be kept as low as possible. Otherwise, the IP address may be that you signed up for. blacklisted. THE MASTER LIST OF dyn.com @dyninc EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY / 3 Content Filters DMARC Content filters are spam filters that review the content of an email to Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance is a attempt to make a decision on whether that email should go to the standardization that uses SPF & DKIM to authenticate email sends in spam folder or inbox. These systems are often reviewing things like order to help eliminate phishing emails. keywords, text-to-image ratios, templates, and other content based IP BLOCKLISTS, REPUTATION, items. RATE LIMITS, ETC. Dedicated IP Pool A dedicated IP pool is when a email sender is the only company, sender or domain to utilize that IP or set of IPs for sending email. Deliverability The measurement of a message’s ability to successfully be delivered to the intended recipient. Inbox deliverability refers to the amount of actual inboxes that the message reached, excluding delivery to junk folders. DKIM DomainKeys Identified Mail is an email authentication framework system that allows mailbox providers to validate mail from your DNS domain against a public (DNS) and private (embedded within the email) Domain Name System helps your ISP communicate with network serv- key, thus validating mail from your domain, protecting your brand and ers when you are trying to reach IP addresses that your computer customers. or recursive ISP server does not have in memory. DNS can turn an IP address into a host name or vice versa. THE MASTER LIST OF dyn.com @dyninc EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY / 4 Double Opt In List Feedback Loops Recipients that are double-opted in have gone through an initial signup Feedback loops are channels of communication between mailbox (first opt-in) and then received an email in which they take a second providers and email senders that allows those providers to commu- action (second opt-in), most often by clicking a link where their intent nicate any message that was identified as “spam” by a recipient. These to opt-in to your email list is confirmed. need to be manually established at each mailbox provider that allows for feedback loops. DynScore sign up for feedback loops Aol Comcast Cox Bluetie DynScore is a business logic system that provides deliverability insight, and actionable advice based on your email delivery metrics. Users can MSN/Hotmail Netzero/Juno/UnitedOnline monitor their DynScore, implement the suggested corrective actions RoadRunner/Time Warner USA.net Yahoo and watch their DynScore trend upward, ultimately providing better deliverability. Hard Bounce Engagement Hard bounces occur when a mailbox provider provides a signal that the Engagement refers to how recipients of email interact with messages email address you have tried to send to is not valid. Most often, this they receive. An engaged user opens the email, reads it, and maybe happens because the email address does not exist. You should not try clicks a few links. An unengaged user either never opens a message, or to email this address again in the future. quickly closes or deletes it after opening. IP Address ESP An Internet Protocol address is a unique identifier for any device within Email Service Provider refers to the company that provides the a network on the Internet. capabilities for end users to send email. THE MASTER LIST OF dyn.com @dyninc EMAIL DELIVERY TERMINOLOGY / 5 ISP Phishing Internet Service Providers are those providing their customers access Phishing is when an ill-intentioned party tries to gain sensitive infor- to the Internet. They are also commonly mailbox providers (e.g. Com- mation like passwords or credit card information by falsely appearing cast, AT&T, Verizon). as a trusted brand. A common phishing ploy is when phishers masque themselves as banks to gain account information. List Maintenance Monitoring the health of a list by removing hard bounces, people who Rented/Bought unsubscribe, and possibly creating suppression lists for unengaged Rented or bought refers to lists that have been created by 3rd parties users. List maintenance is crucial for keeping a good sender reputation that your company pays for to acquire a large list of email addresses. and deliverability high. Reputation Mailbox Provider Sender Reputation is how ISPs view your sending habits. A good repu- A mailbox provider, commonly also ISPs, are those that provide end tation consists of low bounce rates and low complaints. recipients mailboxes to receive and send email. Common mailbox providers are Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL and Hotmail. See our whitepaper on: Buildling Your Sender Reputation In Four Steps MTA The Message Transfer Agent is a software application that transfers and routes email from sender to recipient. Seed Account Seed accounts are email addresses you have access and rights to that Open are used to send sample messages to, measuring whether the message was delivered to the spam folder or inbox. This provides insight into When a recipient of an email clicks an email message in their inbox the deliverability at that mailbox provider.
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