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Managing Your Email Sender ReputationFebruary 19, 2014
Mike VeilleuxProduct Director, Message Management
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Your Presenter
Mike Veilleux @MikeVeilleux
mveilleux@dyn.com
@MikeVeilleuxReputation Management (Webinar)
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Why are we here?
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“For each delivered email
message, 4 are marked as
spam.”
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“Only 78% of permission based
mail makes it to a user’s
inbox.”
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How did we get here?
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Evolution of Deliverability
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1. Identify the issue Monitoring Delivery
2. Understand context Engagement & 3rd Party Ratings
3. Corrective action Receiver Network
Remediation
4. Continuously protect Brand Reputation and Security
What is Reputation Management?
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1. Identify the issue
Monitoring Delivery
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Various Sending Platforms
Marketing Automation Company
Triggers / WorkflowsLead Management
Email Service Provider
List ManagementTemplate ManagementAnalytics
Application Email
ReportingSpeedDeliverabilityReputation
Sender
Email Delivery ISPs / Mailbox Providers
Email Delivery
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• IP and domain reputation• Delivery configuration & sending limits• SMTP error messages
Delivery Reputation Impacts
/ Email Delivery
ResultDeferrals or bounces
due to blocks
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Once Delivered, Seed Testing
Benefits
• Insight into inbox
%
• ISP specific
/ Inbox Testing
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2. Understand context
Engagement & 3rd Party
Ratings
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Why Engagement?Positive Engagement: Opens, Clicks, Reads
Negative Engagement: Delete, Complain
Engagement is an indicator, not direct threshold
Mailbox providers profile their user base & senders
Holistic email marketing is the only solution
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Reputation
SenderScore
SenderBase
SNDS
(Live.com)
Blacklist
Spamhaus
SpamCop
SORBS
SURBL
Common Reputation Platforms
/ Reputation Platforms
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Determining a Solution
Does the issue match context?
Recent changes?
Trust 3rd Party Systems
Try to solve on your own
/ Try to Solve any Issue
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3. Corrective Action
Receiver Network
Remediation
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Reputation Remediation
Identify the Issue• Bounce Codes• Deferral Messages• Inbox Placement
Understand the Context• Engagement• 3rd Party Reputation• Recent Changes
When to reach out for help• Severity• Ensuring accurate
context
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Remediation Guidelines Read Postmaster Pages
Ensure compliance with stated
guidelines
Gather all relevant information:– Sending IPs– From address– Content summary– Issue summary (Keep this short!)– What you’ve done to resolve
Be patient!
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4. Continuously Protect
Brand Reputation and Security
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Why Email Protection?
156 million phishing emails per day
16 million get through spam filters
8 million are opened
800k are clicked
80,000 people fall victim each day
One Test Found…• 89% Confident• 92% Failed• 50% Misclassified & Deleted
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• Q3 2013, $1.66 billion
lost
• Growing 30% / month
• Estimated $1.4m per
attack
$$$ Big Money $$$
• Payment Services
• Financial
• Retail
• Government / Education
• Auctions
• Social Networks
• Gaming
• Classified
Most Targeted
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How To Authenticate?
Marketing Transactional Interpersonal
PhishingSpoofing Botnets
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Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
Preventing spam by detecting spoofing
Authenticates sending IP address
Based off DNS TXT record
"v=spf1 ip4:216.146.45.0/24 include:_spf.google.com include:spf.dynect.net include:support.zendesk.com
~all"
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DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)Uses Public / Private key to authenticate
Public key provided in DNS TXT records
Private key hashed with message and inserted in headers
Validate the sending server or software
Sending
Receiving
Public Key
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DMARCDomain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance
Provides ISPs direction on what to do with mail
Used to reduce (and possibly stop!) phishing
Utilizes SPF and/or DKIM
ISPs provide reports on emails sent on your domain
"v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:reports@domain.com; ruf=mailto:reports@domain.com; pct=100”
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Q & A
Mike Veilleux, Dyn
Dyn.com | @Dyn | @MikeVeilleux
Summary:
Identify Issues - Monitor
Bounces, Deferrals and Inbox
Placement
Understand Context –
Engagement and 3rd Party
Reputation systems
Perform Receiver Network
Remediation when needed
Implement Brand Protection
and Security with DMARC
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