Jarland Donnell

DKIM Signing Change / "Vulnerability" Exposure

Two days ago a customer of ours approached us to report what they called a vulnerability. While it's not an entirely unfair use of the word "vulnerability," it isn't quite deserving of being categorized with exposure of private data, server intrusions, or any of the normal things that often worry

The Flaws of Using Gmail as a Frontend for MXroute

In today's digital age, email plays a crucial role in our personal and professional lives. With the abundance of email service providers available, users often seek ways to streamline their email management by integrating different platforms. One popular combination is using Gmail as a frontend for MXroute, a reliable email

MXroute Outbound Delivery Delays: When MongoDB Became a Hungry Hungry Hippo

In the early morning of June 15th, users of MXroute experienced outbound delivery delays that disrupted their communication flow. The culprit behind this unexpected disruption was identified as MongoDB, a NoSQL database system. In this blog post, we will explore the details of the incident and draw an analogy between

Dispelling Misconceptions: Understanding UCEPROTECT and Realtime Blacklists

Introduction In our mission to revolutionize the industry, we have encountered widespread misinformation surrounding email practices. One such topic that has been plagued by misconceptions is UCEPROTECT, a controversial service accused of various social crimes. While certain allegations hold true, it is crucial to dispel the misunderstandings and shed light

Introducing the New MXroute Webmail Upgrade: All Your Email Needs in One Place

Introducing the New MXroute Webmail Upgrade: All Your Email Needs in One Place

We are thrilled to announce a significant enhancement to MXroute's webmail service. After careful consideration and listening to our users' feedback, we have developed an in-house webmail solution that combines all the features users desire into one convenient platform. With this upgrade, we aim to provide a seamless experience for

Email compromises on the rise

We're seeing a continual increase in the number of compromised email accounts each day, and we've finally identified the source of it. Trend Micro actually wrote more about this source than we could, so you should give their blog post a read: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/

MXRBL Moved to SpamAssassin

A while back we launched our own RBL (*) called MXRBL, in response to customer complaints that we were doing a poor job of filtering spam. Since then we've been using this RBL to reject email from IP addresses that we have blacklisted as a result of customer complaints and log