Does Mailchimp frequently ask you to enter a code to be able to access your account? Whilst this may be annoying it is definitely best practice and protects your user account from being used by people that may have attained your login details through illegal means. Multi-factor authentication (in this instance also termed two factor […]
Security
Avoid Symantec “Suspicious Content” from Mailchimp
Every email you send has a purpose. In marketing, and if you’re a commercial organization, the objective is a sale (either directly or indirectly). It matters therefore if there are things getting in the way of meeting your marketing objective; one such issue some people face is that recipients see the terms Marketing Mail, Newsletter […]
Avoid Gmail Spoof Warning from Mailchimp
When sending a Mailchimp campaign, with your email address as one of the recipients, your campaign may appear in your junk email folder. In Gmail, you may even receive a warning that the email message may have been sent from someone purporting to be you (i.e. spoofing). Below I discuss how to avoid this warning […]
What to do if 1Password won’t accept your password
I recently decided to start using 1Password version 6 (I previously used 1Password 4). The reason I upgraded was to get access to 1Password Families and 1Password Teams. I uninstalled 1Password version 4 from all my devices and installed version 6 (as well as creating an online login). On one of my Windows 10 PCs […]
How I’m stopping my domain being used by spammers
Last week I wrote about how my domain is being used for spoofing. I also mentioned how the only way to try to protect your domain reputation from spoofing is to add a DMARC DNS record to your domain. Unfortunately anyone can send spam and malware messages and add your email address as the sender; […]
Fix spam emails being sent from your domain
I recently noticed that my domain was being spoofed. Spoofing is where an email being sent is manipulated to seem like it is sent from a different domain. Spoofing is typically used for malicious purposes as the sender is misrepresenting the sender of the message. Your domain reputation is extremely important and if your domain […]
Update Mailchimp Security & Save Money
WannaCrypy has wreaked havoc on computers that haven’t been updated in ages. Microsoft repeatedly notified users of the dangers of not updating their software but in many cases the warnings fell on deaf ears. We really do need to take online security seriously and the great news for Mailchimp users is that by enhancing security […]
Solve the WordPress SSL 500 Error
A common issue when first using WordPress with a SSL certificate is that when trying to access any page or post via HTTPs, a 500 internal error is returned. This can be incredible frustrating to resolve. You may read online how changes need to be made to your .htaccess file, how you need to add various […]
Solution. HTTPs Subdomain Redirects to Primary Domain
If all goes well then delivering your WordPress website via HTTPs is really simple to do. All you need is a valid SSL certificate installed on your host and then, if you want, add a redirect so that your pages and posts are delivered via HTTPs (as opposed to HTTP). Of course you could always […]
Does Mailchimp meet new Google Apps security?
Google made the internet safer when they started to use HTTPs as an SEO ranking signal. This encouraged millions of website owners to serve their website content over HTTPs (using an SSL certificate). They are doing it again but now with email. In both Gmail and Google Apps, there are now two indicators of security. […]