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Category Archives: Emails
The “Calendar Screenshot” Scam: How Booking Phishing Emails Target Web Agencies
Getting an unsolicited lead for a major website redesign, SEO, and “the works” is usually cause for celebration. Lately, though, it might be a trap. A booking scam is making the rounds, specifically designed to compromise web agencies and freelancers during standard discovery calls.
There’s no software exploit here. No malware attachment. Just deceptive workflow manipulation. By looking at how this fake client inquiry phishing pattern (a booking link phishing attack) works, we can see how it manages to
... Continue readingWhy You Should Never Use Your Primary Domain for Cold Email Outreach
Your primary domain - let’s say mycompany.com - is the absolute lifeblood of your digital infrastructure. It hosts your website, routes day-to-day team communications, delivers client invoices, and handles critical security password resets. It is a highly valuable asset built on years of sender history and domain reputation.
Yet, a surprising number of founders and marketing teams risk damaging that reputation by launching untargeted cold email outreach campaigns directly from their primary domain.
All it takes is a messy, scraped
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Posted in Emails, Marketing
Tagged 301 redirect, automated filtering algorithms, bounce rates, cold email outreach, DKIM, DNS Authentication, domain reputation, DomainKeys Identified Mail, email campaigns, email deliverability, email filtering, email sender trust, ESPs, Google Workspace, ip reputation, mark as spam, message engagement, Microsoft 365, Modern Email Service Providers, phishing heuristics, replies, security filters, Sender Policy Framework, sending history, spam complaints, spam filtering, spam folders, SPF, user complaints
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Custom Email for Your Business: cPanel vs. Neo vs. Google Workspace
Choosing the right email solution for your website is about more than just sending messages; it’s about branding, deliverability, and your bottom line. When you use UltimateWB, you have several powerful options at your fingertips.
In this post, we’ll break down how the free cPanel Mail included with UltimateWB hosting compares to third-party services like Neo and Google Workspace.
1. cPanel Mail (Free with UltimateWB Hosting)
The most cost-effective way to get a professional @yourdomain.com email is right inside your
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Posted in Emails
Tagged autoresponder, BoxTrapper, branding, cPanel Mail, DKIM, DMARC, email deliverability, email delivery status, email filters, email spam, email spam box, email spam filter, email tracking, gmail, Google Workspace, hosting, Neo, Neo email, Roundcube, spam filters, SpamAssassin, SPF
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Should I Use a Custom Domain Email Instead of Gmail?
Pros, Cons, and What I Recommend
When you’re building a website - especially a business or professional project - one of the first questions that comes up is:
“Should I stick with a Gmail address… or switch to an email that matches my own domain?”
Both options have advantages, and the right choice depends on how you want your brand to appear, how much control you want, and
... Continue readingHow to whitelist an email in Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail
Whether you're a Gmail user, a Yahoo user, or a Hotmail user, read on to learn how to whitelist emails and make sure to receive those important and wanted emails!
How to whitelist an email in Gmail
To whitelist an email in Gmail, you can follow these steps:
- Open Gmail and go to the Settings tab.
- Click the See all settings link.
- Click the Filters and blocked addresses tab.
- Click the Create a new filter button.
- In the From field,
How To Setup Email with Your Domain – UltimateWB vs Weebly et al.
Another reminder of the difference between Gmail and your own company email – PRIVACY!
Posted in Emails
Tagged company email, custom email, email private, gmail, gmail privacy, google, google scanning emails, privacy, website email
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How to reduce your website spam with a Contact Form vs Posted Email Address
Why Posting Your Email Address Attracts Spam
Spiders are not just the lovable daddy long legs like on "Honey I shrunk the Kids", or the creepy crawlers that give you the puffed up eye lid morning present. On the internet, they are used to "scrape" emails off of websites. So if you post your email addresses on your website you are prone to being scraped by one of these virtual creepy crawlers and getting on an unwanted mass emailing list.
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