About spam block lists

Some email recipient services use privately run spam block lists to filter incoming emails. For each email they receive, recipients ask whether the IP address of the server where the email originates is on a block list. It is then up to the recipient email provider how they act on that information. Read More…

Card fraud prevention measures: new website requirements

One advantage of using a third-party payment provider, such as Stripe, is that they fulfil the standards required by the Payment Card Industry to take payments online. However, a new version of these standards makes some significant requirements of web pages that host card payment forms. You will need to abide by to continue to take card payments. Neither Cameo nor Stripe can do this for you! It is a requirement of your website. Read More…

Cameo 10: proposed changes to lists

For Cameo 10, I am thinking about making some changes to how lists and templates work to address some problems, particularly with opting out. I envisage:

• Separating opt-outs from lists, so that people opt-out from a small number of purposes for which templates are sent.

•Allowing all lists to be subscribed to manually, in addition to anyone they automatically select. Read More…

Using News Builder

News Builder is a major addition to Cameo’s template editor. With it you can compose structured mailshots from a set of ready-made, customisable blocks.

 Edit the text and replace place-holder images with your own in the usual way in the template editor. Text can include substitutions, of course. 

You can save individual blocks as amended, and these carry your own text for re-use as well as colour etc. Read More…