Lightmeter

@lightmeter
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Reinventing email infrastructure through Open Source monitoring and automation
LocationBerlin
Websitehttps://lightmeter.io
LightmeterAug 4, 2022
Gmail hack bypasses passwords and 2FA, targets Chrome and Edge, used on specific accounts, requires OS level compromise, most likely sponsored by North Korea https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2022/08/02/gmail-warning-as-new-attack-bypasses-passwords--2fa-to-read-all-email/amp/ #Gmail #infosec #Security
New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email

This newly discovered threat allows attackers to bypass the need to compromise Gmail login credentials and two-factor verification to read all emails silently.

Forbes
LightmeterMar 17, 2022
And multi-host support has just been merged into Lightmeter Control Center after more than two years in the backlog 😊 Soon you can monitor many mailservers from a single Lightmeter instance #Postfix #SMTP
LightmeterFeb 6, 2022

Spam blacklisting is out of control, says Hacker News. Lightmeter to the rescue!:

✅ Monitoring of >100 RBLs
✅ Show blocked mail
✅ Advice on delisting
✅ Soon: customize RBLs checked

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30222736 #mailops #rbls

Spam blacklisting is out of control | Hacker News

LightmeterFeb 1, 2022
We had a great talk with Dutch hosting company https://cloudcat.nl/ and are happy to see Lightmeter supporting them in enabling high-deliverability hosted email for non-profit and other organisations in the Netherlands 🐱❤️
Welkom! - CloudCat

De katten van CloudCat nemen jouw het digitale werk uit handen. We leveren gewoon goede mail, websites en online diensten.

LightmeterJan 12, 2022
Fresh interview by the EC about the challenges facing email, and how Lightmeter is helping: "When hosting email is as easy as hosting WordPress, then everyone can keep their private communications in a trustworthy place" https://www.ngi.eu/whos-ngi-sam-tuke-with-lightmeter/ #decentralized #dataSovereignty
Who’s NGI? Sam Tuke with Lightmeter

Lightmeter allows you to check the health of a mailserver at a glance

Next Generation Internet
LightmeterJan 11, 2022
Glyn MoodyJan 10, 2022
Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting #Privacy and #Interoperability - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/here-comes-the-digital-markets-act-important-new-legislation-from-the-eu-boosting-privacy-and-interoperability/ coming through, and rather fast... #dma
Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability

Back in June 2021, this blog noted that there were two important proposals for new laws moving their way through the European Union's legislative system. Digital Markets Act

PIA VPN Blog
LightmeterDec 7, 2021
We scanned the world's mailservers and found 92% of them running #OpenSource software - see what else was discovered in preliminary results just published https://lightmeter.io/mailmap-global-scan-preliminary-results/ #SMTP #nmap #postfix
Mailmap global scan: preliminary results - Lightmeter

To check the health of the global email network we scanned the world's servers and here are some preliminary results

Lightmeter
LightmeterNov 20, 2021
Did you know that email greylisting can be applied at five different stages of delivery & processing? Today's new knowledgebase article explains which produces the fewest false positives #Greylisting #SMTP #AntiSpam https://lightmeter.io/knowledgebase/email-greylisting-what-why-and-how/
Email greylisting: what, why, and how - Lightmeter

Greylisting is used at five different stages of email processing to effectively reduce spam without using blocklists

Lightmeter
LightmeterNov 12, 2021
Behind every email is a trail of Delivery Status Notification (DSN) codes, recording success or failure. But the terms are tormenting: is DSN just a code, a message, an "Enhanced code" (ESC), or all of the above? Our new dictionary reveals all https://lightmeter.io/knowledgebase/dsn-dictionary-clarifying-codes-messages-and-bounces/ #smtp
Delivery Status Notification (DSN) dictionary: codes, messages and bounces - Lightmeter

Definition of Delivery status notification (DSN) terminology: DSN codes, DSN status, DSN message, and DSN host-specific code

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LightmeterOct 4, 2021
Turns out 3m indie servers and 1m admins are good at keeping messages flowing. Ask your nearest email admin (don't ask Facebook) #resilience #facebookdown