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02 AugWhy your verification code did not arriveThe code comes from the service you are signing up with, not from us. That one fact explains most of the reasons it is late, and which of them you can do anything about.3 min26 JulHow to read email headers without guessingReceived lines read bottom to top, Authentication-Results is the verdict, and the timestamps tell you who was slow.3 min23 JulUse a subdomain, unless you really mean itPointing your main domain’s MX at a new service takes over all of its mail. A subdomain gets you the same feature with none of the risk.2 min19 JulGetting to DMARC p=reject without breaking your mailThe policy is the easy part. Finding everything that sends as you is the work.3 min17 JulHow long should a temporary inbox live?Long enough for a slow verification email, short enough that it is genuinely gone.2 min13 JulWhat to check before your first campaignA short list that catches most of what goes wrong on a first send.2 min12 JulShared team inboxes and the things that go wronginfo@ is where messages go to be everybody’s problem and therefore nobody’s.2 min07 JulWhen not to use a temporary addressIt is the wrong tool more often than the sites promoting it will tell you.2 min
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