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Orange.FR (Orange.co.Uk), one of the largest cellular service providers in Europe has significantly changed their webmail interface. In addition to cellular service Orange provides data and phone services to small and medim business all over Europe in addition to broadband to end consumers. An impending merger between T-Mobile & Orange can position the provider as the undisputed market leader with over 37% market share and over 28 million users. It's estimated Orange's marketshare in France is nearly 50%.

Yahoo announced that the connectivity issues seen a few weeks back have returned as of this morning. They are aware of the problem and are working to reslve the issues. The postmaster team left the following message this morning indicating that they are aware of the issues and working to resolve them:

This afternoon, Monday February 1st, Yahoo! posted an all-clear message on their Ymail Admin Yahoo! Groups page. They have seen steady connectivity and throughput levels on their MTAs and consider the problem resolved. The problems started last week, on January 26th and persisted for several days thereafter. 

Goodmail announced some important developments today surrounding their Certified Email Program. Verizon & Mail.com have added the Certified Email program and will now accept tokens. This addition extends the reach of the Certified Mail Program to include AOL, AT&T, BT, Comcast, MySpace, Road Runner & Telus. In addition to the new ISPs Goodmail has published a new case study with The Territory Ahead.

Charles Darwin's famous theory of evolution is predicated on the concept of natural selection. Simply put, Darwin believed that individuals who are the best adapted to their environment are the most likely to survive and reproduce, resulting in the progressive evolution of a species that, generation by generation, augments its best traits. This has also been called "survival of the fittest," and the machinations occuring in today's email landscape--where user engagement is playing an increasingly important role in a senders' reputation and deliverability--we see Darwin's theory in action.

Although Yahoo! sent an "all-clear" message in the evening yesterday regarding their MTA's connectivity problems it appears that the problems have returned as of this morning.

It appears as though Yahoo! is having connectivity issues among their MTAs. A notice to that effect was posted today on the Yahoo! postmaster blog. According to Yahoo! the connectivity issues started early this morning and are generating the following error messages: