January 2020 Summaries

Spambots are a significant threat to web forms, and protecting them from abuse is crucial. To prevent spam, it's essential to implement a combination of security measures, such as using CAPTCHA solutions, honeypot fields, filtering on form submissions, monitoring submission IPs, employing webhooks, and setting up emergency contacts in your Postmark account. These proactive approaches can help reduce the chances of spambot abuse and minimize the impact on your sending reputation. By taking these steps, you can protect your forms from unwanted activity and ensure a safer online experience for both legitimate users and your business.

The company is introducing a new feature that allows users to manage all suppressed recipients for a specific message stream in one place. The new feature includes a `Suppressions` tab within each message stream, which shows inactive addresses and the reason why they are inactive, as well as a button to reactivate them. Users can also manually add recipients to the suppression list and view detailed information about individual email addresses. Additionally, the company has released a brand new `/suppressions` API endpoint to manage suppressed recipients via the API, allowing users to get a list of all suppressed addresses, add addresses to the suppression list manually, and remove eligible addresses from the suppression list.