We called upon Jean-François's expertise as a consultant to assist us in configuring our various email security services (DMARC, DKIM, etc). We didn't have a specialist within our team, and Jean-François's knowledge was quickly put to good use. He promptly identified numerous inconsistencies in our configurations and provided us with the correct information to rectify them. He is very proactive and dynamic in his interventions. He remains vigilant for potential issues and promptly informs us, always with a solution to address these problems. Mathieu Provencher - CSSMI

Jean-Francois is very knowledgeable and patient. He quickly diagnosed our DNS issues and helped us navigate the many services that we use. He was very easy to communicate with and made it simple for us, not tech people, to understand what had to be done. We enjoyed working with him and will definitely rehire him for our future needs - Virginia & Rob

Fast action to solve our email delivery problems. Highly endorse! - Steven Pope - CEO of My Amazon Guy

Jean was very easy to work with and thoroughly set up our email domain so it is following all security protocols and is actively being monitored for any nefarious activity. Thanks Jean! - Happy Hydro

If you want the best, look no further than Jean-Francois. He helped me identify issues in my company's DMARC policies that would have been leading to emails landing in spam folders for our customers. Through the entire process I've found Jean-Francois to be friendly, reliable, thorough and most importantly knowledgable - he legit knows what he is talking about and goes to the enth degree to ensure you walk away satisfied. I can say whole heartedly, spending your money elsewhere would be a waste." Michael Ciccone - Truce Films

Jean is not just an awesome freelancer; he's an awesome person.

What I thought would be a quick fix turned into a bit of a nightmare because of my setup, but Jean didn't blink.

He spent three hours on the phone with me, sorting out every single issue from top to bottom, way beyond what we initially talked about.

And get this – he did it all on the same day I first messaged him.

He's not just super skilled and a problem-solver; he's also kind, patient, and has a great sense of humor. If you need someone reliable and downright brilliant, Jean's your guy. I can't recommend him enough! Fabio Cortinovis -WooxStore

Jean-Francois was a joy to work with. We so appreciate his level of communication and creative problem solving. He was always sure to make sure we knew exactly what he was working on and what still needed attention. He was quick respond to any and all questions sent his way. He even went above and beyond to work past his paid hours to help us clear up a situation. You will not receive better help than you will with him! Tiffani Speth - Creative Communication

Jean-Francois was wonderful to work with. He was very easy to get ahold of and talk with on a regular basis. Our goal was to get compliant with the new Google/Yahoo DMARC rules. He knocked it out of the park immediately. Time frame was extremely quick and pricing was very fair. He walked us through the process step by step and handled every situation we threw at him like a pro! Do not hesitate to use him. He knows his stuff!. Steve Acree - Seismic Audio Speakers

Jean Francois was instrumental in setting up our DMARC, making the process incredibly easy and straightforward. He took the time to explain each step thoroughly, ensuring we understood everything. His expertise and clear communication made what could have been a complex task, remarkably simple. Hi Lai - SIDEKICK

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It is nice knowing that if my mail server goes down all of my email will be held at last spam until the server comes back up so it’s not only a filtering solution but a backup solution to make sure that no vital emails are lost.

The best part of version 2 of Last Spam is that it was designed to allow properly configured email servers to email you and block those that are clearly setup for malicious purposes. My favorite part of the solution has to be that I can blacklist an entire country email code in about 3 seconds and that I don’t have to spend as much time on whitelisting and blacklisting as I used to.

With email being so vital to day to day operations of the company it is nice to know that the algorithms in place are doing a lot of the heavy lifting for us and freeing up time to concentrate on other things. Lester Glenn - Lester Glen Auto Group, USA

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We had a DNS mess that five different companies passed on. Jean-Francois tackled it with gusto & solved our email deliverability problems. Prompt, professional and delightful to work with. Looking forward to rehires! Fann Org

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I reached out to Jean-Francois to help with a security issue. He was immediately available and worked with me prior to having a contract. I would absolutely work with Jean-Francois again and highly recommend him to address email and anti spam issues. Light as AIR BOATS

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LastSpam has been keeping our clients safe from malware and their mailboxes free of spam. We are pleased to offer this easy to deploy, cloud-based email security solution for our clients.

We have been using LastSpam for more than 10 years already and never looked back. The quality of their service and their efficiency protecting our thousands of mailboxes made of this decision, one of our best technological move!

I’m sure all you folks have seen warnings from Google, Yahoo, Shopify and any tool you use for email that there will be new enforcement of DMARC and SPF to reduce spam and spoofing.

I know a lot of you folks are not very technical, but please do not ignore this.

Here's a good explanation if you want to learn more. Buf if your eyes glaze over reading this, read this entire email first.

We sent an email to one important customer this week... and it got blocked. We had just emailed them a few weeks ago. But apparently their IT has tightened up and our email got blocked.

This was after I had done my best to be compliant after hours of research. But I made several errors.

So....

What Should You Do?

1. Take this seriously. Email communication, even if you don't do email marketing, is core to your business.

2. Take action NOW. It's happening. Deadlines for Yahoo and Google are April 1st, but as the example of our customer - corporate IT departments are buttoning up this NOW.

3. Get help. If you don't think you can handle this, get help. I'm pretty technical. I manage our domains, our DNS, our ERP system - basically all our relatively complex IT stuff. And I didn't do it correctly. I made several simple fatal errors. And I didn't know enough to know that I had made these errors.

4. Confirm it's working. There are a bunch of free tools to check your domain. But there is some nuance, so if you don't know what you are doing, then see #3.

Who can help?

There are a lot of people out there you can hire. You don't need to spend $1k on this, but you will need to spend some if you want competent help.

I was able to find a person who turned out to be very helpful, very quick, and very transparent. Fixed our set up and our email to our customer went thru.

I can't recommend them enough. This is all they do. Email IT. That's it. They are very experienced, close to our timezone, speaks English, and can explain this all in human.

Lot's of good information about this stuff on their site: lastspam.com

I can't recommend them enough. No BS, fast, and I now have confidence in our setup.

His pricing is not the cheapest, but it's fair and transparent. They were able to make sure our email setup was compliant for Faire, Shopify, Google, accounting software, CRM, Gorgias and Klayviyo.com.

$35/month ongoing monitoring (recommended)

Another outfit I contacted quoted me $1500.

If you don't hire him, hire someone or do it yourself. Do it now. Your business is at risk if you ignore this.

Dan Brazelton - The Bitter Housewife