Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun Mar 11 15:06:29 CDT 2012
The rules of sending out email in bulk is fairly straightforward in principle (though hard to get in practice). Make sure the ip address you send from has a PTR record Always include a link in your email to allow users to add themselves to an unsubscribe database Don't forget SPF in your DNS records (and SenderID for Microsoft) There's DKIM as well Check your bounce backs for multiple failures and remove email addresses from your list that have repeat failures Keep an eye on your logs to see what sort of errors you are getting, if you are being blacklisted or for a reason why your email is getting greylisted (yahoo has a tendency to do this) Don't CC or BCC, but send each email individually Check online databases (ie. SpamHaus) to see if you are marked as a spammer on any database, as mail servers often check multiple sources and if you fail even one, then... Make sure your emails are formatted nicely. For instance, embedded images are susceptible to being tossed into the junk folder Theres more to it, of course, but these are some that roll off my mind at the moment. I've mainly worked with Postfix, so I wouldn't be able to provide any help with anything Microsoft, but, alternatively, you could just use a professional bulk mailing service tho. Might make sense? Hans On 2012-03-11, at 11:25 AM, Dan Waters wrote: > I just met with a rental agent who will help my family rent my father's > house for a few years. > > > > She is one of the most highly organized people I've ever met. In her > business she manages hundreds of properties, and has a few people working > with her. We met yesterday and I mentioned that a I am a developer - and > she said she needs some help. Apparently part of her business is to send > out a lot of email to potential renters going through google, IE, etc. And > they have limits on how often they can send out email without being > temporarily 'tagged' as a potential spammer. So her people literally have > to watch the clock to wait for the next time they can send out some emails. > I do not understand what she's doing - but she's looking for something that > will automate this process without running afoul of the timing limits. > > > > She is in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area (maybe this doesn't matter). If > you think you might be able to help let me know and I'll put you in touch > with her. > > > > Thanks! > > Dan > > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com