[AccessD] Job for Web Developer?

Hi Hans,

She said her issue is that she needs to wait 6 minutes for Yahoo, 7 minutes
for Google, before the next send - or something like that.  She wants a
solution where she can enter a wait time and her emails will be
automatically sent after the wait time, and her folks can go off to do other
things instead of repeatedly waiting for the time period to pass by before
she sends the next round of emails.  She knows how to follow the rules, it's
just mind-numbing for a person to do so.

Dan

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Andersen
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:06 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Job for Web Developer?


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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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