Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Sun Mar 11 18:00:41 CDT 2012
To my knowledge, Google does not greylist emails or have any sort of wait time. Yahoo does have a sort of greylist, where it will only accept the email after you've attempted to deliver it a number of times (because a lot of spammers will only attempt once and move on), but I'm talking about how the mail server behaves, so I'm starting to wonder if there is something else going on or something? How exactly is she sending her emails? Is it by means of some application or script? Or like a macro in some email client, for instance? Hans On 2012-03-11, at 1:30 PM, Dan Waters wrote: > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com