Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > 2008/1/24, Khalil Abbas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Hello mailman guys.. >> >> ok, I have a dedicated server .. and I use mailman to send a daily >> newsletter.. I recenly got a list of 1,000,000 email addresses that I want >> to use to promote my website and mailing list .. can I create another >> mailman installation and add these addresses to it and use it to send an >> invitation to visit my website and join my mailing list without the risk of >> getting blocked by hotmail or yahoo or others because these emails I bought >> will have many faulty ones and will generate excessive bounces.. >> >> is mailman programmed in a way to avoid getting blocked by hotmail and >> others?? or do u think it's better to buy another server and use it for >> promotion? > > I may sound harsh but you cannot just get a list of 1,000,000 just > like that. I do not think Mailman creators wanted their product to be > used as a tool for spammers. Unless, these people have volunteered to > be sent offers. > > I am not suggesting any solution because I am very much against such > practices.
It is not harsh. Unless you know for certain that every address on that list belongs to someone who has asked to receive a class of mail which clearly includes your intended mailing (something which is almost certainly not true regardless of any assurances from the seller of the list), you are spamming that list. If 1% or 10,000 of those addresses are for example hotmail addresses, whatever portion of those are invalid, I think hotmail should blacklist you for sending a bulk mailing to 10,000 hotmail addresses. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
