On the unsubscribe subject, IMO, having the List-(Un)Subscribe/Help/Id: headers will 
make it look less like spam.

Speaking of which, is this a spam check?

* Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:15, Steve Evans wrote:
> > I have a few users who want to know how to send mass mailings and not
> > get in trouble for sending spam.
> 
> Simple:
>  - don't do opt-out. Never.
>  - Make sure the people receiving the mails really want this.
>  - *confirm* all e-mail addresses
>  - unsubscribe instructions in every messages. If it's freuqent
> mailings, probably best at the bottom. If it's rare mailings, probably
> best at the top, with a short sentence explaining why they receive the
> msg.
>  - set up your software correctly
> One more:
>  - as an organisation, you may be in the position to force others to
> receive messages - and here I mean members of the organisation
> (employees, students...), NOT customers. Don't use it too much. 
> 
> That's it, really. But as Vivek said: you *will* get complaints.
> 
> Additional requirements vary widely. Some prefer plain text messages,
> others tolerate or acutally like html - or the content may demand html.
> 
> cheers
> -- vbi
> 
> -- 
> featured product: GNU Privacy Guard - http://gnupg.org




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