I know very little about this topic, but I wonder if it would also help
to send batches of emails from different computers (each of which is
pulling its names from the same stack)?
Phil Davis
Sarah Reichelt wrote:
On 9/7/05, J. Landman Gay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I told a friend I would try to help him set up a little database that
sends email to a list of opt-in customers. To begin with there will only
be a few names, but he is hoping that business will grow and there will
be a few thousand eventually. I thought I'd just set up a simple stack
that uses the excellent libSMTP to send the emails.
To protect each customer's privacy, we'd prefer that emails are sent out
individually, or else in some way that doesn't display the other email
addresses. That means we can't use CC lists. We could use BCC instead
but then the recipient's name wouldn't be in the "To" field and some
spam filters might block it.
If we send each email individually it could conceivably take a long time
when the list gets larger, and spewing a lot of email at once could
trigger an ISP's spammer alert. Does anyone know how many emails it
takes before you look like a spammer?
What's the best way to handle a private mailing like this?
I agree that the best way to avoid spam filters is to use individual
emails which can include a personalised greeting as well as showing
the recipient in the "To" field. Make sure the "From" includes a real
name as well as the email address e.g.
From: John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
rather than
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When testing, have the program send an email to you and to some
testers and get them to check the raw source and see what spam status
has been allocated to the email and why. That way you can re-structure
the email to minimize the likelihood of it being thought spam.
As regards trying to avoid looking like a spammer, I don't know how
this is triggered, but from what I have read, these spammers can send
out 30,000 emails an hour or something ridiculous. I reckon that if
you split it up so that you sent a bunch, waited a few minutes and
sent another bunch, it would be more reliable and less likely to be
misinterpreted. Also, if the email content doesn't trigger any spam
filters, that has got to look better.
HTH,
Sarah
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