On 13/2/2017 14:43, Sebastian Wiesinger wrote:
All in all it seems with Microsoft nowadays you can get listed without any explanation or way forward to remove yourself from the blacklist. My plea that I would love to comply with the rules if only I knew which ones I apparently violated has not made any difference.
It's amazing how a third party can effectively dictate who you do business with, isn't it? You may like everything about Hetzner (or any other provider) but if you want to have some kind of peace of mind with your SMTP, you have to remember there is an implicit blacklist somewhere. And if you hit it, good luck.
Naturally, MS won't tell you who's blacklisted or whose reputation is bad before you buy, because they're operating through security by obscurity. They need to protect their little antispam black box. Long term, it's not going to work. It's not working now, either. All of my clients complain about a slew of false positives, mail going to spam folders and so on. We all know this is a battle we're losing. So, it's everyone for themselves. And MS is way ahead in jumping off the email community solidarity ship. Despite Michael's valiant efforts. You know how it goes, in a zombie chase you don't need to outrun the zombies; you only need to outrun the guy behind you.
MS doesn't need your 2 emails/week and they don't affect their bottom line. You're NOT their customer and neither are the recipients (especially in hotmail). So you don't get to deliver them, because reasons. And you don't get to waste support resources, because duh. I'd probably do the same, considering how grim the spam situation is.
But that doesn't mean I have to like it. I'm getting everyone I see away from the big freemail providers, especially hotmail. It may not be making a big difference overall, but it certainly has made my life with my customers and friends much easier. Now if android wasn't Google's bitch, I'd be getting rid of those gmail accounts, as well. I guess we can't have EVERYTHING, right?
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