Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-10 Thread Vivek Khera
> "TLS" == Tony L Svanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VK> Never underestimate the need for confirmation records... TLS> Never understimate the stupidity of some people... TLS> Never underestimate the usefulness of adding a "this was sent to TLS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" at the top of mailings;

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-09 Thread Tony L. Svanstrom
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 the voices made Vivek Khera write: VK> > "JM" == Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: VK> VK> >> Well written, good content, and industry specific. Also simply having a real VK> >> email address to reply back is good. VK> VK> JM> Actually -- that's a very good point -- r

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-09 Thread Vivek Khera
> "JM" == Justin Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Well written, good content, and industry specific. Also simply having a real >> email address to reply back is good. JM> Actually -- that's a very good point -- read the replies, and (important) JM> honour the bounce messages. If an addr

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Mason
Chris Santerre said: > I'm fighting the same problem here. I've passed thru our weekly newsletter > thru SA and it scores low. We only send to current customers and people in > the industry. SO I'm not trying to sell an Eskimo Nigerian weight loss sex > enhancers. :) > > Well written, good conte

RE: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-09 Thread Chris Santerre
specific. Also simply having a real email address to reply back is good. So far no complaints. -Original Message- From: Daniel Quinlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:02 AM To: Matthew Davis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mai

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-09 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Matthew Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On the unsubscribe subject, IMO, having the > List-(Un)Subscribe/Help/Id: headers will make it look less like spam. Only if it's not spam to begin with -- specifically a double opt-in one so the user knows he subscribed. Spammers use those headers ofte

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-07 Thread Matthew Davis
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 wh

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-07 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
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 - unsubscr

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-07 Thread Vivek Khera
> "SE" == Steve Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SE> I have a few users who want to know how to send mass mailings and not SE> get in trouble for sending spam. Does anyone know of a website with You can't. Period. You will *always* get complaints about your mail no matter what you do. No

Re: [SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-07 Thread Maxime Ritter
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 10:15:18AM -0800, 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. Does anyone know of a website with > guidelines that talk about opt-in/opt-out, how to know who you can send > mass mailings to, w

[SAtalk] Guidelines for Mass Mailings

2003-01-07 Thread Steve Evans
I have a few users who want to know how to send mass mailings and not get in trouble for sending spam. Does anyone know of a website with guidelines that talk about opt-in/opt-out, how to know who you can send mass mailings to, what kind of wording to use for the opt-out, etc. Steve Evans SDSU Fo