Also I would at the very least get a listserv running with that volume majordomo comes to mind An it will have an pot in and put as well as anounce only lists On 7/2/09, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-02 at 19:11 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I have a friend, a belly dancer, who has an opt-in ham list with roughly >> 1000 addresses. (Of course, with 1000 subscribers a lot of people will >> consider the mailing spam, but won't ask to be removed from the >> list....) She has divided the list into sub-list of 50-75 addresses. >> Recently her mail often doesn't go through to many of the subscribers. >> The hypothesis is that she has been classified as a spammer. Moving >> from Cox to Gmail hasn't helped much. >> >> I am particularly concerned that the anti-Spam filters may be analyzing >> her newsletter and announcement content, and she may be thoroughly hosed. >> >> What can she do to regain access to the email communication channel? >> She regards it as vital to marketing her business. >> >> She is considering subscribing to the services of Constant Contact or >> iContact. Would that work. Would it be worth the price. I'd be >> willing to put two or three weekends into solving her problem, but that >> would be about it. Even then any solution would have to be one she >> could understand and maintain with only a modest investment in non-core >> skills (core skills are dancing and physical therapy school). > ---- > any time you try to run any type of e-mail communication system, you > have to have some 'control' accounts to verify deliver, spam scores, > etc. > > So the first thing to do is always include at least one control account > with each batch. This control account must reside on a server that has a > very active/effective spam control system and report in the headers so > you can see how it is scored. When you the spamassassin scoring, it > should become obvious what needs to be changed. This system should also > have some of the typical RBL's too. > > I think you are making a mistake in just assuming that the origin of her > e-mail is the issue. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Sent from my mobile device A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss