Sending a lot of emails legally

mifa2011-01-24 01:01:07

mifa, 2011-01-24 01:01:07

There is a forum - it has 15,000 registered users, with verified emails.

Users want to receive regular updates via the forum mailing list.

How to send them letters, and not be blacklisted and other troubles?

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10 answer(s)

Ajex, 2011-01-24
@Ajex

15K is not much, even for a daily mailing. Use the standard forum methods for mailing (ipb is good at doing this).
It does not hurt to write a ticket to the hoster and ask what is the limit on the number of emails sent per hour.

bumsaver, 2011-01-24
@bumsaver

The IPB has a queue of letters, i.e. how many emails to send at a time. if everything is set up beautifully, then you will not be blacklisted :)

DemRo, 2011-01-24
@DemRo

By the way, the hoster may have a section in the contract or FAQ, which stipulates the conditions for mass mailings.
Failure to comply with these rules may just turn out to be "other troubles."
The two I used had rules:
No more than so many letters in a period of time.
- The other has a more complicated list: the same quantity limit for the period, as well as the requirement that all letters clearly indicate to whom the letter is sent, why it was sent and a description of how to unsubscribe from the mailing list (detailed instructions or a direct unsubscribe link).

Iskander Giniyatullin, 2011-01-25
@rednaxi

mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126
And don't forget to use www.list-unsubscribe.com/

Sergey Savostin, 2011-01-26
@savostin

Here is another new product from Amazon:
aws.amazon.com/ses/
2000 free for now + $0.1 per thousand

Vladimir Chernyshev, 2011-01-24
@VolCh

If users really want to (for example, put the appropriate checkbox during registration), then this mailing will be legal under almost any conditions.

mihavxc, 2011-01-25
@mihavxc

“legal under almost any conditions”, only we got banned for corporate mailing. And it was not spam and people were waiting for these letters. As a result, they began to use the services of www.icontact.com But you'd better still try on your own first.

niko83, 2012-06-11
@niko83

For such purposes, we use www.lyris.com/

cooler, 2013-02-14
@cooler

My friends use it - marketion.ru said everything is fine.

Lera94, 2015-07-18
@Lera94

The service StandartSend.ru does an excellent job with email newsletters . It has long been convinced that it is the most practical and rational. By the way, it does its job without any (unnecessary) requests for confirmation of the source