Whether it be personal or business oriented, your mailing list of e-mail addresses that you use to send mass e-mails to has to be managed carefully, respectfully and with courtesy. Because you communicate briefly with a new acquaintance on a forum doesn't mean you automatically add them to your … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Sending Spammy Looking Email
We all hate spam and get way too much of it, agreed? Now that we have that out of the way it is important to realize that if your email is spammy you risk your email not getting through to the intended party. Two factors are at play here -- sending email with red flags that trip spam filters and … [Read more...]
Offended When Mistake is Pointed Out?
A Site Visitor Writes: I forwarded a certain photograph to a group of people. One of the people on the e-mail list sent back to the list (whom she did not know) that the photo was a fake. She stated that "she always checked on the accuracy of things before she forwarded." This went out to all … [Read more...]
Are You Getting E-mail Returns? Here’s Why…
Undeliverable error messages are the protocol in place to let you know when messages sent do not (for many reasons) make it to the intended recipient. You want to become familiar with how these messages relay exactly what the problem is. What causes you to get these messages? User gave incorrect … [Read more...]
Do You Know What’s in Your Trash?
A hearty welcome to all the spam fighting filters and programs created to rescue us from the deluge of unwanted email! There is practically a "solution" for everything. But as with most online "solutions" filters and programs are only tools that users need to make some effort to use properly to … [Read more...]
Political Season Spam – Inbox Bullies and Blowhards
Every day through this site I get inquiries about the appropriateness of e-mailing other onliners about what others feel is important.?? One side has an opinion; knows the other side disagrees and continues to e-mail them on the topic anyway.? While everyone has an opinion, that does not mean one … [Read more...]
Spammers Using Your E-mail Address?
A site visitor was curious and pondered: I am receiving "Returned emails" that I never sent to begin with, yet it has my email address on it. Some of it seems like it has references to porn junk on it. I have contacted my ISP, no response yet from them. My worry is that it seems someone has hijacked … [Read more...]