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2005-06-16

Filters from Hell

Would it make your day to learn that 54% of Permission emailers are filtered as spammers?  Would it tickle you even more to learn that AOL tops the list by by Yahoo, Hotmail and/or Gmail?

The need to whitelist your domain is a top priority for any marketer hoping to get their message read out there in our wonderland called the Internet.  You may even be better served to whitelist your domain with your own ISP in order to make sure you get all your mail and you get to decide what is junk mail.

Funny You should say that ...

Some of the major mail servers like Yahoo, Hotmail, Sympatico, Earthlink, Gmail and many more have set up their own mail filters that stop mail from ever getting to your inbox.

Gone are the days that simpply adding an acceptable e-mail addy to your address book will ocver the issue of what you will receive.

When major organizations such as the Red Cross and your own Government can be listed as spammers, what chance do you think you have if you do not take this action?

Until June 19th - the rest of the story ...

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