Whenever I read a support mail that is incredibly dumb, I look for the @AOL.COM domain in the email address. It's usually right there.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Al Musella, DPM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:25 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Mail problem > > I send out an opt-in medical newsletter.. that adheres to all of the > rules.. > > recently yahoo blocked the "from" address from sending mail - no > bounce backs - not put in spam folder - just deleted, for ALL mail > going to yahoo.com.. from this email address. > > They do this occasionally, and I fill out the form to remove me from > the blacklist, and a week or so later, it works again for a while, > then they block us again. > > I get a lot of complaints from people who don't get it.. > > I found a strange work around: apparently, that one email address is > blocked. Not the domain name. I changed the FROM and the mail gets > through. > > I am wondering - what would happen if I sent it from a different > address each day? or even perhaps a different address for each email? > > I know not having that specific FROM address in their address book > might make it go to their spam folder, but at least they could find > it there. As it is now - they have no hope of getting it. > > On a related note - I have a feedback loop set up with AOL. I get a > handful of people every day hitting the "this message is SPAM" > button. I then email them to tell them I removed them from the > mailing list, and they usually say they didn't intend to be removed - > they were just trying to delete it after they read it. Can people be > this stupid? I then tell them they will be permanently banned if it > ever happens again. > > Al > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311025 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
