----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:48 AM Subject: Re: WHOIS update e-mail feedback
> Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > >>#2 -- the default sig of "Do not reply to this e-mail". That's silly -- > >>you pull a default contact e-mail for the From:, why assume that it's a non > >>replyable address ? > >> > >You can replace that email address with an invalid one ... > > > > > If you treat your customers like that... You're on your own. Not necessarily. We use do-not-reply address on a lot of our communication which contains links to the appropriate forms which should be used to contact us. One of the main reasons for htis is bouncing mail. If we send out 500 renewal notices and 40% of them bounce we would have a lot of mail coming back into a live address and it would be quite unmanageable. It also stops customers sending support requests by replying to their welcome email. If we allowed that it would bypass our entire helpdesk system and we could not run a business with over 20,000 customers based on email just being sent in. Issues would be un-trackable. Regards Gordon Hudson Hostroute.com Ltd www.hostroute.net ------------------------------------------------