Comments on: The Good, the Blocked and the Ugly: Email Delivery Systems http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/marketing/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/ The Astek Team on web, marketing, tech, social media, and entrepreneurship Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Magic 8: The results from these eNewsletters tricks are no illusion | Astek Blog http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/marketing/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-26441 Magic 8: The results from these eNewsletters tricks are no illusion | Astek Blog Thu, 26 May 2011 22:48:38 +0000 http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/general/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/#comment-26441 [...] If you are the poor admin assistant who gets stuck manually cleaning the email bounce list, send your boss this article on how ESP’s that do that sort of thing automatically really pay for t.... [...] [...] If you are the poor admin assistant who gets stuck manually cleaning the email bounce list, send your boss this article on how ESP’s that do that sort of thing automatically really pay for t…. [...]

]]> By: Eric http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/marketing/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-25619 Eric Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:41:42 +0000 http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/general/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/#comment-25619 I found constant contact's user interface light years ahead of Emma's in ease of use. I just closed an account with Emma because of this. I havent found any issues with spam using Constant Contact or Vertical Response... Why did you leave out VR? They're a big player. I found constant contact’s user interface light years ahead of Emma’s in ease of use. I just closed an account with Emma because of this. I havent found any issues with spam using Constant Contact or Vertical Response…

Why did you leave out VR? They’re a big player.

]]> By: Katie Hawkey http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/marketing/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-24984 Katie Hawkey Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:13:47 +0000 http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/general/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/#comment-24984 A good rule of thumb is, the easier it is to create a free account and send emails through it, the more likelihood there is for abuse and therefore the more likely that the spam rating for all of their servers would be high. I haven't used Vertical Response, but when I went to their website today, the first thing I saw was "Sign Up Free Today! No Credit Card Required, No Obligation. Send your first 500 emails on us!" I was able to create an account and could have sent 500 emails without ever talking to a human being. The only verification I had to go through was email. To get 3 or more "sharp shooters" on my scale, any service would require a phone conversation between someone at their company and someone at your company before an account was created and/or emails could be sent. A good rule of thumb is, the easier it is to create a free account and send emails through it, the more likelihood there is for abuse and therefore the more likely that the spam rating for all of their servers would be high.

I haven’t used Vertical Response, but when I went to their website today, the first thing I saw was “Sign Up Free Today! No Credit Card Required, No Obligation. Send your first 500 emails on us!” I was able to create an account and could have sent 500 emails without ever talking to a human being. The only verification I had to go through was email.

To get 3 or more “sharp shooters” on my scale, any service would require a phone conversation between someone at their company and someone at your company before an account was created and/or emails could be sent.

]]> By: Justin Bradshaw http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/marketing/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-24982 Justin Bradshaw Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:17:22 +0000 http://www.astekblog.com/index.php/general/the-good-the-blocked-and-the-ugly-email-delivery-systems/#comment-24982 This is great. Thanks for the roundup! You didn't review Vertical Response, which I've used many times for low cost per-email rates... but am not sure about it's "spammy" rating... This is great. Thanks for the roundup!

You didn’t review Vertical Response, which I’ve used many times for low cost per-email rates… but am not sure about it’s “spammy” rating…

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