On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 02:25:30PM -0400, Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
Richard Correia wrote:
Yes, my real worry is how can I avoid my SMTP server getting blacklisted by gmail, hotmail, yahoo servers.
As long as your email is well formatted and comes with a working unsubscribe link you dont need to worry about being blacklisted.
Wrong. ISPs look at volumes, and the feedback they get from their customers. Most of them won't even look at your content.
However, at this point, I would suggest using a third party service to send out your email instead of trying to do it yourself.
You don't have reputation, you will have massive volumes and you have no contacts with large ISPs. You WILL be blocked.
There's a few good services out there who do the right thing. Off the top of my head, I can think of ReturnPath and Constant Contact. I have no connections with either service, feel free to do your own research.
Devdas Bhagat