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Hello,
I tried to send a newsletter out to all registered members but I received too many error messages from my mail server. I think because I have about 10,000 members, so free emails like Hotmail or Yahoo or Gmail will block my mail server when I send too many emails in one day.
So, my question is how many members should I send out in a day? Is there a way to send 50 or 100 members a day?
Thanks.
What kind of error messages do you receive? Check them, because it's normal to receive error messages if you send email to expired/discontinued adresses and full mailboxes. Periodically I delete the accounts related to them. Maybe you have a big amount of old accounts. Last month I deleted 800 old accounts related to email addresses not working anymore.
Last edited by orange_slice (2011-12-09 20:25:43)
Yes the 'invalid' emails are a big problem for anyone sending out newsletters; its something you have to keep on top of otherwise services like hotmail and yahoo might eventually mark you as a spammer. Both hotmail and yahoo often return automated mail and mark it as "mailbox unavailable". This doesn't give the member the chance to see it. I advise all members to add our email address to their contacts list which reduces the chance of those mails being returned, but not every member bothers to do it.
How do I know these 'invalid' emails? Don't I have to check every member?
Also, If you remove hundreds of profiles in a week, then it may hurt your ranking on seo, doesn't it?
thanks.
No you don't need to check every member, but when you get 'bounced' emails spend some time dealing with them. If they say the the user "doesn't have a yahoo/hotmail/whatever account' then you have to decide whether to remove that member or sent a PM asking them to update their email address. Personally, I also check their last log in date; if its old then I delete them. If its recent them I PM them - I also have a note about keeping email addresses undated in my FAQS/Terms of Use. After a week I'll delete them if they haven't changed their address. Some bounced emails will say something like 'this account is inactive or has been deactivated' - I usually PM these guys first, then delete them if there are repeated bounced emails. Its a pain but its also important not to be pinned as a spammer. Some email services will do that if you keep getting large numbers of bounced emails.