MailChimp Campaign ID Tags

Every single email campaign sent from MailChimp is tagged with a unique Campaign ID in the header. Here's what it looks like when a campaign's full headers are displayed:

The purpose of the MailChimp Campaign ID is two-fold:

1. Make it crystal clear to the recipient that the campaign came from MailChimp, and
2. provide a means to report abuse directly to our abuse center, via this Abuse Report form.

The Campaign ID (CID) tells us which campaign is causing the problem, and allows us to investigate the user for violations of our terms of use.

The CID contains information that allows our system to instantly remove you from the sender's list, but we do not tell the sender that you complained. It also sends an alert to our Abuse Desk so that we can investigate the sender.

"How do I find the Campaign ID?"

In order to see the Unique MailChimp Campaign ID, you'll need to "View Full Headers" in your email application. Since every email application is different, you'll need to refer to your help files. Usually, if you do a search for "Full email headers" or "Full message headers," you'll find the instructions you need.

Other Anti-Spam Resources:

• Guidelines for proper mailing list management (from MAPS, an anti-spam organization)
• How can I reduce the number of spam complaints I get? (from SpamCop's FAQ)
• CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
• SPAMHAUS: If you spam, you will get caught, and your name will be posted for all to see...
• RFC3098 - Email Marketing Best Practices
• Story of Nadine - How 3rd-party mailing lists can go horribly, horribly wrong
• When anti-spammers fight back
• The High, Really High Or Incredibly High Cost Of Spam

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