Comments on: Sloppy List Management Practices That Can Get Your Emails Blocked http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/ MailChimp, email marketing, and monkeys! Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:25:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Email Marketing for Small Businesses, Part 1: Building a Mailing List the Right Way | Outright's Entrepreneur Blog http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/comment-page-1/#comment-4810 Email Marketing for Small Businesses, Part 1: Building a Mailing List the Right Way | Outright's Entrepreneur Blog Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:20:34 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/#comment-4810 [...] these rules and your emailing list should not run afoul of the law or of [...] [...] these rules and your emailing list should not run afoul of the law or of [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/comment-page-1/#comment-3824 Ben Sat, 09 May 2009 10:22:50 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/#comment-3824 Hi Joan, if you're talking about a distribution list, the answer is no, because: 1) Each individual recipient wouldn't be able to unsubscribe (actually one recipient could unsub the entire list); 2) Let's say there are 500 people on your distribution list. If they all opened the email and clicked, it would show up in your stats as one person opening 500 times, clicking 1,000 times, etc. 3) We consider this improper use of bandwidth (we host all images, redirect tracking links, etc) and the system will shut down your account when we run our periodic scans for this. Better to just import each email separately when setting up the list. Hi Joan, if you’re talking about a distribution list, the answer is no, because:

1) Each individual recipient wouldn’t be able to unsubscribe (actually one recipient could unsub the entire list);

2) Let’s say there are 500 people on your distribution list. If they all opened the email and clicked, it would show up in your stats as one person opening 500 times, clicking 1,000 times, etc.

3) We consider this improper use of bandwidth (we host all images, redirect tracking links, etc) and the system will shut down your account when we run our periodic scans for this.

Better to just import each email separately when setting up the list.

]]> By: Joan http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/comment-page-1/#comment-3821 Joan Sat, 09 May 2009 05:56:33 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/#comment-3821 Can I include a list such as mycontacts-l@network.com in my list of recipients instead of the individual email addresses? These are members of our organization and not random or purchases email addresses. Can I include a list such as mycontacts-l@network.com in my list of recipients instead of the individual email addresses? These are members of our organization and not random or purchases email addresses.

]]> By: Ben http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Ben Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:46:24 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/#comment-1351 @Alison: In our world, some people say "rent" but they mean "buy." And "Buy" is addressed above. Nasty, isn't it? The "rent" that you speak of is actually a nice idea, and we've blogged about some great examples in the past (search for "Simple Shoes" on this blog). I personally don't think that the "good" kind of renting is bad, when done correctly. I do advise people that if you rent, and you get signups from that rented list campaign, try to flag those new signups in your database, so you can trace back to the rented list. I've met people who really wished they could segment that way. @Alison: In our world, some people say “rent” but they mean “buy.” And “Buy” is addressed above. Nasty, isn’t it? The “rent” that you speak of is actually a nice idea, and we’ve blogged about some great examples in the past (search for “Simple Shoes” on this blog). I personally don’t think that the “good” kind of renting is bad, when done correctly. I do advise people that if you rent, and you get signups from that rented list campaign, try to flag those new signups in your database, so you can trace back to the rented list. I’ve met people who really wished they could segment that way.

]]> By: Alison http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/comment-page-1/#comment-1350 Alison Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:49:39 +0000 http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/sloppy-list-management-practices-that-can-get-your-emails-blocked/#comment-1350 I notice you don't address renting email lists. Any thoughts on this practice? Typically the email comes from the owner of the list, so there isn't the same deliverability concern. I notice you don’t address renting email lists. Any thoughts on this practice? Typically the email comes from the owner of the list, so there isn’t the same deliverability concern.

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