Diane,

How can one send to 500 people if one's ISP limits messages to about 50
recipients per message? I just had someone tell me that he has to break down
his email blast to his clients into groups of 25-30 or they will not send.
He has almost 500 people to whom he sends a monthly update.

No, he is not a spammer. These people are his legitimate clients.

Gregg Hill

Either break it into groups that are within the ISPs limits, get a
different ISP that doesn't limit you, or use a 3rd party service that
will send out your e-mail blasts for you.

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-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
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"Gregg Hill"
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Another option is to set up a group on Yahoo or Google and enter the client's
addresses there. Yahoo limits you to signing up 100 addresses per day, so it
would take 5 days to load up all that you need.
--
TedMi

"Ben M. Schorr - MVP (OneNote)" wrote:

With a list that large, I'd look into using real list software. I'd avoid
yahoogroups for business, but there are apps you can run on your network
(and with your domain) that will send them 1 at a time... you may or may not
hit limits with the ISP though - some have min and/or hourly limits too.

You can use mail merge so only 1 name per message or a utility that slows
sending so you don't hit limits. See
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/massmail.asp for a list of utilities.

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I agree with Diane. Using a Yahoo or Google group isn't going to look
professional. Plus, given that you can expect a 10%% bounce rate for any mass
mailing, does he really want to be going by hand through 50 or so
non-delivery reports every time to see who needs to be deleted from the list
or get an address update? Any purpose-built mass mailing application, whether
hosted or local, should be able to process those NDRs and make that task
easier. Some ISPs also offer Mailman or other list software as part of their
package; it doesn't hurt to ask.
--
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"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Thank you to all who responded!

Gregg Hill

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