How to send a mass email.

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Hi,
I recently started a new web site.

I have a database of around 2000 customers that have bought from me in the past.
I'd really like to email all of them informing them of my new web site.

Can anyone advise how I go about this without causing any spam issues?

Thanks
 
alkit said:
Thanks, and will this ensure that my email isn't marked as spam?
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I've been using my legit address with it and I've never had a problem. If you're sceptical about it you could always register a gmail account or something.
 
Just checked mailchimp out, and although it allows 300 emails, it only gives room for 500 "subscribers".,
To send to all 2000 of my customers would cost me $60 on their pay as you go plan.
What I do like about them is that they claim to be "white-listed" with many isp's - ie- my emails wont go into spam.

But I'm going to take a look at phplist and see how I go with that. I've always been a fan of free and open source.
 
alkit said:
Just checked mailchimp out, and although it allows 300 emails, it only gives room for 500 "subscribers".,
To send to all 2000 of my customers would cost me $60 on their pay as you go plan.
What I do like about them is that they claim to be "white-listed" with many isp's - ie- my emails wont go into spam.

But I'm going to take a look at phplist and see how I go with that. I've always been a fan of free and open source.
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Sorry, my mistake. I should have checked the site before posting numbers out of my somewhat fuzzy memory.
 
PHPList does the job well. Just be sure to check the amount of email your webhost allows and throttle the emails accordingly. Also, your mail can be classed as spam simply by the words used in your email. Another issue with sending out mass mails is that if you send many emails at once to a particular provider they'll block the email. Rather split the emails and throttle over a greater period of time instead of in one shot.
 
Chelle said:
PHPList does the job well. Just be sure to check the amount of email your webhost allows and throttle the emails accordingly. Also, your mail can be classed as spam simply by the words used in your email. Another issue with sending out mass mails is that if you send many emails at once to a particular provider they'll block the email. Rather split the emails and throttle over a greater period of time instead of in one shot.
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True that, phplist will give you the options of sending in batches every 10 mins or so, pretty neat. One way to get around being nailed as a spammer from text emails is to not send text emails, publish it to a PDF file and send it as an attachment, has never given me any problems at all.
 
Just remember, most ISPs will rate limit SMTP. I think SIAX is rate limited to something silly like 250per day / 500 per day. You may need to look into a 3rd party SMTP supplier.
 
alkit said:
Hi,
I recently started a new web site.

I have a database of around 2000 customers that have bought from me in the past.
I'd really like to email all of them informing them of my new web site.

Can anyone advise how I go about this without causing any spam issues?

Thanks
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New on this site but why not this, it is from amazon http://sendy.co/

Johan
 
alkit said:
Just checked mailchimp out, and although it allows 300 emails, it only gives room for 500 "subscribers".,
To send to all 2000 of my customers would cost me $60 on their pay as you go plan.
What I do like about them is that they claim to be "white-listed" with many isp's - ie- my emails wont go into spam.

But I'm going to take a look at phplist and see how I go with that. I've always been a fan of free and open source.
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Are you sure? I use mailchimp for free for a list of about 2000 and send 2 emails a month to that list = 4000 emails.

From http://mailchimp.com/pricing/:

Forever Free
If you have fewer than 2,000 subscribers, you can send up to 12,000 emails per month absolutely free. There's no expiring trial, contract, or credit card required. There are a few catches, though. The details

The catch is that the mailchimp badge is at the bottom of your email, which bugs nobody.
 
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