Legitimate Mailings vs. Spam

Howdy all!  ;-)

Let's get this list rolling again - K?

There was a very interesting discussion on Techniques last week about how 
ISPs are slowing down email when coming from one source in multiple 
quantities pretty much bundling any mass email into the spam 
category.  Here is a link to one of the posts in the HWG's archives....

http://archives.hwg.org/hwg-techniques/4D476AD579F8384680EBCB166FC334D801F0392B(at)omacex01.corp.westworlds.com

I thought this would be a great topic for the Biz list.....  What are you 
folks experiencing, if anything and how are you advising your clients in 
regard to their mailings?  I've given each of my clients a list of how not 
to be mistaken for Spam in regards to words used, subject titles and 
Netiquette, etc.

However, if ISPs are in fact not allowing x-amount of emails from one IP at 
any one time throwing us all in the same bucket with spammers what are 
legitimate newsletters and ezines etc. to do to avoid this?

I would love to hear your experiences on doing legitimate mailings such as 
newsletters, if you've run into this type of issue and what if anything 
you've been able to do to minimize any problems associated with being 
clumped with spammers.   I have one client in particular that due to the 
size of his legitimate monthly email notice has been identified by AOL as a 
spammer and therefore all his messages bounce back with a notice to that 
effect.   Isn't that ironic!?  ;-)

Also would love your recommendations on email newsletter services, such as 
ConstantContact.com and GotMarketing.com if you have experience with them.
As usual, no $$ need be mentioned, I am more interested in reliability and 
functionality.  If you have nothing positive to say about the above 
companies or others to stay away from, please advise ONLY off-list.

TIA!  Look forward to hearing from you all and warming up the list!  ;-)
/j 

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