Preparing For Mass Marketing E-mail

sandown42 · 12 Apr 2007, 04:51 AM

HELLO EVERYONE;
I have had a great idea and I need to send a bulk e-mail. I am a complete novice in this field but I presume there is some software out there that lets you send thousands of e-mails at a time, instead of the fifty emails that I can currently do in hotmail!!

Could anyone out there direct me to some software that is really really easy (and jargon free!) and preferably FREE?!!

Thanks in advance!

David · 12 Apr 2007, 05:06 AM

Welcome to the forums sandown42. Have all these thousands of people (who you are planning to email) opted in, and authorized you to send mail to them?

***Edwin*** · 12 Apr 2007, 09:27 AM

As David says - be aware that if they haven't explicitly opted in, what you are describing is spamming, and nobody on these forums can help you to spam.

sandown42 · 13 Apr 2007, 02:56 AM

Thanks for that Edwin...

The answer is a resounding yes; I have their permission. Can anybody help me instead of pre-emptively berating me. I currently trawl through hotmail and I have looked around on the internet. The free ones seem to be very limited and not very user friendly. (I have downloaded about three or four and wasted a lot of time). Anybody got any good suggestions please?

janusz · 13 Apr 2007, 03:19 AM

You said you downloaded something, and found it unsatisfactory. Well, mass-mailing is a specialised application, and without knowing (a) your hardware+software setup (b) some info about your internet connection (c) your computer skills, it's nearly impossible to give a meaningful advice. I suggest you subscribe to a dedicated mass-mailing service. Yes, it's not free, but it saves a lot of hassle.

I have two suggestions: authsmtp.com and aweber.com. Full disclosure: I have absolutely no experience of the former, and I'm on a mailing list handled by the latter (as a recipient, not a list owner).

sandown42 · 13 Apr 2007, 03:34 AM

Thank you for your advice.
I thought it would be quite easy, but its not turning out to be!

xmailer · 13 Apr 2007, 03:44 AM

As a general observation, mass mailing has never been free in "the real world" AFAIK. Not sure why that should be any different now.

btn · 13 Apr 2007, 03:47 AM

Checkout this thread.

sandown42 · 13 Apr 2007, 04:12 AM

Thanks; a person mentioned that outlook allows 300 recipients per mail. That is much better than Hotmail's 50. Does anyone know of any that allow more than 300?

btn · 13 Apr 2007, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandown42

Thanks; a person mentioned that outlook allows 300 recipients per mail. That is much better than Hotmail's 50. Does anyone know of any that allow more than 300?

Email programs such as Outlook are not designed for list management. Basic list management features include:

- Members' email addresses are protected.
- Duplicate and malformed email addresses are automatically scrubbed from the list.
- Members can automatically remove themselves (unsubscribe) from the list.
- Dead email addresses that fail are automatically removed from the list.
- Good services or software provide reports on delivery rate, etc.

theog · 14 Apr 2007, 01:02 AM

http://siteinteractive.com/subent/

I've used this for years and years... not free, but the $99 (free setup) is WELL worth the money invested.

12 Apr 2007, 04:51 AM	#1
sandown42 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	Preparing For Mass Marketing E-mail HELLO EVERYONE; I have had a great idea and I need to send a bulk e-mail. I am a complete novice in this field but I presume there is some software out there that lets you send thousands of e-mails at a time, instead of the fifty emails that I can currently do in hotmail!! Could anyone out there direct me to some software that is really really easy (and jargon free!) and preferably FREE?!! Thanks in advance!

12 Apr 2007, 05:06 AM	#2
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	Welcome to the forums sandown42. Have all these thousands of people (who you are planning to email) opted in, and authorized you to send mail to them?

12 Apr 2007, 09:27 AM	#3
*Edwin* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK Posts: 3,118	As David says - be aware that if they haven't explicitly opted in, what you are describing is spamming, and nobody on these forums can help you to spam.

13 Apr 2007, 02:56 AM	#4
sandown42 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	Thanks for that Edwin... The answer is a resounding yes; I have their permission. Can anybody help me instead of pre-emptively berating me. I currently trawl through hotmail and I have looked around on the internet. The free ones seem to be very limited and not very user friendly. (I have downloaded about three or four and wasted a lot of time). Anybody got any good suggestions please?

13 Apr 2007, 03:19 AM	#5
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	You said you downloaded something, and found it unsatisfactory. Well, mass-mailing is a specialised application, and without knowing (a) your hardware+software setup (b) some info about your internet connection (c) your computer skills, it's nearly impossible to give a meaningful advice. I suggest you subscribe to a dedicated mass-mailing service. Yes, it's not free, but it saves a lot of hassle. I have two suggestions: authsmtp.com and aweber.com. Full disclosure: I have absolutely no experience of the former, and I'm on a mailing list handled by the latter (as a recipient, not a list owner).

13 Apr 2007, 03:34 AM	#6
sandown42 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	Thank you for your advice. I thought it would be quite easy, but its not turning out to be!

13 Apr 2007, 03:44 AM	#7
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	As a general observation, mass mailing has never been free in "the real world" AFAIK. Not sure why that should be any different now.

13 Apr 2007, 03:47 AM	#8
btn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Jose, CA, US Posts: 688 Representative of: Everyone.net	Checkout this thread.

13 Apr 2007, 04:12 AM	#9
sandown42 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5	Thanks; a person mentioned that outlook allows 300 recipients per mail. That is much better than Hotmail's 50. Does anyone know of any that allow more than 300?

14 Apr 2007, 01:02 AM	#11
theog = Permanently banned = Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 1 Microsoft Way Posts: 2,119	http://siteinteractive.com/subent/ I've used this for years and years... not free, but the $99 (free setup) is WELL worth the money invested.