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Windows SP2 new security disables images from displaying in outlook, its a real pain in the but and even though it says at the top of the email “click here to download images” I still find that it makes the email look like spam.
For the average internet user (the people in my office where I am IT Manager) they are always complaining to me about spam, when in fact it has been emails from well known companies and even our company partners.
Will text emails make a comeback?
Mark
That is a bigger problem than you think because text emails have a big problem also.
The spam filters read the text and exclude mails that have certainn trigger words – which words varies from mail filter to mail filter.
Casino, special, dear friend, $$, !!, and a ton of other things will trigger the filter and put your message in the spam box.
If you can’t send images anymore, you really can’t send anything at all anymore.
I see some very very short casino text messages are getting through. Must be someone sorted the addresses by ISP and adjusted each group to the filters.
What a pain, this also applies to the mailing list I compiled over the last 3 years, that is completely double opt in, answer the letter and get back to me, and easy opt out. This is a subscription newsletter and as clean as a list can get. It is incresingly bouncing – people can’t even get what they subscribe to anymore.
On the other hand, my mailbox is full of porn and mortgage and other crap mails.
This situation has gotten totally out of hand. Only real spammers employing methods unknown to me are getting through anymore.
21gamble wrote:Windows SP2 new security disables images from displaying in outlook, its a real pain in the but and even though it says at the top of the email “click here to download images” I still find that it makes the email look like spam.It’s a great thing. The amateurs get flag themselves instantly by sending email that doesn’t display. One click and they get deleted.
It “looks like spam” because 99%+ of the time it is!
99%+
How did you calculate this number?
You must not subscribe to anything.
I resent having to look in the spam folder for my subscriptions, or calling my ISP to look for them over and over again.
The system sucks. The wrong shit gets through all the time, and the stuff I want doesn’t.
Your spam filters are your responsibility. I don’t know what that has to do with this topic.
I am just getting annoyed with the whole system.
Blockers blocking out not just pops but also banners and sometimes descriptions.
Now windows disables graphics.
None of these ask you whether you want them, they just build it in their software and you are stuck with it. I had to find 4 blockers hidden in various programs before I was able to chat at a place that opened a pop to chat in.
Who do these people think they are to tell us what we can and cannot see?
Many, many people who use the internet are not versed in it enough to understand any of this – they get online, want to read their e-mail and all they get is lousy spam and not what they subscribed to. Then they want to buy some gourmet food their supermarket doesn’t carry and all the pictures and description on the food site are blocked.
What kind of nonsense is this?
Yeah, I know, you are going to say that is the way the world online is and if you are not up to it don’t surf.
That stinks!
You may like it, but I don’t!
Doesn’t bother me much – just create a folder called “Newsletters” and create a rule for each sender to put the mail from them into this folder.
No more hunting for subscriptions.
In fact if you hate sorting through SPAM – make folders and rules for most stuff and then its pre-sorted – the folders are SPAM free and all you have to do is manage your inbox which should be more empty than it has been if you haven’t done this yet.
Great suggestions Steve.
We’ll be sure to pass these on to all of our gaming clients. You’re right, it is very important that you cater to the needs of as many recipients as possible- balancing functionality with visual appeal. The amount of text will probably be dependent on the type of email as well (newsletter, special offer, reminder, etc.)I was thinking that it might be a good idea to start a new thread to discuss other email marketing issues that have come up in this thread. (users spam filters, bypassing spam filters, email deliverability, url blacklisting, etc.) … just a suggestion….
-Jennifer
blackhawk wrote:Doesn’t bother me much – just create a folder called “Newsletters” and create a rule for each sender to put the mail from them into this folder.I know nothing about rules – but I will go look and figure out how to do that.
Now if we can give instructions on how to do this to all internet users maybe it would solve the problem.
I can tell my own subscribers about it though – I should do it when I accept the second opt in.
Filters are fairly easy to set up.
If your newsletter recipients have Yahoo email accounts, this page will be useful to them:
http://help.yahoo.com/us/tutorials/mail/mail/mail_filter1.htmlYou can ask the recipients of your newsletter to set up filters to allow your letter to come through. Referring to the Yahoo link above, one way to set up the “rules” would be as follows:
If the body of the incoming email
contains the word gamesandcasino, then
move the message to the Inbox.Or they could create a rule for the subject line, like this:
If the subject of the incoming email
contains the word Dominique, then
move the message to the Trash. (LOL! Just kidding. :tounge2: )If I was doing it, I would go for the “body” option — that way all you have to do is put your URL somewhere in the newsletter and you’re covered. Or I would ask the recipients to put my email address in their address book. I think email addresses in the address book are immune to the spam filters.
Good luck! :colgate:
The subscribers are from all over the world and have a zillion different ISPs.
I think email addresses in the address book are immune to the spam filters
If that holds true, that would be simple enough for all of them to understand and do. That would be a great solution. I’ll be addressing that in my next letter and see what they say. It won’t help recover what is lost but it will prevent future losses… :colgate:
. I think email addresses in the address book are immune to the spam filters.
Thank you E! that’s an easy to accomplish suggestion that if it holds true, should solve most of my problems getting my emails thru to my surfers.
Dom – you’re so right; and stupid of me not to think of that.
That said however, still remains the problem but better to go with the image approach and hope they have images allowed, than to risk text that in many cases (such as I suspect AOL does) will be filtered out before the letter ever reaches the individual’s personal filter preferences, because I truly think that AOL filters without giving the individual a choice when it comes to some cases, …. such as gambling and perhaps porn.
I think a happy medium might be reached in the case of the casino emails. I would suggest putting in some text that is likely to get past filters, such as “40% added to next deposit”, something to give the reader a reason to perhaps perk their curiosity enough to turn on the images.
Also I think it would be safe to include a “before this date” or some kind of hint as to the shelf life of the offer. So that they don’t set it aside and then forget about it.
