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Yesterday our latest
A total of 189 emails had bounced for the following reasons:
- Non-existent address— 88
- Mailbox Full— 57
- Blocked by ISP— 29
- Other— 15
All these have occurred since our last mailing in September 2007.
I have begun checking the source of the non-existent addresses and thankfully a great many of them belong to non-members — visitors to the web site who signed up to receive our Newsletter. So far I’ve compiled a list of 31 active members who have changed their email addresses but failed to edit the information in their listings. The next job will be to contact each of them by phone, but with many of them scattered all around the world, it’s going to be a mammoth task.
The emails blocked by ISPs is going to be a difficult one to resolve. As I’ve already stated in earlier posts, many ISPs are now too zealous in their blocking of mail they perceive as “spam”. The company that manages our Newsletter distribution suggests that we obtain alternative email addresses for subscribers affected, but often this isn’t a feasible solution. Many subscribers are not “computer whizzes” and just don’t want to be involved with checking multiple email addresses.
The 57 bounces because the recipients’ mail boxes are full is the most difficult to understand. How many emails sitting unopened and unanswered belong to fellow Home Exchangers trying to initiate contact? Surely, if you give your email address to people as a means of reaching you, it’s a matter of courtesy to check it on a daily basis. How long does it take?
Next time I receive a complaint from a member that his or her contact emails haven’t been answered, I’ll refer them to this post. It’s been an eye opener for me and I’m sure it will be for them as well.
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