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[commonpeople1]

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My mom asked me to send an e-mail to people who previously stayed at her guesthouse in Brasil (just over 200 e-mails) - an invitation to the local town's annual celebration of Jesus starting next week.

Yahoo wasn't too happy with me - they prevented the email from going out. So I tried with a Google account and got shut down.

Can any of you recommend an e-mail system which will allow me to send out this massive, friendly, Bcc invitation? I was hoping to get some kind of periodical marketing newsletter going for her...

Note: I don't have my own hosted site.

Merci in advance!

Comments

[yearning.livejournal.com]

I can only find this: http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/email-address-limit.html

'Gmail email send limit - no more than 500 recipients per message for the Gmail web interface, or max 100 recipients if you are using an email client software.'

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that - but Gmail shut me down with just over 200! Maybe they changed their policy since that article.

[yearning.livejournal.com]

'In an effort to fight spam and prevent abuse, Google will temporarily disable your account if you send messages to more than 500 recipients or if you send a large number of undeliverable messages. If you use a POP or IMAP client (Microsoft Outlook or Apple Mail, e.g.), you may only send a message to 100 people at a time. Your account should be re-enabled within 24 hours.'

this is still current policy as it seems. did you use an email client or the web interface?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

The web interface. I'll try to log back in today and maybe use entourage by splitting the mail out into three groups of less than 100. :-)

[tonight-we-fly.livejournal.com]

I think you should pop around and invite them all personally.

No, hang on a minute, I can see the flaw in this plan. Yes, it starts next week, there just won't be time...

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Nope, no time. ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers! I'll have a look at it at home tonight.

[aca.livejournal.com]

My company also provide this service:

http://www.bondware.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=44

Although it might be a bit 'spensive if you don't need the website too.

There's also EMMA:

http://myemma.com/

and Constant Contact:

http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp

To name a couple of other biggies.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers Adam!

[olamina.livejournal.com]

Try using Constant Contact. She can then stay in contact with them on as regular basis as she wishes.http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp

It's free to try. I am not sure if it is worth the cost in the long-term.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Cheers C! Will check it out.

[millionreasons.livejournal.com]

Totally OT:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/07/qa-with-david-mitchell-literary-platypus.html

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

He's great.

I've only read Cloud Atlas... I clearly need to re-prioritise my summer reading list.

[millionreasons.livejournal.com]

My order of D Mitchell preference:
1. Cloud Atlas
2. Black Swan Green
3. Ghostwritten
4. No 9 Dream

Haven't read the new one yet.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I'll read them in that order!

[standardfeature.livejournal.com]

mmmmm spam

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Yucko spam!