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Is Your Email Address "Blacklisted?" - by Jim Edwards (c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A lady emailed me yesterday very upset over the fact that herfriend's Internet Service Provider (ISP) wasn't delivering importantemail messages. This lack of delivery caused a real problem for the two of them withruined plans, missed appointments, and just plain inconvenience. If you don't use email, this might not sounds like a "big deal." But this problem of non-delivery has dramatically affected the waybusinesses use email and is now about to reach epidemic proportionsfor consumers using email. To put things into perspective, imagine if every time you dialed afriend's phone number you had no idea whether it would ring or not. Now imagine how frustrated you would feel over time if you keptdialing the same number and it never rang for you, but others couldget through and your friend's phone number never changed. That's exactly how you'll feel when your personal emails startgetting blocked for seemingly no reason. The problem of legitimate email messages not getting through stemsfrom the uncontrolled and unstoppable onslaught of spam thatcurrently grips the Internet with seemingly no end in sight. The fact that viruses can now "spoof" email addresses and make itlook like someone sent a virus to thousands of people doesn't helpmatters either. In an effort to cut down on spam, ISP's implement a number ofcounter-measures, including: text filters, spam databases, and IPblocking. If your email message doesn't get delivered, most of the time itmeans you inadvertently got caught in an ISP's "defense system." If you ever find your email messages don't get through, or if you'dlike to head off problems before they occur, the following tipsshould help. Encourage all your email contacts to "whitelist" your email addressin their email program. Just like you can say which email addresses you don't want to getmessages from, you can specify a list of email addresses you alwayswant accept. In Yahoo or Hotmail you can set up your filters to accept emailmessages from a certain source regardless of the subject line orcontent of the message. It takes a little patience to set up, but it pays big dividends bynot losing important messages. With Outlook and Outlook Express, you can set up message rules toalways accept messages from certain senders. If you send messages to people who use AOL, try this technique. Getthem to add you to their address book "safelist" or "approvedsenders." This helps AOL identify that the message recipient "knows" you andhas a higher likelihood of actually wanting to receive your message. Email AOL tech support for help on this if you encounter a problem. If filtering and "white" listing don't work, then your friend needsto contact their ISP to sort out the problem. Their ISP can certainly figure out why messages don't get through,but it may take some concerted encouragement to get the ISP'scustomer service to take the time to investigate the cause. --Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the co-authorof an amazing new ebook that will teach you how to use free articlesto quickly drive thousands of targeted visitors to your website oraffiliate links... -=-=-==-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Need MORE TRAFFIC to your website or affiliate links?"Turn Words Into Traffic" reveals the secrets for drivingThousands of NEW visitors to your website or affiliatelinks... without spending a dime on advertising! Click Here
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