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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevinb View Post
    Why ? I never asked for the e mail in the first place! I get up to 20 spam e mails a day from suppliers mainly in China "selecting my company to sell their product" - I never asked for the spam e mail so why the heck should I reply - I BLOCK sender and delete !
    Spam must be the biggest irritation in a business. That is why marketers have to be very careful of how they approach a customer. Once branded as a spammer, I will NEVER buy from you.
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    have you considered using

    http://www.phplist.com/

    Which is a free source email campaign manager

    Just make sure that you don't use a domain that is crucial to you or a host that has your crucial hosting as you may be closed down by the server police.
    Register as eg. my mail1 so that if you get closed down you just move to my mail2 etc.
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    Spam blocking is an art as of late but most companies will ban free accounts regardless if the account is legitimate or not. That said even if you use a Vodacom e-mail address or that of MTN it also get blocked. Now why that is I don’t know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tec0 View Post
    Spam blocking is an art as of late but most companies will ban free accounts regardless if the account is legitimate or not. That said even if you use a Vodacom e-mail address or that of MTN it also get blocked. Now why that is I don’t know.
    To get an idea of the factors, take a look at what Spamassassin tests.

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    I got my first viagra spam in a long time today??
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    If e-mail becomes a pointless exercise for a customer and it is a pain for the business then why have it? This question bugs me because clearly there is no benefit here other than keeping spammer and anti-spammers in business. If the medium is so corrupt why not dismiss it outright?

    Sadly Telkom has some serious troubles ahead with their “SMS to Voice” facility. The phone simply keeps ringing and there is no message just a number. If you phone the number you get a promoter and or a number that will bill you per minute! I did complain but in the end I just pulled my phone out of the wall and that is the end of that.

    Now basically spammers/scammers are hitting you or your business on your land line! One would think that Telkom will protect their customers... Well I am still waiting for their call...
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