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From:
Nick Piet
To:
Brian Behlendorf
Cc:
idm@hyperreal.org
Date:
Thu, 3 Feb 2022 02:11:48 +1100
Subject:
Re: Great to see the traffic! But also, Hotmail.
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Just to add: Some replies in my Gmail inbox were also getting flagged as spam. Thanks On Thursday, February 3, 2022, Brian Behlendorf <brian@hyperreal.org> wrote:
quoted 34 lines I'm enjoying this season's burst of energy as people remember they're on> > I'm enjoying this season's burst of energy as people remember they're on > this list and explore what it's good for. And like in every other forum, > NFTs are proving an easy target. :) > > But one thing that sucks about running a big email list in 2022 is dealing > with folks who mark our messages as "spam" in their mail client, I suppose > thinking that this is equal to an "unlike" button, or even an efficient way > to get unsubscribed from the list. Unfortunately that affects the entire > list's delivery to everyone, even beyond that one mail host, as too many > such reports at precisely the wrong email providers means everyone's IDM > list traffic gets shuffled automatically into "Spam" folders, or worse, > blocked by being dropped on public lists of suspected sources of spam. In > those rare instances when we're notified in the form of abuse reports, we > try to contact folks to figure it out. But some email providers are much > worse about this than others and make figuring out who made that report and > why much, much more difficult than running a free list like this should > entail. > > And so it goes that just after this note, I'll be removing a couple dozen > addresses hosted by hotmail.com & hotmail.co.uk. If you're currently on > hotmail and getting this note, please resubscribe (drop an email to > idm-subscribe@hyperreal.org) from another email host. Protonmail has a > free tier and most domain name registrars offer email at your domain at a > pretty affordable rate. > > I love technology. > > Have a good day! > > Brian > > >