What are the options for sending an email list or newsletter?
1. Using DESKTOP software. This includes Outlook, Entourage, and other email clients, but also includes contact managers like ACT, and assorted marketing and client mangement packages. They are have one thing in common: they use your ISP (your internet connection) to send email. If you should be accused to sending spam, your ISP will shut down your WHOLE account and will be resistant to restoring your service, which disrupts your business in a major way until you get a new provider. I have seen this happen… and ISPs are under increasing pressure to control spam. Don’t use this if you have more than 50 subscribers. 2. Using your HOSTED domain account (or server). This involves installing software that you use to personally manage your own list, like PHPlist, DadaMail, and other free or purchased packages. This gets it away from your ISP, without putting it in someone else’s hands. There are a lot of good programs; I like PHPlist and DadaMail best. You will have a lot of tools you don’
