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't get using Entourage: list templates, much better bounce handling, sunscriber opt-in and opt-out (which helps meet the requirements of the federal CAN-SPAM act), multiple list admininstration, mesage archiving and lots more. Your regular domain account can handle this for lists of 10-500 maybe larger, with batch handling). Ask us for help. We have options for larger lists, including a larger osting account on a higher-volume server or VPS account.

3. Using GRYPHYN MEDIA. We can give you a price for managing a list of almost any size. On a hosted domain, on a managed server, or using out list hosting partner. We will send you a list-hositng questionnaire on request.

4. Using a LIST HOST. Here is where you can get some powerful and affordable list mangement tools without building and maintaining them yourself... but here is also where you can lose control of your list. Someone else has to HAVE the list to host it for you. If you go this route, just be sure to choose a well-known list host, where you can feel confident that they are more interested in being known as a good list host than in making money in the background by selling it. Do no choose the least expensive provider for this. Search this FAQ for "list" to find recommendations for selecting a list host.

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