Comments on: ISPs like boxes of meat http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/ Spam, delivery, email and more Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:51:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: coyote http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-385 coyote Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:28:40 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-385 JD, you appear to be in violent agreement with the rest of us :) JD, you appear to be in violent agreement with the rest of us :)

]]> By: J.D. http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-384 J.D. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:51:06 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-384 Sure, many people like meat...but do those gifts actually improve your relationship with the ISPs? And, does that relationship improve your deliverability? If it does, I'd posit that either the ISP staffer in question is acting extremely unethically, or you're grossly misinterpreting why your deliverability improved. You should send gifts and thanks because anti-spam staff work so hard to preserve email as a viable communications mechanism, even though they're being attacked and maligned from all sides -- not because you think you'll get special treatment. Sure, many people like meat…but do those gifts actually improve your relationship with the ISPs? And, does that relationship improve your deliverability?

If it does, I’d posit that either the ISP staffer in question is acting extremely unethically, or you’re grossly misinterpreting why your deliverability improved.

You should send gifts and thanks because anti-spam staff work so hard to preserve email as a viable communications mechanism, even though they’re being attacked and maligned from all sides — not because you think you’ll get special treatment.

]]> By: Russell Nelson http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-383 Russell Nelson Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:45:28 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-383 Remember that email consultants like boxes of meat as well. Remember that email consultants like boxes of meat as well.

]]> By: EmailKarma http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-113 EmailKarma Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:58:56 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-113 ISPs are not the only people that like meat. Delivery and ISP relations folks like meat too... don't forget them. ISPs are not the only people that like meat.

Delivery and ISP relations folks like meat too… don’t forget them.

]]> By: jamesh http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-112 jamesh Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:09:47 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-112 1. Introduce yourself 2. Identify the boundaries of that ISP's probity rules 3. Send as much 'gift' as legally possible 1. Introduce yourself
2. Identify the boundaries of that ISP’s probity rules
3. Send as much ‘gift’ as legally possible

]]> By: coyote http://blog.wordtothewise.com/2007/10/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-110 coyote Thu, 18 Oct 2007 03:02:15 +0000 http://blog.wordtothewise.com/index.php/2007/10/17/isps-like-boxes-of-meat/#comment-110 hee hee! we love boxes of meat! hee hee! we love boxes of meat!

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