Re: [projectvrm] VRM LIST MAINTENANCE: gmail address problems

[Iain Henderson < >]

Hi Dean,

Perhaps Gmail is smarter than we think. Maybe it has analysed the content of 
the messages, compared it with list purpose (VRM development), and has thus 
identified a lot of spam traffic….

Cheers

Iain


On 9 Oct 2014, at 09:57, Dean Landsman 
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 wrote:

> Attention List members:  Please note that subscribers with gmail addresses 
> are showing an inordinate amount of bounced messages. 
> 
> The list software will automatically remove subscribers with repeated 
> bounce reports.
> 
> Analyzing the bounce report, it seems even list members who are active 
> participants show multiple bounce events.  Please check your gmail spam 
> folder to see if email from Project VRM is sitting there.  Often with gmail 
> when enough mail from an address goes to spam, it starts to get rejected.
> 
> Also, if you are forwarding your gmail and opening it using a different 
> address, the unopened gmail will be treated like unwanted mail, and begin 
> to bounce.
> 
> Adding to the oddity of this is my own account, which shows bounce reports. 
>  And yet I open the posts and have never move a Project VRM message into 
> the spam folder.  Gmail thinks for itself, or so it seems.
> 
> Another alternative is to use a different email provider.  Yahoo addresses 
> are not bouncing.  If you have a domain available to you, there is an 
> approach many of the list members have taken, making a 
> 
 
>  address for VRM or just 
> 
 
>  for all such lists/newsletters, etc.
> 
> Thanks for your help with this.
> 
> Before doing a massive dump of bounced messages, 99% of which are gmail 
> addresses, it seemed a wise idea to request that you look at this.
> 
> Any questions, just ask.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Dean
> 
> 
> 

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