Re: [tlug] Making sure people get the message

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Stephen,

Thank you for responding
> Before I get into the discussion of SMTP
Actually, I'm kind of hoping to avoid deep SMTP discussions. I know one 
thing about SMTP that I'm very sure of - it's hard. It makes grown men 
weep. It's convoluted, mystical, and scary.

If possible, I'd like to just pick up some tips that can up my chances 
of my email being considered valid. But there is a line where I will 
eventually just say "I've made a very reasonable effort here, and beyond 
this is the domain of hardcore email administrator aficionados, not 
where guys who run hockey teams go."

>  Dave, I hate to tell you
> this but having a server subdomain of the ".info" or ".biz" domains
> is probably going to cost points with spam filters.
You don't have to hate to tell me this, as it's not a bothersome point 
for me.

You see, the thing is, I don't understand why or how the .info domain 
gets involved in this. Some account information for my web hosting plan 
has been assigned under the .info domain. But that kind of thing should 
be regulated to issues dealing with my service subscription to my web 
hosting provider.

The individual domains I keep there, on the other hand, should be fully 
fledged domains, and all information coming out of them should point 
only to themselves. So my desire is to have all instances of ".info" 
wiped clean in favour of the appropriate .com names. In this case, 
tokyohockey.com.

> The sender address "info" also reeks of spam.

Hmmm... I suppose I could change that. The only thing that holds me to 
that "info@example.com" email address is that it's been the one in 
use for about 9 years or so - well before any of this kind of thing was 
a problem. It's mildly irksome that spammers have come along and are 
forcing me to adapt to them.

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Dave M G
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