Thought I would share. See:
http://cropme.ru/da24975228eab85ab78ee36f96600801
The software allows me to send just 4 email an hour if that is what I want.
Do you thing I would be OK doing that?
Not sure how to implement your safety suggestions... If I get software is it OK to check
back with you on how to set things up properly?
It really doesnt matter what software you might use. This is a server configuration issue.
Do you use a pop account on your server to send and recieve your personal or company emails?
Problem is, most people just lease their hosting services and then think it is just a matter of setting up a website and an email account in cPanel (which is what I use).
But your email is no more plug-n-play then most people consider it to be.
The 'safety' issue is just learning to do things right regarding your email account(s) you may have setup on your server.
And I cant tell you or just give you some code from my vps that you could use on your solution.
It (likely) may be a custom solution for you, and a whole different solution for somebody else.
I can recommends some things to start with, but ultimatly it will require you to verify by test to some free accounts, or with the help of some others that may have accounts they can test recipt of your emails to.
If you use cpanel in your server, then start with setting up your Email Authentication by enabling your Domain Keys and SPF records. cPanel will tell you if those are succesful or not. These will add things to your dns records. But this may not be the whole story just yet. It may require some Advanced settings if you are on a shared or vps server.
But first go and get some verification that the MX records seem to be setup properly.
http://mxtoolbox.com/
(note, make sure your email does not have open relay enabled, as you may be prone to spammer hackers muling your server and accounts.)
Now compile a list of your biggest ISP's, I just verify RoadRunner and Comcast as they are notorious for silently blackholing spam.
Add to that common email carriers such as Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, MSN, cant think of any others off hand. (these are ones that you will have to test manually through someone as a proxy.)
Also some email carriers have White List inclusion requirements too that you may have to submit your email domains to. (free and easy, but it may have to be done like AOL if I remember it right).
Also want to check on blacklist services.
Now it gets trickier the closer you get, for example in my case on my vpn, required a dns record with some specific code that clears up some final issues with some other providers. But this code in my case required me to visit my hosting provider support to get the exact entry to polish the job. That wasnt easy for me, as my vpn is not a managed server and I cant just ask for specific optomization on a ticket and walk away. So that took some digging.
Yea, this is all a pain in the arse, but fortunatly when you get to the point where you have confidence in your outbound emails actually being delivered and not being dumped in the spam inboxes or (gads) being blackholed by some ISP somewhere, then you can pretty much feel good that your marketing targets will at least be given the option to call you spam, or best case, the read and like what you say.
But most webmasters and mistresses never consider this aspect if the can get their own mails. And they may not even know that without tests their outbounds may not ever be seen by a human.
