How to Avoid SMTP Server Restrictions Using G-Lock EasyMail

In this article I will tell you about a particular G-Lock EasyMail feature that is often overlooked but may help you avoid email delivery issues arising from a specific SMTP server configuration.

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Boost Email Deliverability to the Recipient’s Inbox

When it comes to email deliverability, we used to talk about big issues: opt-in email list and list hygiene, ISP whitelisting, sender authentication (SPF, Reverse DNS Lookup, and DomainKeys), and email newsletter design. These factors play a very important role in the email delivery process and are worth our attention.

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Sender Authentication – How To Get Emails Delivered

ISPs are blocking You MORE and you don’t know why? Do you think sender authentication really matters? Proven strategies to double email delivery

How to Find the Best Time to Send an Email Newsletter

In the previous chapter we’ve already touched upon the issue of finding the best time to send email campaigns. We concluded that Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are generally good days to distribute email newsletters. However, the weekend days should not be disregarded either because for some businesses sending email campaigns on weekends can result in higher activity from the recipients.

Now we’d like to go deeper and try to determine how to find the best time to send (or scheduler) the email campaigns. This question is more complicated, and like everything in email marketing, depends on numerous variables and your specific situation.

When determining the best time to send your newsletter, you should remember that the email delivery process involves many factors that may be beyond your control such as

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Email Marketing Etiquette – 13 Best Email Practices

Email marketers can be divided into 3 categories: The Good, The Bad, and The Clueless. The “Bad” are crazy madcap-spammers. These geeks don’t care what kind of damage they’re doing. They send millions and millions of pieces of spam every day. They’re evil, and they know it.

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Best Email Delivery Practices Gone Bad

OK, we’ve just described best email practices you should follow to pass as a good email marketer and get better delivery results. But you know there is nothing constant on the Internet. New methods are being adapted; old ones go out of date. Email delivery practices change as well. Email practices that were widely and successfully applied yesterday may not be so effective today. 

With all that said, we feel it’s reasonable to get you familiar with email sending tactics that are no longer good. If you are using any of such tactics or may just be thinking about applying any of them, you may consider changing your mind and not engage into them.

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Delivering Emails to AOL Users: Known Issues and Solutions

Email marketers have always experienced troubles while communicating with America Online (AOL) users. Since AOL’s subscribers make 20-25% of email lists for most business-to-consumer marketers, optimizing email messages for AOL subscribers’ preferences is important for improving your email campaign performance.

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Optimizing Email Delivery for AOL Users

If your mailing list contains a considerable amount of AOL subscribers, it’s important for you to be aware of the AOL service and email software specific features. You should get familiar with how AOL handles incoming email messages to be able to tailor your newsletter and overall email marketing process to the AOL specific requirements and issues. Below is a list of what you should take into account.
 

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