An excellent mass email program

[handrawn]

tombstone is a real place

mass mailing... as long as its not cold... ok

[pauland]

So are these mailshots to subscribed people who have agreed to be sent email?

I ask simply because without that permission, if people were to complain mail servers can be blacklisted.

[Gypsyjoe]

Dumb question, but where would one complain in the first place that would get a mail server blacklisted?

[pauland]

Dumb question, but where would one complain in the first place that would get a mail server blacklisted?

Not at all dumb - it may not be so easy.

You would need to look at the origin of the email and see who is responsible for the domain and server. There will be an admin address and sometimes a contact to complain to.

All emails sent out in a mass mailing should include an option to unsubscribe.

If it's some small church group, etc then perhaps it doesn't matter, but if you send out 10,000 it will be wise to do it properly.

Of course the bad guys use servers in countries who could care less.

[Chris M]

...who could care less.

I have never understood why anyone would mention that they care when they are clearly trying to portray they don't. I've even gone as far as searching the Internet (which is never incorrect) and the only answer I can come up with is Americanisation.

The very British, tongue in cheek David Mitchell describes my way of thinking way better than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

[pauland]

I have never understood why anyone would mention that they care when they are clearly trying to portray they don't. I've even gone as far as searching the Internet (which is never incorrect) and the only answer I can come up with is Americanisation.

"Could care less" is a typical British phrase and it means exactly what it says - the person could not care less - so it's not trying to be clever and imply that the person does care through some clever phraseology. "Could care less" means the person does not care. I guess that one of the common forms of usage of "could care less" omits the "not" and that's where your interest in the phrase comes from.

The very British, tongue in cheek David Mitchell describes my way of thinking way better than I can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

I like David Mitchell but I am at a loss as to the relevance of the clip. As far as Americanisation goes, I am as British as David Mitchell is, but he does win when it comes to Englishness. He is a lot of fun on a game show called "Would I lie to you?" in the UK and also pops up on many other shows. I would say his style is "posh, clever wordplay" and he is generally a joy to listen to.

I'm not sure if this post helps anyone or not!

Paul (British not American).

[Chris M]

"Could care less" is a typical British phrase and it means exactly what it says - the person could not care less

Here's my dilemma: could care less = couldn't care less???

Mr Mitchell explains the problem at 50 seconds in, including a graph. I don't know the gentleman, nor the show, I just liked the way he explained situation. He also verified my thoughts, so he has to be a good egg

[Gypsyjoe]

the only answer I can come up with is Americanisation.

I'm just curious what Americanization has to do with it? While I am truly American, I have heard the expression from both the Brits and the Aussie's also. But then I truly could care less!!!!

[Acorn]

Back to the Thread.
My ask is if the program worth $9/m for 500 punters?

https://app.tinyletter.com/ (from MailChimp) is free and very, very simple.
I also use MS Word Mail Merge but I'm Old School liking to control my own data.

Acorn

P.S. Americans use "could care less" four times more often that UK writers. "Could care less" only works if said sarcastically. In written prose, it is grammatically incorrect. I, too, couldn't care less unless it relates back to Xara who are well and truly cemented to the base of David Mitchell's graph.