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A huge listserv. Each day, only one random person can write to it.

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Re: A huge listserv. Each day, only one random person can write to it.

#16
post #11

Pretty cool... are you planning to switch from Mailchimp, though? It lists $240/month as the fee for 25K-50K subscribers. I'm curious about the business model behind something like this.

If this thing gets good open rates, advertising is a very viable option. It sounds like they have a delay from when the email is submitted until they send it out. I would think that is enough time to find a relevant sponsor for the topic at hand. Or maybe they have a way to target ads based on the email address of the subscriber.

Re: A huge listserv. Each day, only one random person can write to it.

#17
post #11

Pretty cool... are you planning to switch from Mailchimp, though? It lists $240/month as the fee for 25K-50K subscribers. I'm curious about the business model behind something like this.

"Dear Everyone at the Giant Listserv,

Boy, do I love Snickers! They are my favorite snack, I eat them all the time. Their crunchy texture and silky smooth chocolate satisfies my cravings like nothing else.

Love,

IEatSnickers

PS: eat snickers"

Re: A huge listserv. Each day, only one random person can write to it.

#18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right, it's not, but maybe people are wising up to the username+spam_source@gmail.com trick.

If that were the case they'd accept it and just remove the +spam_source before selling the address.

Likely the email-checking regex just doesn't include that character

Re: A huge listserv. Each day, only one random person can write to it.

#19
post #5

Tried to enter an email address with a '+' sign in it: "Email address is invalid". No it's not.

You're right, it's not, but maybe people are wising up to the username+spam_source@gmail.com trick.

Wising up? Whenever I have an address like this rejected I usually attribute it to ignorance and an inability to read rfc5322.
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