Google Groups, the legal mass mailing tool

Posted On Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 By Ravi

If you must run a newsletter, say for promoting your Outer Banks rentals to a regular list of subscribers, you will need a server. And if you have a server, always headache comes free with it, and server administration costs a lot of money or a headache. Trust me, I have been thru that for about 3 years of my life, and have come out of it. One important threat is that the spam monitors of the web might block your ip or your domain for various email servers even if you be very careful in sending out emails and picking the members of the mailing list. It is a tough job. Have you heard of google groups? Just start a google group, put in all your email ids in there, and send mails to them. If someone doesnt like to receive mails, he will nto complain or try to get your domain blacklisted, but he will use the unsubscribe option below the mail. This is the most legitimate way to send out huge numbers of emails . And above all, its google’s servers, and they will do the worrying about maintaining it. And it is a completely free service. Continue Reading