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Return Path recently announced changes to their certification program. They will no longer be certifying 3rd party mailers.

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Your delivery is yours, not your ESPs

Ken is right. As he almost always is.

I received a cold-call voicemail yesterday from a representative of an e-mail service provider looking to do a barter deal.
Never mind I’m not the person to approach for barter deals—or any other type of non-editorial issue, for that matter—the sales rep made one statement that made me cringe.
“Our delivery rates are very high,” she said.
That statement has no place in a pitch from an e-mail service provider.

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