Dear Laura, Your blog is the best. Nothing else compares for solid deliverability discussion. I’ve frequently read these two articles: I need IP addresses to avoid throttling I need to deliver my mail fast They are incredibly helpful. But I don’t think you’ve ever answered this question directly: “Is it detrimental to use an IP pool instead of a single, static IP? For...
Ask Laura: Should I let my ESP give me a shared IP?
Dear Laura, Our company has been shopping around for ESPs and most of them want to put us on a shared IP address. I have always heard that senders should get dedicated IPs. Will this hurt our deliverability? Regards, Sharing is Hard Dear Sharing, For a long time, IP reputation was the major factor in identifying good mail from bad mail. Good IPs helped mail get into the inbox. Poor IPs were...
Is Amazon SES a reputable place to send mail from
On the first installment of our Wednesday question series, I chose a question from twitter. Can you advise is Amazon SES is a reputable place to send email from? @inkpixelspaper This is a great question. In many cases the reputation of a provider doesn’t affect delivery, but as with almost everything in email there are exceptions and cases where a poor provider reputation may affect...