Comments on: Punctuation Reputation http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm Email Marketing Tips and Best Practices: AWeber Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Olivier http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-128373 Olivier Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:18:35 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-128373 Many thanks for this usefgul contents. I shall ask you if I have trouble implementing these things for my emailing. I´ll keep an eye on what gets said here on this subject. Many thanks for this usefgul contents. I shall ask you if I have trouble implementing these things for my emailing. I´ll keep an eye on what gets said here on this subject.

]]> By: Sean Breslin http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44824 Sean Breslin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:56:25 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-44824 I have always hated that punctuation method in emails, still do! Will not use it myself, I would rather be filtered. Although that does defeat the object, of sending the email! Will the problem get worse? I have always hated that punctuation method in emails, still do! Will not use it myself, I would rather be filtered.

Although that does defeat the object, of sending the email!

Will the problem get worse?

]]> By: Is the word "free" safe to use again? http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-43042 Is the word "free" safe to use again? Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:04:19 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-43042 [...] in the email, you absolutely should not try to "fool" a spam filter with weird spacing or punctuation. You'd be trying to fool people who have $350 billion to throw at catching you. Which of these do [...] [...] in the email, you absolutely should not try to "fool" a spam filter with weird spacing or punctuation. You’d be trying to fool people who have $350 billion to throw at catching you. Which of these do [...]

]]> By: Justin Premick http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16439 Justin Premick Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:26:13 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-16439 Murray, ISPs and spammers are constantly trying to keep ahead of each other, and sometimes false positives (legitimate mail getting filtered) do occur, as well as spam getting through. Keep in mind that the 2-3 pieces of spam that you're seeing per week represent only a fraction of the unsolicited mail that's actually sent to your address. Your ISP takes care of much of it without ever even putting it in your inbox <strong>or</strong> your junk folder. Murray,

ISPs and spammers are constantly trying to keep ahead of each other, and sometimes false positives (legitimate mail getting filtered) do occur, as well as spam getting through.

Keep in mind that the 2-3 pieces of spam that you’re seeing per week represent only a fraction of the unsolicited mail that’s actually sent to your address. Your ISP takes care of much of it without ever even putting it in your inbox or your junk folder.

]]> By: Murray http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16417 Murray Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:58:01 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-16417 Hi Justin: I am reqlly confussed about how effective the filtering system really is. Legetimate emails, like the ones mentioned above are filtered everyday, but the junk from Africa still gets through. I know, because 2-3 a week still hits my mailbox, no matter how much blocking I do. What's the deal here? Hi Justin: I am reqlly confussed about how effective the filtering system really is.

Legetimate emails, like the ones mentioned above are filtered everyday, but the junk from Africa still gets through. I know, because 2-3 a week still hits my mailbox, no matter how much blocking I do.

What’s the deal here?

]]> By: Justin Premick http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16394 Justin Premick Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:46:58 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-16394 David, When looking at the Spam score for one of your messages, just focus on keeping your score relatively low - below 5. Don't micro-manage it - taking a message with a score of say, 2 and obfuscating words to get the score down to 1 won't help you get delivered. As Tom notes, it'll look to an ISP like you're using spammer tricks (and in their eyes, who but a spammer would do that?), and it'll look bad to your subscribers as well. Write your message the way you want people to read it, and as long as your Spam score is below 5, send it. If it's above 5, look at the criteria and see why - the cause will almost always be something other than just certain words appearing in your message. David,

When looking at the Spam score for one of your messages, just focus on keeping your score relatively low – below 5.

Don’t micro-manage it – taking a message with a score of say, 2 and obfuscating words to get the score down to 1 won’t help you get delivered. As Tom notes, it’ll look to an ISP like you’re using spammer tricks (and in their eyes, who but a spammer would do that?), and it’ll look bad to your subscribers as well.

Write your message the way you want people to read it, and as long as your Spam score is below 5, send it. If it’s above 5, look at the criteria and see why – the cause will almost always be something other than just certain words appearing in your message.

]]> By: David Kamau http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16386 David Kamau Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:18:15 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-16386 Good tip. But could you go step farther and offer alternative suggestions? When I use certain words on my autoresponders messages, the spam rating goes up (meaning they will likely cause my message to be flagged). Once I add punctuations (or slight misspellings) into the same keywords, spam rating goes down, sometimes to zero. I'm confused here. Additional suggestions would be nice. Good tip. But could you go step farther and offer alternative suggestions? When I use certain words on my autoresponders messages, the spam rating goes up (meaning they will likely cause my message to be flagged). Once I add punctuations (or slight misspellings) into the same keywords, spam rating goes down, sometimes to zero.

I’m confused here. Additional suggestions would be nice.

]]> By: » A Love-Hate Relationship with Email - AWeber Blog http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1656 » A Love-Hate Relationship with Email - AWeber Blog Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:22:18 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-1656 [...] Avoid Intentional Misspellings [...] [...] Avoid Intentional Misspellings [...]

]]> By: Daniel from Argentina http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-968 Daniel from Argentina Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:33:54 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-968 Hi! I've been in internet business since 1999 well, we sell a singing multimedia course and actually have more than 50,000 subscribers into our list But, after a doing campaing only 8 to 10% gets read by the recipient's owner.. that's really bad for keep in business.. nowadays we're having BIG deliverability problems in spanish language so our question is if AWEBER offers a solution to this spanish language market (which is really big) Or if anyone of you did campaing using aweber in spanish.. I mean..spam score check to spanish spam triggers words, like GRATIS, PROMOCION, and so.. We're thinking to use AWEBER for our next 'inminent' christmass's campaing but we need some kind of security or recomendation at least. Oh! almost forgot this.. what about the exclamation symbols? would those kind of symbols, like ? ! $ %', trigger the spam filters too? 'cos we are using them in our maillings. Thanks you all! Hi! I’ve been in internet business since 1999
well, we sell a singing multimedia course
and actually have more than 50,000 subscribers into our list

But, after a doing campaing only 8 to 10% gets read by the
recipient’s owner.. that’s really bad for keep in business..

nowadays we’re having BIG deliverability
problems in spanish language so our question
is if AWEBER offers a solution to this spanish
language market (which is really big)

Or if anyone of you did campaing using aweber
in spanish..

I mean..spam score check to spanish spam triggers words,
like GRATIS, PROMOCION, and so..

We’re thinking to use AWEBER for our next ‘inminent’
christmass’s campaing but we need some kind of
security or recomendation at least.

Oh! almost forgot this.. what about the exclamation symbols?
would those kind of symbols, like ? ! $ %’, trigger
the spam filters too? ‘cos we are using them in our
maillings.

Thanks you all!

]]> By: Mark Widawer http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-250 Mark Widawer Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:50:47 +0000 http://www.aweber.com/blog/email-deliverability/punctuation-reputation.htm#comment-250 Tom, When I write autoresponder and broadcast messages, I write in a totally natural voice, and to the recipient personally. In other words, the 'first person'. I don't care one bit about writing spammy text -- even when I am offering something free to my list or something with a bonus. But when I'm done, I do care. I click the spam-assassin button in Aweber, I always score under 1, and usually a flat zero. Your advice is perfect. --Mark http://www.Googleicious.com Tom,
When I write autoresponder and broadcast messages, I write in a totally natural voice, and to the recipient personally. In other words, the ‘first person’.
I don’t care one bit about writing spammy text — even when I am offering something free to my list or something with a bonus.
But when I’m done, I do care. I click the spam-assassin button in Aweber, I always score under 1, and usually a flat zero.
Your advice is perfect.
–Mark
http://www.Googleicious.com

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