Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

With all that bouncing around, it makes sense that email clients like Gmail and Outlook regulate what makes it into inboxes. Together, these are used to tell recipients that your emails are not spam. Most sources agree that there are about 330 billion emails sent globally every single day, which comes out to 3.5 That is a LOT of email.

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Byte Technology

JULY 6, 2016

Upon further examination the recipient discovers it got automatically dropped into their spam folder. Another type of automatic email sifting is called Bayesian Filtering, which utilizes statistical analysis to “learn” what spam looks like. To begin, follow some simple steps.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On February 1, 2024, Google and Yahoo will roll out new requirements, which include bulk senders authenticating their emails, making unsubscribing easy, and staying under a spam rate threshold. Low User-Reported Spam: Senders must stay under a 0.3% spam rate threshold or risk being marked as spam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2024

For many years Nonprofit Tech for Good used a budget website hosting company for $12 a month, but by 2020 our website downtime became significant and our email opt-in forms overrun with spam bot subscribers. In fact, most software used by nonprofits is safely hosted in the cloud i.e., Dropbox, Canva, Gmail, etc.,

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s estimated that Gmail and Yahoo represent 32.2% Within my clients’ email lists, I typically find that Gmail and Yahoo users represent at least 50% of all emails on a list. Keep Spam Rates Under 0.3%: Don’t be the annoying spammer in people’s inboxes. High spam rates are like waving a red flag at Google and Yahoo.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Just this month, Google made crucial changes to Gmail in an effort to combat spam and improve user experience. Starting in February 2024, Google will be implementing new rules aimed at curbing the misuse of Gmail for mass promotions. These updates may raise concerns, especially regarding the spam rate threshold.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Now here’s the bad news: if you don’t get on board with the new requirements, you’re likely to see your emails going to spam. How to check your SPF, DKIM, and DMARC authentication The easiest way to do this is with an account using Gmail’s inbox (whether that’s an @gmail.com address or one using Google Apps). Sigh of relief!)

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 4, 2010

" And they wouldn't use a Gmail address. Tags: Phishing Spam. The income wouldn't be tax-free just because it's from an international charity. An organization like Habitat wouldn't look for employees by sending mass emails to "undisclosed recipients." I hope no one falls for this. ==. Subject: Important Message(Job Offer).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 5, 2021

Let’s say you have 1,000 Gmail addresses on your list, but the collective open rate for those subscribers is low. Gmail begins to wonder why that is and why people aren’t interested in opening your emails. Could it be that you’re sending spam and therefore people avoid opening your emails?

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2012

We have the group set so topics are public, but only members can post and membership has to be approved to avoid spam. I still use Gmail and Google Voice. It’s a fantastic, friendly group so my co-moderator duties are mostly around approving join requests by new members. I still get email for other groups, just not NPSF.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Over the decade that followed, most groups became overrun with spam and tech glitches, and as a result, LinkedIn Groups almost became obsolete. email addresses are not allowed, and as a general rule, should not be used for your nonprofit communications publicly or internally.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Kind of like if Ning , Google Talk , Gmail , Twitter and Facebook got smooshed together into a single open source environment. Gmail focused on simplicity first (great spam filtering, super fast search, conversation grouping) and then along came Labs years later to make it all interesting and wiz-bang.

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Kindful

JUNE 17, 2021

Here are some of the features Google Workspace has to offer: Gmail. Gmail is a safe and secure email service your employees and volunteers can use to communicate important information with one another and with other members of your organization. Google Workplace. Google Calendar.

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M+R

MAY 31, 2022

Since Apple Mail can be set up to work not just with Apple domains, but also with most of the major inbox providers (Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail…) this impacts a huge segment of email subscribers. But you know who else doesn’t read emails in the spam folder? Messages that end up in spam? That part is still true. Left unread.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use). SpamBayes — Trainable anti-spam plugin for Outlook (may work with other clients as well): [link]. Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Nonprofits lose about $15,000 per year of donations due to wrong targeting and missing out spam filters, which blocks the emails from prospects.”. One of the main downsides could be a poor response rate or spamming of your emails. . Avoid using any spam buzzwords in the subject line. . Buy only from a reputed vendor. .

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 1, 2009

It took a while, but I finally have a template that seems to be working well for us: I’ve tested the template in Outlook (2003 and 2007), Gmail, AOL, Yahoo and Apple Mail and it looks just like the screen shot above, or close enough. By a very wide margin. There are HTML editors of all different shapes and sizes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2008

In the meantime, I have written on a blackboard 100 times: I will not spam for good. I'm not sure how long this will last - I read 24-72 hours. No good deed goes unpunished. I need to figure out a way answer email. Update: Digital Inspiration has some tips

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Care2

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The email address used for registration was a Gmail account with default Spam and filter settings). For example, 14 of the 38 orgs (that’s 32% of them) sent no automated transaction email confirming a registrant’s subscription through their website.

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Care2

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Google has announced that that “bulk senders” will need to authenticate their emails, stay under a reported spam threshold, as well as provide an unsubscribe option when communicating with individuals on their lists. What is a bulk sender?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Google Gmail. Chances are that a fair number of your email newsletter subscribers are on Gmail.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2017

A few years ago nonprofit email marketers were thrown for a loop when Gmail implemented a tabbed in-box for various kinds of messages (primary, email and social). Several sources ( including Blackbaud ) have published information about their email delivery practices generally, and how to respond to these changes at Gmail.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

For years, the bane of every email marketer's existence has been staying off of the dreaded spam filter and staying in good graces with readers. Call it bacn , bacon , or graymail , it's that "other" kind of email - not personal, not spam - that's making it harder and harder to get noticed in an overflowing inbox.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The email address used for registration was a Gmail account with default Spam and filter settings). For example, 14 of the 38 orgs (that’s 32% of them) sent no automated transaction email confirming a registrant’s subscription through their website.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

Once I did and logged in to my email, friends were writing and replying to me about the spam I was sending. I have an installed email program that accesses my Gmail via IMAP, and this contains an address book that may have been accessed via malware. I did not email everyone on my list since that can be perceived as even more spam.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Use alt text for all images for a better experience in Gmail and always add the height and width to the image to ensure that the blank placeholder image doesn't throw your design out and always add the height and width to the image to ensure that the blank placeholder image doesn't throw your design out. Check the spam score report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Paul Buchheit is the created of Gmail and Adsense and has set up collaborative process to get advice on how he should donate "a bunch of money." He isn't relying on the traditional approach of asking an expert, but wants to crowdsource suggestions through social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. That’s because a lot of the social networking sites allow you to find other people on their site by giving them your gmail username and password, or your email contact list. goodiness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

t Spam regulations ??? t Spam requires you to have a physical mailing address, opt out of every mail and be responsive, registered domain and bunch of other things, only allowed to email to people who have opted into your list. t spam work. Did it get passed into a spam folder. t check spam filters.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2011

You use a Gmail or Yahoo email account (or something similar). A blank email subject line can look like spam. Make sure everything you send to potential donors includes something about why you do what you do and how they can help make a difference. Your email needs to have your website domain address.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

Outlook, Hotmail, or Gmail) is not set up for email marketing and has significant limitations that can hurt rather than help your email marketing efforts. If you try to use your regular email, you run the risk of being marked as spam, looking unprofessional, and not being able to measure open rates.

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M+R

MAY 21, 2021

Gmail offers a similar dark theme to Android users, but doesn’t provide a means for tracking how many people use it. For Gmail, that’s all you can do—-Google has not announced plans to support any tags to control dark mode. How to Stay Healthy and Avoid the Spam Folder: Tips from the Deliverability Doctor. Embrace Dark Mode!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 26, 2006

I've been enjoying new-found control over my correspondence I switched to using Google's gmail as my email client - and Beth, an MS Outlook user, asked me to share a few words about my approach to email management using gmail. There are no folders in gmail. I have all my accounts forwarded to gmail. Just archive it.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Starting during the weekend of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and #GivingTuesday in 2016, Gmail introduced a new method for measuring the quality of engagement when it comes to email deliverability from the email sender to determine if an email should be delivered to an inbox, known as the inbox placement rate.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Even worse, if enough of them use the "Uninvite" (or "Spam") button, you might find yourself permanently uninvited from your entire email list. To show anything to the recipient, the email software program (Yahoo Mail, Outlook, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.) Those aren't all favorites.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 15, 2018

By reaching out to old email addresses, organizations are more likely to hit recycle spam traps, trigger spam complaints, and ultimately, hurt the ability to get emails delivered to the inbox. How does Gmail categorization work? Gmail applies a category to each incoming email. How can we avoid the promotions tab in Gmail?

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Users of other services like Gmail or Yahoo Mail can set up a new @outlook.com address and have their other accounts forwarded. It also has better spam filtering — it keeps spam to less than 3 percent of your inbox. There is no need to change your Hotmail address. Outlook.com has 60 percent fewer ads than the old Hotmail.

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