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How do I avoid email rate limits?
We are a small organization with DSL for our internet service provider. We currently have our website and email hosted by Media Temple. We have 2 mailing list that go out once a month. One mailing list has 800 recipients with a 1.8MB attachment. We use Media Temple's(smtp.mywebsite.co
What kind of service change, software, or provider is available to eliminate the smtp email restriction?
Thanks
Tracy
What kind of service change, software, or provider is available to eliminate the smtp email restriction?
Thanks
Tracy
You might want to rethink the content. 1.8 mb is a big message, and to 800 people that's almost 1.5gb for a single message. Maybe you could publish this content to a website and email out a link to the website...
>How do I avoid email rate limits?
1. pay existing mail service provider for higher limits
PRO: less IT/administrative work)
CON: costs will exceed hosted server
2. hosted server (bandwidth is reduced by setting it up as SMTP relay)
PRO: can be setup inexpensively; little or no maintenance
CON: some admin skills required, or hire out, or pay tech support fee
3. in-house mail server (but bandwidth restrictions apply)
PRO: full control; setup service on existing hardware
CON: still fighting bandwidth problem; admin skills required
As for the content itself, you could look at reducing (optimizing) attachments. Put a basic resolution file with links to higher-resolution. Or, generate HTML content with inline links to the full content via you website.
1. pay existing mail service provider for higher limits
PRO: less IT/administrative work)
CON: costs will exceed hosted server
2. hosted server (bandwidth is reduced by setting it up as SMTP relay)
PRO: can be setup inexpensively; little or no maintenance
CON: some admin skills required, or hire out, or pay tech support fee
3. in-house mail server (but bandwidth restrictions apply)
PRO: full control; setup service on existing hardware
CON: still fighting bandwidth problem; admin skills required
As for the content itself, you could look at reducing (optimizing) attachments. Put a basic resolution file with links to higher-resolution. Or, generate HTML content with inline links to the full content via you website.
ASKER
Thanks,
Changing our delivery method is not an option. I need recommendation(s) on a SMTP relay hosting service that can handle this type of situation.
Changing our delivery method is not an option. I need recommendation(s) on a SMTP relay hosting service that can handle this type of situation.
Google search for: hosted smtp relay
There are many for-pay vendors ranging from $5/mo to $200+/yr
I couldn't recommend a specific service, as I use in-house servers or remote servers under our control.
Many of the e-mail marketing services, like ConstantContact.com disable attachments because of bandwidth and (more importantly) infected payloads. Their recommendations are the same: convert to HTML or link to files hosted a web server.
There are many for-pay vendors ranging from $5/mo to $200+/yr
I couldn't recommend a specific service, as I use in-house servers or remote servers under our control.
Many of the e-mail marketing services, like ConstantContact.com disable attachments because of bandwidth and (more importantly) infected payloads. Their recommendations are the same: convert to HTML or link to files hosted a web server.
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