05 Sep 2018 07:28
The problem with "mass" emailing, and a preview of using feeds
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 What’s the problem with placing large email lists on the To: line of your email versus the Bcc: line? Here's what one informed person says about this:
All it takes is one person's computer to be infected with virus/malware and everyone is now harvested. That's what the Bcc: is for!
You should not use mass emailings in this manner. If you receive such an email showing everyone's email address in plain view, remind the sender to use the Bcc: line. Do not risk your email address being harvested by spammers/scammers.
Alternatives to email blasts using feeds will be offered in the SBR Clubs 2.0 system (and in fact are being used by some clubs already). Stay tuned.
By the way, the message you are now reading is an item in a feed -- "clubsitenews" -- that is embedded on this page. It's entered without having any knowledge or even awareness of how a web page works -- just by entering information into a form similar to opening an account to an online store. Furthermore, you can subscribe to this feed and get email notifications from "Blogtrottr" when items are posted, so you don't have to keep checking back here to see if something new is posted. Notice Blogtrottr issues the email, not you, and they know how to deal with pesky issues relating to spam avoidance. To subscribe, click here and follow the instructions. Notice the address (URL) of this feed that's needed for subscribing is already entered for you; you just need to enter your email address. You will be gi
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