E-mail is relatively complicated, especially since there are different
e-mail programs that handle e-mail differently. That's why I used an outline
format.

Barry Karas

"F.H. Muffman" wrote in message
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bkaras wrote:
I send bulk e-mail messages to members of my organization:
1. E-mail program: Microsoft Outlook.
2. There are ± 350 members
3. I send the same message to all members, but I send five bulk
e-mail messages to ± 70 members.
4. I get bounces for incorrect e-mail addresses. E-mail addresses
are not like postal addresses in that they do not have to be in the
recipients names. But I recognize ± 85% of them.
5. I call or otherwise contact the members I recognize - notify
them of the event and then get their correct e-mail addresses.
6. However some bounces get returned to me WITH my bulk e-mail
address.
Why do some bounces get returned to me with my bulk e-mail address?


Well, two questions:

1) How are you addressing the original message? Are you BCC'ing the
recipients?
2) What, exactly, does the failed delivery status notification say?

If I had to guess, it's a spam filter on a server blocking the email for
one of many possible reasons. I would either look at mail merging to the
350 recipients or using a listserv type application. Pro's of a mail
merge is that the spamish qualities of the mail aren't higher because the
message is addressed to the actual recipient. Pro's of a listserv
application is that it may appear to be more professional on the end
result and there'd be no question that the mail was a newsletter as
opposed to the 'Oh, look, a form letter addressed *only* to me' quality of
a newsletter that is, well, addressed only to you.

FWIW, while a numbered list is great for getting things done and stuff
like that, in a situation like this, a simple paragraph discussing what
the problem is and what you're trying to do might come across easier for
readers.

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f.h.