Can anyone advise on this?
A number of my emails to enquirers, using in particular btinternet.com email addresses, end up in junk and spam folders, and are in a lot of cases never seen by the recipient. Is there any way round this? My email address is info@mydomain.com
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Alan Knighting
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Oskar,
I use a wanadoo.fr e-mail address and I sometimes find that my e-mails are "bounced" by the recipient's server. It is usually ntlworld which does it but there are others. The really frustrating thing is that it can take up to 4 days for me to get the rejection message by which time the enquiry is "dead".
I know it is not the tidiest way of going about things but, have you tried responding to enquiries using a different e-mail address, for instance one with Hotmail or Netscape.
A work around, which might work, could be to re-route all your outgoing e-mails through Gmail. The messages would have their source as Gmail but would continue to show your luxuryvillaslanzarote address as the return address.
Alan
I use a wanadoo.fr e-mail address and I sometimes find that my e-mails are "bounced" by the recipient's server. It is usually ntlworld which does it but there are others. The really frustrating thing is that it can take up to 4 days for me to get the rejection message by which time the enquiry is "dead".
I know it is not the tidiest way of going about things but, have you tried responding to enquiries using a different e-mail address, for instance one with Hotmail or Netscape.
A work around, which might work, could be to re-route all your outgoing e-mails through Gmail. The messages would have their source as Gmail but would continue to show your luxuryvillaslanzarote address as the return address.
Alan
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I have recently enquired about a property myself, and the reply was spammed (I use Freeserve/Wanadoo Uk), it was from an aol e-mail. Fortunately I do check the server's spam folder quite often, as I have even had enquiries sent there (free.fr address) . I have now got a gmail account, but it's so easy to use my OE as everything is in there already. I have exported my contacts though .
Yes, quite often I need to send links to different villas.Do you have a lot of email addresses or web links in the mails you send? Or a picture with an embeded link?
My feeling on that is that is looks a little cheapskate. info@mydomain.com looks more professionalhave you tried responding to enquiries using a different e-mail address, for instance one with Hotmail or Netscape.
How do I do that?A work around, which might work, could be to re-route all your outgoing e-mails through Gmail. The messages would have their source as Gmail but would continue to show your luxuryvillaslanzarote address as the return address.
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Alan Knighting
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Got it thanks Alan.
The problem is that my email address is now widely circulated around the internet, so to change it at this stage would not be a good business decision. I do have a hotmail account which I am now using to duplicate emails to btinternet.com email addresses. Would there be any advantage over Hotmail in using a gmail account for the same thing?
The problem is that my email address is now widely circulated around the internet, so to change it at this stage would not be a good business decision. I do have a hotmail account which I am now using to duplicate emails to btinternet.com email addresses. Would there be any advantage over Hotmail in using a gmail account for the same thing?
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Alan Knighting
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Oskar,
I would have the same practical problems with changing my e-mail address now. Using Gmail to customise your "From" address allows to continue with your existing e-mail address and to get around the blocks put on by some ISP's, hopefully. No need to send duplicate messages.
In any case, I think Gmail offers a more comprehensive set of options than does Hotmail and I find it a much nicer environment within which to work.
Give it a go and see for yourself.
Alan
I would have the same practical problems with changing my e-mail address now. Using Gmail to customise your "From" address allows to continue with your existing e-mail address and to get around the blocks put on by some ISP's, hopefully. No need to send duplicate messages.
In any case, I think Gmail offers a more comprehensive set of options than does Hotmail and I find it a much nicer environment within which to work.
Give it a go and see for yourself.
Alan
Alan is right, I did the same and now have both gmail address and a wanadoo address within Outlook. You don't have to change your publicity, merely switch the account from which you are sending when you send e-mails. Very easy. A big thankyou to Brooke for suggesting it in the first place, I have now taken several bookings from NTL users for the first time this year!