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How to remove IP or domain from a blacklist

ninja 06/04/2017

Your IP or domain got blacklisted and now you are probably wondering how I get off it?

Removing an IP or domain from a blacklist isn’t that hard. It will, however, take a lot of your time and in some well all cases it's a lot better to prevent blacklistings before they happen. This can be done with selecting the right software for your SMTPs (it's called Mail transfer agent or MTA) and email marketing application. If you are interested in a system setup that is capable of sending unlimited emails and do everything it can to prevent blacklistings from happen look at the bottom of this post. Now let's get back to the subject how to remove IP or domain from a blacklist.

How to remove blacklists?

First, you should see what blacklist you have landed on. You can do this by running a blacklist check on your IP or domain. This will give you a list where you are blacklisted.

Use this tools to find where your IP is blacklisted:

MXToolBox Blacklist checker

It might also be wise to create a blacklist monitors so you will get an alert in case it ever happens again. For this, I suggest Hetrix tools where you can monitor up to 30 domains or IP with a free account.

Now that you know where your IP and/or domain is blacklisted it's time to start with the removing process. You will have to figure out how to remove your IP and/or domain from each list
Sometimes it is as simple as filling out a “removal form.” Other times you need to just wait it out a few days. Or you have to follow a long process where you have to send an email from a blacklisted IP/domain and explain why you think your domain or IP should be removed.

All this can and will take a lot of your time. If you plan on sending large amounts of emails to people that did not sign up to your emails and even to those that did maybe it would be better to get your system set so it will help you with this.

How to prevent blacklistings?

Well, you can't really prevent it but you can do a lot to at least minimise the chances of your IPs getting blacklisted.

For this you need an SMTP and email application that are able to:

Detect low delivery rates and temporarily stop sending from affected IP
Allow you to set per-domain limits. Example sent 200 emails per hour to Gmail, 300 to yahoo, 500 to Hotmail and so on.
Sign your emails with DKIM keys
Automatically process bounces
Have domain specific backoff rules in case of delivery problems
Rotate IPs
Spin content, subjects, images, ... to avoid getting spammed
Mask your domains
Monitor your IP and domain reputation and stop sending in case of problems
And so on

And what is most important it should do this completely on its own without you interfering.

What is even better is that once you have everything you need a system like this can be used on a cheap VPS with at least 1Gb RAM. Or on many different VPS or dedicated servers.

Learn more about what is known as a Perfect bulk email system and all of its features. Follow this DIY guide if you think you have enough skills to do it on your own.

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How to send millions of emails

ninja 07/10/2017

Or better yet how to send millions of emails and avoid getting blacklisted

A simple question with not so simple solution. Sending millions of emails isn't impossible but requires some thinking and work done first.

Even if you did buy your list you should always make sure it is as clean as possible and try to segment it as much as possible. This is hard to do if your bought contact list came only with email addresses. But you could still get info from your contacts like country and what device are they using. Little things.like this can help you with list segmentation and you can better target your audience.

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Bulk Email Server – How to Setup on Your Own

ninja 03/09/2017

For many setting up an email server is something they would never do on their own. I too used to ask others for help when I started with bulk email sending. But soon I realised that it would be a lot better if I do this on my own. Here is why:

This way I am independent and don't have to pay someone to set up my server
I don't have to worry about my lists getting stolen
And this is the most important. If you do something for your own personal use you will take care of every single detail that could affect your deliverability.

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Perfect buttons for emails

ninja 07/04/2017

Buttons are always a bitch when it comes to email design and most e-mail marketers (hmm..) get it wrong. Because I am such a nice guy, er, ninja I decided to do some digging and come up with a solution for perfect buttons for emails. Now you can get your buttons displayed across all platforms like a ninja. Just look how lovely they are.

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How to reduce email bounce rate

ninja 06/04/2017

Uh oh, you bought/scraped a huge list and was like “whooo, I am going to be rich in two days”. You started sending and soon you realised your delivery rates aren't that good and a lot of your emails bounce. So you asked your friend an expert for an advice and he stopped answering your calls since he has no idea what to do. Follow this tips to reduce email bounce rate and to get your bulk email system work instead of you.

Do it like a pro

It's not easy being a spammer. I know most of my customers are and I have to deal with their problems all the time. But since I also started like a spammer I had a good background knowledge and my so called perfect bulk email system (my customers gave it this name) is built from step 1 to achieve best possible results no matter where you got your lists.

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How to improve email deliverability

ninja 06/04/2017

A popular question and I really look forward to days that I don't have to answer how to improve your deliverability so let me try to answer this so I can later just point everyone to it.

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How to send mass emails without spamming?

ninja 04/04/2017

I will answer your question and show you how to send mass emails without spamming. Monthly costs can be as low as a few bucks but I recommend a system for around $35 per month.

So you got a huge contact list that I am sure you got from your double-opt-in form on your website 😉 and now you got an idea.

What if I send mass emails to all these contacts? Hell even if only 1{68e7e9a41b18d877ce48f6781f70190f02eae72a8a860d5cd4744b65c53b0402} converts it will make you rich!

But then soon you realised that it's not that easy. ESPs like MailChimp and AWeber closed your accounts minutes after you imported your contact lists. Your VPS got blacklisted and your delivery rates dropped to the point where sending had no point anymore.

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