On 02/12/10 09:30, sransome wrote:
(Ted Harding) wrote:
"To ensure these emails reach your inbox please add <sender> to your address book."
Ehhh?? If an email is delivered to me, it is delivered to my inbox. Punkt. So what's behind such a statement?
AFAIK, Outhouse, Outhouse ex-Cess, and Thunderbird all use this to not mark emails as spam. E.g. my Thunderbird (on Linux) has this option
Do not mark mail as junk if the sender is in: [X] Personal Address Book [ ] Collected Addresses
"marketing" emails from companies are widely distributed, and consequently just for this reason, some anti-spam systems will mark them as spam. Putting the sender of the marketing email in your address book really may prevent their email being marked as spam and ensures it gets through.
Personally I wish they wouldn't say "put is in your address book".
Regards Steve