We (the community of responsible online small businesses) understand that
ISPs have to filter e-mail that we send to our clients. Spam is overwhelming
them.
Filtering algorithms and anti-spam software are complex, will only get more so.
And the volume of spam is in the billions. So mistakes are inevitable.
We recognize that and we stand ready to deal with the fact that an ISP will
occasionally delete a bona fide e-mail that we send to a client. After all, we
are all partners in the fight against spam.
When you're dealing with billions of spam e-mail, those "occasional" mistakes
amount to the hundreds of thousands of good e-mails that are wrongly
blocked daily. It's so common, ISPs and mail services have a term for it...
"false positives." (In a war, it's called "collateral damage" and we are
all at war... against spammers.)
False positives occur due to a near-infinite combination of reasons, that
usually involve some combination of the following...
Yes,
"false positives" are so common that some ISPs and mail services
take it for granted. Worse, they take you and us, and our good will, for
granted.
If you think about it, here's the bottom line...
STEP 1) You want an e-mail from healing-journeys-energy.com,
whether due to an order, subscription, registration, or request for support.
STEP 2) healing-journeys-energy.com
sends the requested e-mail.
STEP 3) Your ISP or mail service mistakenly filters it out.
STEP 4) You do not get the mail that you want.
Up to this point, we all accept that this may happen. After all, your ISP
or mail service is trying to protect you from spam. So...
As long as you can whitelist yourself and receive the mail you want (as
described on our Whitelisting Page), there's no real damage done. We all
have to put up with some inconvenience to fight spam, as long as the ISPs are
doing their most to keep your inconvenience down to the "necessary
minimum."
A Problem That We Hope Does Not Happen To You...
The ISP or Mail Service that Does Not "Whitelist"
What worries us? We worry about your inconvenience. We worry that
you might think that somehow we here at
healing-journeys-energy.com are at fault, especially if you have
trouble whitelisting yourself (for example, Hotmail is notoriously
ineffective at whitelisting, or "safelisting" as they call it).
If you do not get our e-mail, please understand...
We are NOT at fault. We are "false positives," collateral damage
in the war between spammers and filters. And you, unfortunately, are stuck here
in the cross-fire with us.
And like we said, we can live and deal with that. But it may get worse...
If you have trouble whitelisting, contact your ISP or mail service's help by
e-mail, Web form, or best of all directly by phone. But beware, ISPs or mail
services who do not or cannot whitelist are at a big competitive disadvantage.
Why?
Because there are others who will gladly accept your business.
So... the support staff at an ISP or mail service who does not whitelist (and
they may not even admit this to you) may try to convince you that somehow we are
to blame (our customers have told us so). It is simply far easier for them to
use the credibility of their sheer size to blame us or to say "it's at the other
end," than it is to admit they are failing to deliver what their clients
expect... the mail.
If they refuse to accept responsibility, or if they try to confuse you with one
of a whole bunch of copy-and-paste excuses, blame, or misdirection, clear the
air of all the smoke and mirrors -- remind them of the fundamental,
common-sense, sequence of events...
STEP 1) You want an e-mail from healing-journeys-energy.com,
whether due to an order, subscription, registration, or request for support.
STEP 2) healing-journeys-energy.com
sent the requested e-mail.
STEP 3) Your ISP or mail service filtered it out.
STEP 4) You did not get the mail that you wanted.
STEP 5) And now, they STILL won't give it to you,
even though you are insisting that you want it, even though you are asking them
to whitelist our domains (as explained on our
Whitelisting Page).
Then ask them what they don't understand about where the chain of events is
breaking. We have done our part (Step 2).
Even If You're A
"Newbie,"
It's Clear Where The Break In The Chain Is
Review the 5 Steps outlined above. It's so basic... At the end of the
day, it's their "break in the chain" if you are not receiving the mail. So the
sincerest way to show your displeasure...
If you use Hotmail and they're giving you excuses, switch to Yahoo! Mail. If
your ISP won't whitelist, switch to a responsible one that will.
Ultimately, war or no war against spam, it is the perceived DUTY of
the ISP or mail service to deliver the mail. That is the level at which the
above sequence is breaking down.
Even if they hide behind technical jargon of "smtp servers" or legalistic small
print of "being private networks that don't have to deliver the mail," your
answer is simple...
"Gee, that's a shame it wasn't clear in
your marketing materials. I wouldn't have to waste my time switching to a better
service that DOES enable me to get the mail that I want."
And it is as simple as that. So...
Ask them, one final time, to whitelist you. We are sending the e-mail to
the address you indicated. So it's up to your ISP or mail service to deliver the
mail.
They may claim not be able to whitelist for one or more reasons...
1) Your ISP will not do it. They may make up all kinds of excuses,
or even blame us, but the bottom line is that they are not delivering e-mail
that YOU want. Period.
2) You can't get their support group to tell you how to whitelist. Either
they don't answer you, or they dance around the question, or deflect blame.
3) They don't provide the tools to whitelist, or the tools don't work, or
it's simply technically impossible for them to do it. For example, the "safe
list" at Hotmail does not work when you want to permit an address through their
filter. Their shortcomings have become your problem. Switch.
4) Your ISP responds to a whitelist request BY TURNING OFF THE SPAM FILTERS
COMPLETELY. That's like asking someone to put a gate in the high wall around
your house and the reply is... "Sure, we'll just take the ENTIRE wall down."
That is an irresponsible and self-focused response to a valid request -- it
merely turfs the problem back onto the customer, which is an unacceptable reply.
Do not accept this poor proposition.
There is only one good reason not to whitelist, and that is to block known
spammers. We don't spam. We never have. (And we would definitely want to
know of any ISP or mail service or filtering provider who claims that we do.)
It's An Obvious Bottom
Line...
You Want & Expect Your Mail
If you cannot whitelist healing-journeys-energy.com,
consider these two inarguable truisms...
No matter what the "reason" may be for not whitelisting, it
all boils down to the same thing...
Your ISP is not fulfilling your most basic of expectations.
So What To Do??
1) Complain by sending an e-mail to "abuse@" and "postmaster@" followed
by the domain of your ISP or mail service (ex., if you are using an
address@hotmail.com, send your complaint to abuse@hotmail.com and
postmaster@hotmail.com). Mail to both those addresses has an excellent chance of
being seen by at least one person.
Complete the various fields in your mail as follows:
a) To field: Enter the domain of the service. Continuing the "hotmail.com
example," where it says, "abuse@<<ENTER-DOMAIN-OF-YOUR-ISP-OR-MAIL-SERVICE>>,"
enter "hotmail.com" so that the "to address" now is "abuse@hotmail.com" (without
the quotes).
b) Cc field: If possible, please keep the cc field as it is (to us)... if
they try to confuse the issue or say bad things about us, we'd like to know
about it. We have nothing to hide and are being open about this -- please notice
if they are, too.
c) Subject: Again, replace the
<<ENTER-DOMAIN-OF-YOUR-ISP-OR-MAIL-SERVICE>> with the domain of your ISP or mail
service. In the case of our example, the subject should now say, "Hotmail,
please stop blocking important e-mail that I want" (without quotes).
d) Bcc field: If the "to" address of "abuse@" does not get through, the
"postmaster@" address will. Do the same thing for the
postmaster@<<ENTER-DOMAIN-OF-YOUR-ISP-OR-MAIL-SERVICE>> address that you will
see in the Bcc field. After you replace the
<<ENTER-DOMAIN-OF-YOUR-ISP-OR-MAIL-SERVICE>> with the domain name, cut-and-paste
the address into the "to" or the "cc" field so that it is not a bcc (we put it
there for technical reasons, but it's more polite if your ISP can see everyone
who is receiving this mail).
e) Body of e-mail: Customize the body of the e-mail. Add your own story
and circumstances. Remind them of the 5 basic steps (above), if necessary. Note
the spots to enter your first name last name, and e-mail address. Make sure that
you use your e-mail address of the ISP or mail service for extra
weight/consideration, both in the body and in your "from" address.
f) Proof-read it all. Once it's right, you are ready to lodge a formal
complaint.
g) Send it.
You might not get a reply, but regardless, it is important to register a
complaint when a company does not deliver the service for which you contracted.
And we DO look at, and save, your complaints when you cc to the
healing-journeys-energy.com address in
the above link.
What Else Can You Do?
2) Enter a different e-mail address into the
Healing Journeys Support Contact Form, and e-mail
your question to us again, if you are here because you have been having trouble
receiving our support-replies. (If you want to use a free, Web-based
address,
Yahoo! Mail receives our e-mail without any problem.)
One More Thing You Can
Do To Register Displeasure...
3) Register a Complaint with the Filtering
Provider
This is the interesting, unknown part of the "world of filtering." Filtering
providers are companies that provide filtering services for many ISPs and mail
services. They work behind the scenes, invisibly.
Since they provide the filtering for so many ISPs and mail services, even
Hotmail, there is a good chance that they are involved if you are having trouble
whitelisting healing-journeys-energy.com
domains.
We Are
Sincerely Sorry For This Bother
This is not our fault. If your ISP won't whitelist us, and
instead tries to confuse the issue or say bad things about us,
please ask them to cc us. As mentioned, we have nothing to hide and
would love to remove your inconvenience and discuss this directly
with whoever is not letting you receive e-mail that you want.
If they refuse to speak with us, if they refuse to cc us, please
send us a cc of their communications with you. Also consider which
party is being open, above board, and trying to truly help you.
No matter what they may say to make us look bad, it's really very
simple...
We sent the mail. You want the mail. It is your expectation to
receive it, no matter what they say.
We only ever send you e-mail that you specifically request and expect. Please
tell your mail service that you understand that false-positives do
occur, but it is unacceptable not to be able to whitelist.
Then change ISPs or mail services. And let them know why.
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