Have you tried to subscribe to a newsletter and get a message like “You cannot subscribe to this list with the email address you entered”. Why is this happening?
It has happened to me a couple of times, and mostly when I was trying to subscribe to a newsletter powered by Aweber who are an email marketing company.
What Email Address Did You Use?
I used ‘info @’ worthdesigning.com.au and subsequently couldn’t sign up to the newsletter!
So I tried another address: ‘keely @’ worthdesigning.com.au and that was fine to use.
Email Spam
Role-based emails like ‘info@’ and ‘contact@’ generate a lot of spam complaints. They’re often found on websites that are then found on scraped or harvested email lists.
Harvested Email Lists
“Email harvesting is the process of obtaining lists of email addresses using various methods for use in bulk email or other purposes usually grouped as spam” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address_harvesting
How annoying! You think you’re being professional by using contact@ with your domain name, but unfortunately, that’s not the case.
Here’s a list of these sorts of email address – this list should give you an idea of the types of email addresses that can be classified as “spammy” email addresses.
What’s the Solution?
Create an email address that DOESN’T use one of the more common words at the start. Use your name. It’s more personal. Or if you have multiple people using the same email address, try something like ‘theteam @’ or ‘getintouch @’
I tried to sign up for a contest and today I tried to sign up for a daily mailing list and got the same message again “You cannot subscribe to this list with the email address you entered.. You need to.use a different email address to subscribe” This is my personal email and not involved with any business. I’ve had this email address for years without any problem and now within a few months it’s happened twice. What is going on???????
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