I for one do not want to have to check every email I send and see if for instance I have unsubscribe as a word in it. Especially when anti-spam laws say I must give opt-in subscribers a way to un*subscribe. I also do not want to put in my address book people I want mail from and then have someones spam filter look in my address book this is more an invasion of privacy than spammers.

I think more communication between isp's, ezine publishers, internet marketers is need. Call your isp tell them how much or how little you want to have filtered. My experience when I did this is they told me they have filters in place but they are not blocking me sending directly to domain or are they blocking my incoming mail. One email box I have takes my spam and puts it in my trash folder that way I can go through it sort by spam scores and get emails I want this is at least a acceptable scompromise between spam and me deciding who I want to hear from. Call your isp object to filters, call your congressman or email him and object to isp's having power to decide who you email and who you receive mail from.

Marinella send specifications for her project to 5 companies, outlining what she needed and asked them to bid on it. This signaled companies that there would be direct and immediate competition and to sharpen their pencils.

KEY POINT

Signal provider that you are asking for one or other. It makes a difference in price they will give you.

BENEFITS

It's a courtesy to let company know, and they may also ask you to make this distinction, so you need to know difference. Asking for bids may give you best price. It may not, however, give you best result.

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