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Dear Subscriber,
Welcome to the first issue of L-Soft's 20th anniversary year. Here, you can meet the five finalists in the running for the grand prize in The Mailys, read tech tips about the pitfalls of sending identical messages to multiple lists with LISTSERV and about the bounce handling of LISTSERV Maestro. You can also learn about the new L-Soft website and its streamlined subscription center.
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L-Soft Celebrates 20 Years
The year 2014 is a special one for L-Soft because it marks 20 years in business. Two decades ago, Eric Thomas – who first developed LISTSERV, the original email list software in 1986 – incorporated and registered the company to develop the software further. It promises to be an exciting year, with new software version updates, a new U.S. headquarters office opening, one Mailys nominator traveling to Stockholm to meet with Eric and the grand prize winner also winning a trip and meeting with Eric. Stay tuned, and thank you for being a part of the L-Soft and LISTSERV community.
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Recovery Meditations Wins January
RECOVERYMEDITATIONS, an inspirational daily vignette about overcoming compulsive eating, won the January vote in The Mailys with 57.40% of the tally, becoming the last finalist eligible for the grand prize. A total of 2998 votes were cast in January. Congratulations to Recovery Meditations!
| January 2014 Voting (Top 3) |
| RECOVERYMEDITATIONS |
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Thank You for Participating
The jury process to identify the winning LISTSERV list is well underway, and the random drawing of the nominator who will win the "Stockholm Pass" sweepstakes will follow. Congratulations to all nominated lists and many thanks to all who nominated and voted.
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Meet the Five Finalists in The Mailys
Which email list will be the next grand prize winner in The Mailys? We're getting closer to the decision. Email list enthusiasts around the world cast more than 18,000 votes during the competition. The five grand prize finalists, which received the highest vote percentages in each month of the competition are:
DEERHOUND-L, a discussion list for Scottish Deerhound dog breed enthusiasts
NYCSLIST, a professional networking forum for New York City School Library personnel
FUNDSVCS, a discussion list for people who run fundraising programs
GUNROOM, an email community about the world of author Patrick O'Brian
RECOVERYMEDITATIONS, daily inspirational vignettes for overcoming compulsive eating
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How can I send identical messages to multiple lists without triggering the spam filter? |
Answer by Ben Parker
Chief Corporate Consultant, L-Soft
LISTSERV has long had a built-in anti-spam suite designed to prevent spam from getting through to lists. One major rule in this suite is that sending identical messages to multiple lists over a short period of time constitutes spam. However, considering that there is sometimes a legitimate need to distribute messages to multiple LISTSERV lists, the following are some of the approaches that can be taken.
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| LISTSERV Maestro Tech Tip |
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How does LISTSERV Maestro handle and keep track of bounced email messages? |
Answer by Liam Kelly
Senior Consulting Analyst, L-Soft
In a previous tech tip, we discussed how to configure and tune the auto-delete mechanism in LISTSERV to remove bouncing email addresses from LISTSERV lists. Bounce handling in LISTSERV Maestro is more complex because address data for a Maestro mailing can come from so many different sources, not all of them writable, so bounces from LISTSERV Maestro mailings must be handled a bit differently.
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L-Soft Launches New Website
L-Soft launched its brand new website a few days ago. Among the improvements is a streamlined subscription center, where you can access all of L-Soft's announcement lists, user forums and social media channels in one place. Did you know about the product update lists, which provide news about all new versions, level sets and patches, or about all of the user forums, where you can discuss and obtain peer support for getting the most out of your LISTSERV email lists?
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Contact L-Soft
L-Soft international, Inc.
8100 Corporate Drive, Suite 350
Landover, MD 20785
USA
L-Soft Sweden AB
Rosenlundsgatan 52, 2tr
118 63 Stockholm
Sweden
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