I have a sign up form where I have recieved 500-1,000 email address that have registered to recieve information from my company. Is there any harm (as far as getting my domain Black listed) in sending this amount of emails to willing reciepiants from my exchange server....I have heard of using marketing companies...but I do not want to take a chance on the emails being sold. Also is there a bandwidth/resource issue since my exchange server is also a domain controller runing Active directory? Thanks for the help!
Sounds like you have a good deal on opt-in list. As long as they are your own opt-in list and you do not send any spams (message that recipient never asked for) then you should be fine. For technical things I'm not sure.
Do you have time/date/ip stamps on those E-mails to prove they signed up as opt-in? How old is this list? If people forget they signed up and complain to your host/isp, you may get a warning or get shutdown for spamming. Ask your server admin what restrictions they have on outgoing E-mail. Many webhosts now cap sent E-mail at 100 per hour. Don't send BCC either. Send one E-mail to each person individually, otherwise it may trip some spam filters. A lot of people use Aweber for newsletter management. Check them out at the URL below. http://www.aweber.com/
1k list is not a big list. I guess your ISP will even not notice your mailings. Anyway as your list contains opt-in clients you should not worry about your ISP just follow CAN-SPAM act rules. http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.shtm
If its opt-in there wouldnt be any problem. But if I were you, send an intro mail first asking them if they want to receive such information, you can then send the real content after they have replied agreeing to receive that information.
you're option is to find another smtp, usually provided by ISPs or web hosting companies. once you have one, send the email using their smtp server, not to your exchange box.
Thanks for all the input....I have concluded from these tread replys we are fine. The list is actually for a small town(10,000 pl) FTTP roll out. Which as sone as our head end is finished we will be the ISP . We should be fine...because all sign ups have regisitered indicating that they are wanting updates on the progress of the fiber network build to their homes. Thanks to all!