What do you consider PURE GI ? and do you email it on its own or with something else? I'd like to know from you guys what you consider PURE GI data? Is it everything apart of BIG 4 and Large Cable companies? Or do you exclude every single known cable company domain from there? do you send to Cable domains from the same ips you send GI? Or maybe just small cable domains along with GI and larger cable domains from elsewhere? i am trying to find out how should I segment that and what to email from which IPs or maybe I shouldn't get to concerned about it and just blast it out? lol appreciate your help...
I've seen it stated both ways, with cables included in GI and also not (by generally-accepted-mailer-definition, TLD refers to the big 4 (but refers to the Top-Level Domain, like .com or .net to everyone else, fyi)). The more information you can get on your data, the better...you need to find out what works best for your setup, your IPs, your lists, and so on. Test, test, test...and test some more. Seed the list with a couple emails you own (so you can physically see how different services handle your email...of course that's not often possible with GI and may be difficult with cables, since you generally have to be a customer), send a test, look at your bounces and failures. There's a sticky in the "noob" section for tools for the Big 4, where you can figure out what errors you're getting and why. Some cables also provide that information, if it's not linked somewhere here you can use your favorite search engine or check the site maps on the cable websites. If you just blast, you won't learn much. If you send, read logs, and learn something from each drop it will be far more beneficial to you in the long run. With GI you'll burn your IPs much faster.
We consider the following domains 'Top Level Domains". Everything else would be GI: *.rr.com adelphia.net aim.com alltel.net ameritech.net ameritrade.com angelfire.com aol.com atlanticbb.net att.net attglobal.net bellatlantic.net bellsouth.net bigfoot.com bresnan.net bright.net btinternet.com cableone.net centurylink.net centurytel.net centurytell.net charter.net chartermi.net citilink.net citlink.net clearwire.net comcast.com comcast.net compuserve.com concentric.net consolidated.net covad.net cox-internet.com cox.net cs.com dell.com earthlink.com earthlink.net embarqmail.com epix.net erols.com eudoramail.com excite.com execpc.com flash.net frontier.net frontiernet.net fuse.net gci.net geocities.com gmail.com go.com googlemail.com gte.net hotmail.co.uk hotmail.com hughes.net icqmail.com inbox.com insightbb.com iowatelecom.net iwon.com ix.netcom.com juno.com knology.com knology.net latinmail.com live.ca live.co.uk live.com localnet.com lycos.com mac.com mail.com mchsi.com mindspring.com msn.com myway.com netins.net netscape.com netscape.net netzero.com netzero.net ntlworld.com onebox.com optonline.com optonline.net pacbell.net peoplepc.com prodigy.net ptd.net q.com qwest.net rcn.com roadrunner.com rock.com rocketmail.com rogers.com rr.com sbcglobal.net sky.com snet.net sprintmail.com suddenlink.com suddenlink.net suddenlinkmail.com swbell.net tds.net usa.com usa.net uswest.net verizon.net voyager.net wavecable.com webtv.net wildblue.net windstream.net wmconnect.com worldnet.att.net wowway.com yahoo.ca yahoo.co.in yahoo.co.uk yahoo.com yahoo.es yahoo.fr ymail.com zoominternet.net zoomtown.com
