I have a list of about 20,000 agents I would like to send emails too. The problem is, I cant find a company that will allow me to send out 20,000 emails in one day. Gmail only lets me send 500/day. Has anyone ran into this problem?

Yes, my ISP only allows 100 emails a day. I do have several sites with another hoster however that allows unlimited.

You'll find many variations; hourly limit, daily limit, etc.

Try constantcontact.com. I have never tried to send out more than 5,000, but I haven't had a problem with that. With Constant Contact you can also track who is opening your messages, clicking through to your website, and forwarding it to anyone.

There are steep fines for spaming. If these people have not opted in. What you guys doing in this regards. I have a large list but concerned with the Federal laws. I have located companies for mass mail outs. Please advise.

VM Group: If I'm one of them, you will get forwarded to the enforcement division for Federal CAN SPAM Act.

Have you tried contacted you ISP to increase your daily quota?

Jim....tough guy...there is no law against sending people emails...i thought by being a virtual assistant you would know the tech laws

i actually use streamsend now...am getting great response from the agents too.

www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.htm

yes, i have seen that link, and i am breaking absolutely NO laws...wheres the news jflynn?

I didn't say you were breaking laws. I corrected you when you said there were no laws against sending email. I'm sure your spam is entirely legal.

Good comment J. Thanks for the post. The full text of the law is an interesting read. What seems to get more of the spammers isn't technical violations in the email. It's more often where the email addresses came from. Almost all of the commercial online drip email services are paranoid about requiring "opt-in" before allowing names on your list. Paying for the addresses, etc. can mean that, somewhere in the chain to you, there was a gathering mechanism that violates the canspam act...hence the mention of "affirmative consent" multiple times in the act.

Here's a quote from the ftc.gov site: "You can forward spam directly to the Commission at spam@uce.gov without using the complaint form."