[ih] Design choices in SMTP (custom emails per recipient)

Dave Crocker dhc at dcrocker.net
Thu Feb 9 06:16:14 PST 2023


> The main reason bulk mail is customized these days is to put in 
> unsubscribe links that let recipients unsub with one click without 
> having to guess what address it was sent to.


The other main reason is to measure things like click-through rates, and 
to send more emails, to bug you for not having clicked through yet.

There might be a few other main reasons.

d/

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Dave Crocker
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