A Word about FeedBlitz, AOL, and Yahoo

AOL and Yahoo are making changes that affect your subscriptions to blogs - not just my blog. I have received a few unsubscription notices that say "ISP requested removal." That's malarky. It's your right to decide whose e-mail you wish to receive, not your Internet Service Provider's.

This issue has to do with DMARC (e-mail authentication method) changes, and it's becoming a problem for bloggers. The AOL and Yahoo policies block a lot of spam, but also a lot of legit mail in the process. While FeedBlitz is working to say one step ahead of them, I'd recommend you add feedblitz@mail.feedblitz.com to your contacts to ensure that you get my e-mails. There is no legitimate ISP reason to unsubscribe from a blog. Best Things in Beauty does not send spam.

If you wish to read more, head over to this link: http://www.feedblitz.com/aol-follows-yahoo-with-dmarc-changes/. It's written for bloggers, but you'll get the gist. Here is another one, but you can Google it and see hundreds of articles.

My opinion? The whole thing is nuts.

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