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[Mark H. Roe]

Thanks John for the import email information. I didn't ask though,can you tell me what type of format your system uses? Ie: outlook,or a MS excel.ect for the upload? Thanks again John.

[John Onofrey]

You can export your address book from most email applications such as MS Outlook into a Comma Seperated Value (CSV) text file or a tab delimited file which can be imported into our system.

Data base files such as MS Excel or Access are easily imported into the system.

http://www.homehintsenews.com/dbpage...age_name=begin

[John Onofrey]

John Onofrey, President of Grail Media, LLC is pleased to announce the addition of Associate Editor, Katherine Hauswirth. Katherine has worked as a technical writer and editor for more than 6 years. She has edited journals, slide kits, and educational presentations for a wide variety of clients. Her articles and essays have been published in The Writer, The Writer’s Handbook 2003, and Byline. Katherine has a great resource for home inspection terms — she is married to a home inspector (Tom Hauswirth of Beacon Fine Home Inspections).

[John Onofrey]

We ran the Feb. issue through a content checker which determines how likely it is that the newsletter may be considered as spam and rejected by different mail server spam filters.

The newsletter scored 1.5 out of 5 (5 being the worst) which indicates that the newsletter was likely to be received by most mail servers.

We have indentified room for improvement however, and we will be adjusting accordingly for the March issue. Our goal is to acheive the lowest rating possible.

Here is the commentary from the content checker:

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COMMENTARY:

Well done! Your email scored less than 5.0. the assessment suggests your email is likely to reach your audience.

Take a careful look at detailed results, particularly if your score is close to 5.0.
- What techniques or content made your email look like spam?
- How important are the high-scoring design and content elements to the core message?
- What changes could you make so the email is less likely to be mistaken for spam by filters?

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Deliverability of your newsletters is very high on our priority list and we will be working diligently to receive the best possible deliverable rates for our users.

[Russell Spriggs]

A couple days after the last release, a former client called to book an inspection.
Yesterday, it happened again with another out of state investor.

Good initial service, with personal and Home Hints e-News followups, have been helping here; our home sales market has been dead here for at least a couple of weeks.

After 2 years of explosive growth, the out of state investors are looking elsewhere. So are many of the natives, who cannot afford to purchase homes here. Same thing I saw in Colorado several years ago.

Great service you offer, John; just one of those 2 inspections during this "Dry Spell" pays for a year's HHN. The other ensures that the next mortgage payment is on hand.

Unfortunately, there are other inspectors who are not doing even this "well" in our area - a sad state of affairs for mid-June.