Learn about Spamtrap

Spamtrap is an email address used by Internet Service Providers (ISPs), anti-spam organizations, and other groups to trap spammers. They send an email to inactive contacts or unregistered contacts. Spamtraps is like a regular email address and is usually made up of old email accounts that the original owner no longer uses.

Why is it a problem?

Email service providers (ESP) and anti-spam organizations do not provide information about email addresses used to trap senders who act like a spammer because if the sender knows it will avoid the purpose of Spamtrap.

For this reason, Taximail cannot search or block these email addresses for you. When you send a campaign to a list with Spamtrap, the first thing that email providers are blocking delivery, which is a big issue affecting the delivery of Taximail service users.

How Spamtraps is in your email list?

New Spamtrap is created all the time by means of recycling unused email addresses that may be mixed in your list. If your list has never been managed, these email addresses will remain in the list and become Spamtrap. Sometimes, sellers of email lists may use Spamtrap that is mixed with information on the website. They come to sell to you email lists and email addresses do not have any real users. There will be no opening, clicking, or any activity happening.

How do you manage Spamtrap?

You should focus on managing the contact email list regularly. Delete contacts that do not interact with you and ask the contact to update the profile. If your list has not been used for a long time or have a problem with the collection of a list try sending Opt-in email customization to all your subscriber. In order to check who is still interested in receiving news from you. This method will help bounce rates, spam reporting and the request for cancellation of the newsletter. You have to be strategic as well when you send an email to your list, give them a reason to stay and not go away.