We are reviewing our WordFly integration in relation to handling response codes. I'd like to know how other organizations handle soft bounces. Do your soft bounces eventually turn into a hard bounce? If so how long do you wait? Is there anything you specifically do with your soft bounces? I appreciate any discussion or opinions. thanks!!
Thank you Jamie. The discussion point we are having is when and how does a soft bounce turn into a hard bounce. We recently ran a report from WordFly that showed over 16,000 soft bounces, some of which apparently are turning into potential blacklist initiators. Does a soft bounce convert to a hard bounce in 3 months? 6 months? Do you have any special handling rules or CSI’s generated at the soft bounce level once it’s been listed for a specific period of time?
Again, I appreciate the discussion and opinions.
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From: Tessitura Marketing Forum [mailto:forums-marketing@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Jamie O'Brien Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 7:31 AM To: Randall A. Mitchell Subject: Re: [Tessitura Marketing Forum] "Best Practices" for Soft Bounces
Hi Randall -
My understanding is that a soft bounce means an Out of Office type message and a hard bounce means that the email address isn't valid. I would presume that an Out of Office that's really saying that a person has left a company, etc will eventually turn into a hard bounce. I'm not inclined to pay much attention to soft bounce stats, but know I want to pin down exactly how we treat hard bounces--need to make sure changes to the record will be on the address level rather than simply marking the entire record Do Not Email, etc.
If others have a different read on the soft bounce meaning, I would like to hear if my knowledge has become outdated though.
Jamie
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