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Switching Daily Email Newsletter from FeedBurner to Mad Mimi — DMARC Yahoo AOL issue

May 5, 2014 By Shelley Zurek 48 Comments

Feedburner emails no longer going through to AOL, Yahoo and More? DMARC Yahoo Issue

Feedburner DMARQ AOL Yahoo Emails 2

Wrong number subscribers shown & not receiving email with blogposts

Yahoo and AOL have made a drastic change to their ability to receive certain emails, specifically feed emails. Millions of mailing list deliveries are getting bounced and the subscribers have no idea! They’re not even given the opportunity to review it first.

Have you checked your Feedburner? Drop may be the the DMARC Yahoo Issue

My numbers of emails to my subscribers had been cut by more than a half (4600 subscribers versus 1900 receiving) due to this DMARC Yahoo issue which started around April 7.

Here’s some in-depth articles you absolutely must read on the DMARC Yahoo, AOL Issue. I did not go into detail in this blog post, so read these articles :

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2141120/yahoo-email-antispoofing-policy-breaks-mailing-lists.html
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html
http://blog.madmimi.com/yahoo-dmarc-changes-email-marketing/
From Yahoo:
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/SLN24016.html?impressions=true

From Googole Feedburner Forums:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/feedburner-statistics/yYkyRkFCYoY
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/feedburner-statistics/oN91YADNjWM

Observations on the DEMARC YAHOO issue:

If you are using feedburner and your “FROM” address associated with your Feedburner feed is a Yahoo email (theblonde@yahoo.com) or gmail.com or aol.com or others, ALL YOUR EMAILS (or some) are bouncing to anyone who has a yahoo address or gmail or aol or others. (The same “bouncing” phenomena is true of AOL or any other ISP using DMARCS).  Let’s be CLEAR.  A TON of your emails are not getting through at all, they are being rejected.  They are not going to spam, they never even get through.  Some people may say they are getting them but MANY ARE NOT!

Feedburner DMARQ AOL Yahoo Emails

My “FROM” address on my feedburner was a gmail one and still I had this massive drop in received emails after April 7. Even when I changed my “From” address to myname@stillblondeafteralltheseyears.com, the issue continued (this is one of the two recommended courses to follow).

WHAT YOU CAN TRY TO FIX THE FEEDBURNER AOL YAHOO DMARC Issue

#1 Unless Yahoo (Aol, gmail, etc) reverses this setting, one recommended workaround (which did not work for me) is this:

a) The Blogger with the Feedburner account (NOT the subscribers – the Blogger), must log in to their Feedburner account.
b) Click on their feed
c) Click “Publicize” then “Communication Preferences”
d) Change the “FROM” email address from using a Yahoo email to some other email – preferably one that is tied to the domain that the feed is for, such mailaddress@yourdomain.com (I was not using a yahoo account but a gmail account. I switched it to this format mailaddress@stillblondeafteralltheseyears.com where I had a email as well. This method has worked for some, it did not for me!)

~ Jim P. via Google feedburner forums

#2 If after a few days #1 doesn’t work, switch your feed to a paid email service.

(Like Mad Mimi, Mail Chimp, Aweber)  This #2 fix seems to be working for most. I can tell you I didn’t want to have to pay but a majority of traffic comes from my email feed so here I go!

I will update if this approach fixed my situation. I signed up for Mad Mimi after much research into pricing and recommendations by some huge bloggers (Simply Stacie and Amy Lynn Andrews).

UPDATE 5/5:  I signed up for Mad Mimi all 4600 of my emails went out instead of the 1900 that were going out on Feedburner!  Big score! I have never worked with such a great company as a blogger. They have a CHAT function and answered questions all day as I set things up!  Highly recommend.

 Mad Mimi Pricing and Service

Madmimi custom plan

 

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Mad Mimi seems to jump from FREE for Basic to $42 but if you look on the right hand side when you have clicked on the pricing tab under “CUSTOM PLAN”, you will see a place to put in your actual numbers of  subscribers/contacts. A lower price will show up! $27 versus $42 for me.  I also use Mail Chimp for my giveaway newsletters because they are free but their daily email RSS feed pricing is triple what Mad Mimi is ($75 versus $27 for me)…so DUH!

You can sign up for Mad Mimi HERE.

*Some links are affiliate links meaning, at no additional cost to you, I may get a small commission if you make a purchase. Thanks for your support in this way!

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  1. barbg says

    April 25, 2016 at 8:48 am

    I have to dig your email every time out of my Spam folder. I keep marking it NOT Spam but google mail is still doing it!

    Reply
  2. Amber Ludwig says

    August 3, 2015 at 6:47 pm

    I love my Gmail!! I wonder often why people use Yahoo and AOl anymore! Gmail is far superior and constantly impresses me!! I have only had one subscription issue with them and I get a lot of stuff!!

    Reply
  3. Sue E says

    June 15, 2015 at 11:18 pm

    I am having the same problem. Maybe I’ll just change email provider. I can always create a rule to have certain emails/newsletters go to a different email box. That just may work. I pay for one box & get the other one “free.” THANKS for the heads up!

    Reply
  4. Theresa says

    May 28, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Thanks for the heads up about Feedburner! I was wondering why I wasn’t receiving a lot of the newsletters I’d signed up for … ?

    Reply
    • Shelley Zurek says

      May 28, 2015 at 1:15 am

      that’s the reason!

      Reply
  5. David Smith says

    June 2, 2014 at 10:31 am

    That is crazy that some emails are just getting dumped and other times they might go through. I also think it is crazy that they will work by subscribing to a paid email service. The whole thing sounds a little fishy to me. When the time comes that I need to have an email service for my blog, I’ll keep MadMimi in mind though. Thanks for all the info.

    Reply
    • Shelley Zurek says

      June 2, 2014 at 6:24 pm

      David, all I can tell you is that with Google 1900 emails where going out (out of my 4600) subscribed. Now 4200 are going out with Mad Mimi! Pretty epic to me. Hope you will use my link if you do ever sign up! Thanks for the read! The Chief Blonde

      Reply
  6. Brit says

    June 2, 2014 at 9:22 am

    Thank you for this post. I have been trying to figure out this email mystery for quite sometime and you have done a great job helping me. I will try these tips to see if it helps me out. Thank you!!!!

    Reply
    • Shelley Zurek says

      June 2, 2014 at 6:26 pm

      Glad I could be of help Brit! If you do ever decide to go with Mad Mimi I hope you will use my link here: https://madmimi.com/s/rZaS

      Reply
  7. Kimba says

    May 18, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    Thank you so much for this information!! Working on reviewing my lists right now…

    Reply
    • Shelley Zurek says

      May 18, 2014 at 10:45 pm

      Great Kimba, Please use my link in the article https://stillblondeafteralltheseyears.com/2014/05/switching-feedburner-mad-mimi-dmarc-yahoo-aol-issue/ for MadMimi if you get a chance! It won’t cost you anything but I get affiliate income from it!

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