At About.com, guide Heinz Tschabitscher explains how to Make Sure Your ISP Doesn't Filter Your Newsletters as Spam. He says:

" You may not be aware of it, but your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is probably filtering all your email for spam automatically. ... As long as they only filter out the spam this is a good thing (though not even this should happen without the user's consent), but important mail or newsletters may fall victim to these spam filtering tactics, too. "

He then goes on to explain how learn about your ISPs spam policy, how to find out if you can whitelist the newsletters and other non-personal email you wish to receive, or take other steps so that these emails are not filtered or blocked by your ISP. It is quite time consuming, and requires a lot of effort on the part of the subscriber to stay connected to their favorite publishers.

If you like reading lots of complicated corporate policy and technical instructions, by all means, go for it! But if you would prefer to have your online publications delivered immediately to your desktop with no interference, ask your publisher to switch to a Quikonnex channel, the email-alternative. Q Channels are easy for publishers, but they are also very easy and convenient for subscribers. With our free channel viewers, QuikView and DeskView, you are directly connected to your favorite publishers' channels and you can be notified the instant the publisher adds a new item to his channel. You get all the news directly, immediately, with no interference and you cannot be spammed.

Q Channels support comments, so you can respond to your publisher's articles, right in the channel. Plus, the private QMTP messenger makes two-way communication within Q Channels fast, easy and email-free.

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