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📊 Responsibility Matrix

AreaMailerLogic ResponsibilityYour Responsibility
Deliverability & IP Reputation• Maintain clean shared IP pools
• Auto-throttling and rate limiting
• Blocklist monitoring
• IP warmup scheduling
• Scanner filtering
• Send compliant, opt-in email only
• Avoid spam triggers and blackhat tactics
• Follow warmup guidance
• Monitor sender reputation
Content Quality• Pre-send Content Scoring API
• Spam keyword detection
• HTML validation
• RFC 8058 compliance checks
• Write high-quality, non-spammy content
• Avoid deceptive or prohibited content
• Test emails before sending at scale
Compliance (CAN-SPAM, GDPR, CASL)• Auto-insert RFC 8058 One-Click Unsubscribe headers
• Suppression list management
• Unsubscribe request processing
• Data encryption at rest
• Honor unsubscribes in segmentation
• Obtain consent before sending
• Maintain permission-based lists
• Include required legal disclosures
Reputation Monitoring• Automated Health Score tracking
• Bad Sender detection
• Continuous bounce/complaint monitoring
• Proactive alerting
• Improve campaigns when warned
• Maintain good engagement metrics
• Keep bounce/complaint rates low
Domain & Email Validation• Domain DNS validation
• Detect risky/disposable domains
• Ensure DKIM/SPF/DMARC alignment
• Email syntax validation
• Use legitimate sending domains
• Ensure DNS is configured correctly
• Validate recipients before sending
Security & Infrastructure• Secure MTA infrastructure
• Encrypted data storage
• API authentication
• Bot protection and rate limiting
• Secure API keys
• Maintain account access control
• Follow security best practices
• Rotate keys periodically
Analytics Accuracy• Human-vs-scanner classification
• Click/open filtering
• Bot suppression for metrics
• Real tracking data
• Use analytics responsibly
• Interpret human-only statistics correctly
• Don't rely solely on open rates
Abuse Prevention• Auto-block abusive sending patterns
• Quarantine malicious content
• Stop high-risk sends
• Monitor for policy violations
• Avoid spam/promotional blasts from transactional streams
• Follow terms of service
• Report suspicious activity
Bounce & Complaint Handling• Automatic bounce suppression
• FBL complaint handling
• Auto-removal of bad addresses
• Invalid email detection
• Do not re-upload suppressed contacts
• Maintain clean subscriber lists
• Remove inactive recipients
Email Streams (Transactional/Marketing)• Enforce stream rules
• Ensure transactional traffic stays clean
• Auto-inject proper headers
• Choose correct stream type
• Do not mix marketing content in transactional messages
• Use appropriate templates