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One example might be an energy company (they tend to be big) that will send bills to a significant percentage of any residential area in its catchment area, pro
by brigandish 4y ago
One example might be an energy company (they tend to be big) that will send bills to a significant percentage of any residential area in its catchment area, probably four times a year at around the same time for everyone. Now repeat for water companies, phone companies, local government et cetera.
- mattl 4y agoNo reason for those to be bulk emails. They’d just be customized per customer.
- MiyamotoAkira 4y agoBulk, for a mail delivery company, refers exclusively to volume. You get discount on volume. Creating massive volumes of customized mails has been trivial for years.
- mattl 4y agoMy comment was about email, not snail mail.
- dredmorbius 4y ago<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35753488 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35753488>