It is portable, auditable, and straightforward. No vendor lock-in. No proprietary schema. Just raw data.
john@a.com jane@b.com sales@c.com " user@domain.com " will cause delivery errors. Use tools like trim() in scripts or find/replace in your editor. 3. Lowercase All Addresses Email addresses are technically case-insensitive, but using all lowercase prevents duplication issues. Example: John.Doe@Example.com → john.doe@example.com 4. Remove Duplicates Duplicate emails waste money (if paying per subscriber) and look unprofessional. Use command line (Linux/macOS): email list txt file
$emails = file("email_list.txt", FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES); foreach($emails as $email) mail($email, "Subject", "Message"); It is portable, auditable, and straightforward
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sort email_list.txt | uniq > cleaned_list.txt Or online duplicates remover (for small files only, never upload sensitive lists to unknown sites). Before importing into any email marketing software, you must validate. A single malformed email can break an import script. Quick Syntax Check (Regex) Valid email regex (simplified): ^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]2,$ Remove Common Invalid Entries Using command line, you can filter out: