Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Political Sending Reputation

Ever wondered what the sending reputation was for your favorite presidential candidate?

Here's the IP addresses and Sender Score ranking for the last three mailings I've received from each of them. The Sender Score number was noted at the time I originally received the message.

Candidate IP Score
Barack Obama 69.25.74.173 80
Barack Obama 69.25.74.172 70
Barack Obama 69.25.74.186 70
John McCain 64.203.105.82 65
John McCain 64.203.98.31 55
John McCain 64.203.105.83 65

A higher Sender Score number is usually considered better. Looks like very generally speaking, Obama's sending reputation may be a bit higher than McCain's. Of particular concern to me is both candidates seem to be mailing from multiple IP addresses. Why is that? I hope it's not to avoid blocking.