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Listia is an online auction site where you sell your unwanted things and bid other people’s stuff using credits instead of real money. Listia relies on email to communicate with their users and since bidding is a real time function, it’s imperative for bid notifications, reminders and friend requests to reach their customer’s inboxes in a timely and reliable manner. However, when membership rose sharply, the 30% increase in emails being sent caused blocks at Hotmail and Yahoo! These blocks had a domino effect. Users didn’t receive important emails and filed complaints. This ultimately led to a lack of user…