Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/17/07 20:28

RageARC wrote:
> Sanders Kaufman:
>> It may cost a nickel or two, but sending your mail out through a third
>> party SMTP server that uses SSL, instead of your hosting providers
>> default mail relay may allow the mail to go through.
>
> Can you tell me where I can get access to one?
>
> Satya:
> Does it send without going to spam box? This is for a job as well ;).
>

Probably not. The most common reason for email going into spam
mailboxes is incorrect headers in the email - especially FROM: headers.
This can be caused by incorrect PHP code (or PHP configuration), an
incorrect MTA configuration, or a conflict between the MTA's headers and
the PHP headers (i.e. sending mail from www.example.com and saying it's
from satya@example.org).

Other spam filters look at the sending MTA, and if it's from a dynamic
address (most often home users), flag it as spam. (see below)

Less often, particularly if you have a good hosting company, email from
a server can be flagged as spam because someone else on your server has
sent spam and caused the server to be blacklisted. A good hosting
company will cancel the account immediately, stopping the spam, and the
server will be taken off the blacklists within 24-48 hours.

BTW - When you set up to send email from your home machine (i.e. MS
Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) you need to specify a server - typically
your ISP or hosting company. Even though your home computer would be on
a dynamic IP address, the ISP or hosting company's server is not - and
that is the one the email is coming from.

So the first place to start is to examine the headers and compare a
working one with one flagged as spam (preferably from the same server).
Investigate any differences.

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