Not definitive, and some may not be necessary, but here is what I try to do:
Dont put "your order" or "receipt" in the subject. Dont put "opt out" or "remove yourself" in the body. Dont have any swear words. Or Viagra. Or enlargement. Have a good valid word to nonsense word (not found in a dictionary) ratio If at all possible, send as txt. If not possible due to marketing and design types, send as combo html and txt. Make sure the From and repond-to fields are well named (don't use [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Stay away from ! Stay away from all caps. Make sure all URLs make sense and are human readable Make sure your mail server has a valid mx record. Dont use the color "red" or "ff0000" in your html. Avoid sizes like XX and XXX and use the more standard XXL and XXXL Of course, you could also run the sample of your email through trial versions of various filter to see what about it is getting filtered. Or send the list the content of the email for another dozen set of eyes. Maybe we could pick out the obvious culprits. On 8/24/05, Snake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If they are HTML emails they will often get caught as these are generally > considered spam. > If it is an opt-in list you really need to tell users to add you to their > whitelist so they can receive your emails. > > Russ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 August 2005 18:48 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Lowering spam profile of CF generated emails > > I have a simple PayPal based registration system for our site: > www.sierraOutdoorRecreation.com. Upon completion of the payment process, I > send out a standard confirmation e-mail with initial username and password > and transaction data. > > We are having a fairly high incidence of these e-mails being trapped in spam > filters and not reaching the intended recipients. > > What can I do to make these e-mails less spam looking? > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the > sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any > copies of this message. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:216241 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
