> On 12 Jan 2026, at 11:20, Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Am 12.01.26 um 11:53 schrieb Laura Atkins via mailop: >> The fact is mail from domains that have never been seen before is a lot like >> mail from IPs that have never been seen before: more likely to be spam than >> not. >> > That is true, but that's not the real problem. > > The problem is that the mitigation mechanisms used by large operations don't > really work for small senders. > I see the problem a little differently, but that’s a legitimate view. > If I am a legitimate sender and my mails get rejected or spam binned by > Google and the likes, I need some way of telling them and having them fix > that false positive classification. > I get it. I am in the exact same situation for our business and personal mail.
On the flip side: the spammers will also report false positives and flood that channel making it useless. > If they just keep telling me "you must publish correct SPF/DKIM/DMARC > policies" and I'm already doing that, it's clear that they just don't GAF > about my or my users problem reaching their users. > We’re in a very difficult position with deliverability and it is frustrating. I do followups through other channels for all incoming sales inquiries due to those challenges. It’s frustrating and icky and hard. But it’s also where we are right now. laura -- The Delivery Expert Laura Atkins Word to the Wise [email protected] Delivery hints and commentary: http://www.wordtothewise.com/blog
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