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All my email is going to the spam

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:14 pm
by evilmonkey
Hello,

All the php-generated emails I send, people complain that it ends up in thier spam boxes. =( This is really annoying, both for me (because people don't recieve important things from my site) and for them because they're actually waiting for those important emails to come. My question is, if a user has a hotmail (*barfs*) account and the spam settings set on standard (regular, whatever it's called, I don't use hotmail), what headers would I need to set (and what do I set them to) in order for my message not to be classified as spam? Thanks. =)

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:06 pm
by shiznatix

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:13 pm
by evilmonkey
Wow, that's so complicated...I'm looking for something that simply uses the mail() function. :(

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 5:18 pm
by Burrito
most spam filters use a scoring system to score an email. If after tallying all the points, it reaches a certain threshhold then it gets put to spam.

some things it takes into consideration:

specific words (<span style='color:red;text-decoration:blink' title='Alert a moderator!'>grilled spam</span>, pr0n etc)
header-specific information
whether or not it's html and if so does it contain certain tags

probably the best thing to do is try some different derivations of your email and see what you can slip through

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:27 pm
by Luke
evilmonkey wrote:Wow, that's so complicated...I'm looking for something that simply uses the mail() function. :(
The mail function blows.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:35 pm
by mabufo
I tried out the mail function - and it doesn't even get sent to me - though it's probably server related.

EDIT: if anyone has any idea on how to get that fixed up... pm me, please!

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 6:10 pm
by evilmonkey
Okay, so mail() function blows...how does the class mentioned in the scond post help me bypass spam detectors? (BTW, i'm not sendring out <span style='color:red;text-decoration:blink' title='Alert a moderator!'>grilled spam</span>, porn, pr0n, or any unsolicited emails. This is for users of my site for things like welcome emails and password recovery :? )