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email getting marked as spam, why?

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Hi,

I have tried sending email, but everytime I do it gets marked as spam (at least in Gmail!!!).

I do nothing special but sending some text.

I set X-Mailer: PHP 5 and From: mysite@mydomain.com for headers.

What should I do?[/i]
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Well, it's up to Google's spam filter as to what's considered spam or not. They've probably documented it.

Oftentimes, automated e-mails are considered spam anyway. Just tell your users to check their Junk Mail folder.
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superdezign wrote:Well, it's up to Google's spam filter as to what's considered spam or not. They've probably documented it.

Oftentimes, automated e-mails are considered spam anyway. Just tell your users to check their Junk Mail folder.
Omg that's way too stupid. "Hey don't forget to check your spambox" :S

And I don't see any reason why I am not allowed to send welcome mails they just have plain regular english text =/
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kaisellgren wrote:"Hey don't forget to check your spambox"
Pretty much every website that I've signed up for that has a lot of visitors says to check your Junk Mail folder. Stronger filters count automated e-mail as spam, especially from servers that send a lot of them.

I'm clueless as to how they know, but they know.
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superdezign wrote:
kaisellgren wrote:"Hey don't forget to check your spambox"
Pretty much every website that I've signed up for that has a lot of visitors says to check your Junk Mail folder. Stronger filters count automated e-mail as spam, especially from servers that send a lot of them.

I'm clueless as to how they know, but they know.
Well my website is new since I bought hosting just yesterday. I have not been ever sending mails from there.
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Post by feyd »

d11wtq has posted many times about why mail gets marked as spam. I seem to remember an article on the Swiftmailer site specifically about it too.
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Post by thiscatis »

"Wanna earn free money by reading emails? Be sure to visit...."

I'm glad they mark it as spam.
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ok nothing...
thiscatis wrote:"Wanna earn free money by reading emails? Be sure to visit...."

I'm glad they mark it as spam.
Laughing out loud. I have totally forgotten that site.
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Whohoo. That was what I were looking for, thanks :)
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