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[Gix]

SPAM problems with rabbit hole

[Nighthawk]

DO you know WHY it's going out as "spam"? Who's your web and mail host?

[thebruce]

It's good to test manually sent emails before doing it officially - look at the headers, check to see if the relay server adds any warnings or notes. Verify required security settings in the script set by the mail provider... sometimes you might need to provide a legitimate (verified) email address for the relay if you're intending to have the From address different.

Usually, the first indicators of spam are in the email headers themselves, then the spam flaggers will check content and such. So yeah, even a simple From, To, subject and message content could be considered spam if the mail relay server doesn't 'trust' the sender.

In short, check all the mail settings, and any security requirements for the mail server you're using to have it consider your sent mail and/or script.

[Gix]

I've used a own build script in php. Guess that there is the problemen.

But i was sending from a hosting provider as a hotmail adres, i guess that wouldn't help too

But people picked-up the trail head out of there spam mail

[thebruce]

Yeah, most SMTP servers won't relay mail from email addresses they don't know or trust, so unless you're using a hotmail SMTP server, making the 'from' different will likely raise a flag on the SMTP relay when it's being sent, and if it does relay (send out) your email, it could very well be adding that warning email header.

If you want to send mass email without the technical stuff, I'd look into a mass mailing service, or mailing list script or something along those lines. Creating your own SMTP mailer script will be asking for tighter security and potential spam flagging if you don't have a trusted account with the SMTP provider.

[Nighthawk]

[Gix]

The first thing was giving the trouble, sending a mail like it was a hotmail email adres from my own host..
yes i know really stupid from me.. but have learned for the next time...
But people have picked it up and are playing