[FX.php List] [OFF] Sending php mail as anyone(?!)

[Joel Shapiro]

Hey Jonathan

For my first test, I had just a couple of words in the body of the  
email, and it did go into my junk folder.

I searched the Net and found "How to (legitimately) minimize being  
seen as spam":
<http://www.swiftmailer.org/wikidocs/v3/tips/spam>

There are a number of tips in that.  For me, the one that seemed to  
make a difference was:  "Don't send really short messages:  I know  
it’s stupid, but it does make a difference. A short email (as in one  
sentence) is more likely be tagged as spam than a long one."  (Now  
*I* wouldn't say that's so stupid ;-)

-Joel


On Jul 31, 2008, at 6:33 AM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Joel,
>
> The game isn't how much email gets SENT. It's how much email gets  
> READ.  Notice I didn't say RECEIVED. You email could very well be  
> RECEIVED, but put in the SPAM or JUNK folder, where it is unlikely  
> to be RECOGNIZED, OPENED or READ.
>
> Between Point A and Point B, there is layer upon layer of hardware  
> and software attempting to decide if your mail goes through or not,  
> often arbitrarily.  You can maximize your success by knowing the  
> hard and fast rules and keeping current with the less defined, ever- 
> changing spam filter rules.  Your mail gets through by NOT doing  
> what the spam filters are looking for, even though you don't really  
> understand what that is.  Fun, huh?
>
> This list isn't the place to have a further discussion unless other  
> folks want to hear it.
>
> Send me an email from the server in question. I will contact you  
> offline and get you started on this bumpy road. ;-)
>
> Jonathan
>
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> At 11:41 PM -0700 7/30/08, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm just starting to look at sending mail via php.
>>
>> What am I missing?  Any recommended primers on this crazy scary  
>> new world?
>>
>> TIA,
>> -Joel
>
>
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> Jonathan Schwartz
> Exit 445 Group
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