Thanks to all of you. This is very helpful!!<br><br>-Brent<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/7/15 Michael and Julie Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:julemik@yahoo.com">julemik@yahoo.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Scott's suggestions are good. When I had the same issues, I went to
<a href="http://www.dnsstuff.com" target="_blank">http://www.dnsstuff.com</a> and ran a free trial of their "Mail Server
Test Center". I typed in my MX record, and it ran several checks on
my DNS. It gave me a thorough analysis of things I needed to do (
including DKIM and SPF ) to make mail from my server more friendly
to other mail relays. <br>
<br>
One of the more simpler kinks that will get mail from your server
listed as spam almost every time is failing to have a reverse PTR
for your DNS MX record. In other words, when you do `dig
<a href="http://mymailserver.whatever.com" target="_blank">mymailserver.whatever.com</a>`, whatever IP address returns would result
in the name <a href="http://mymailserver.whatever.com" target="_blank">mymailserver.whatever.com</a> when you `dig
the.ip.address.returned` ( a reverse lookup ). Mail Server Test
Center runs some of these more simpler checks too.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Michael J. Jones<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 7/14/2011 10:14 PM, Scott Wessels wrote:
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<br>
<br>
Check out <a href="http://www.dkim.org/" target="_blank">http://www.dkim.org/</a> and <a href="http://www.openspf.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openspf.org/</a>.
<br>
<br>
Also, <a href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126" target="_blank">https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81126</a> .
<br>
<br>
SPF requires a TXT DNS entry, and DKIM could be incorporated into
your Mail::Sendmail routines
<a href="http://search.cpan.org/search?query=dkim" target="_blank">http://search.cpan.org/search?query=dkim</a> .
<br>
<br>
Regards,
<br>
Scott Wessels
<br>
USGN/CTO/<a href="http://usgn.net" target="_blank">usgn.net</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Brent Roberts wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hello all.
<br>
<br>
A little off topic but I thought I see if anyone has experience
with this. I work for a start up here in town called
Ourbucketlist.com.
<br>
<br>
We send out emails to users when they sign up for the site
(have been using Mail::Sendmail ). But our emails are often
blocked by the spam
<br>
filters of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and so on.
<br>
<br>
Does anyone know of some tips to help get around spam filters?
We are not spam!! :)
<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you.
<br>
<br>
<br>
-Brent Roberts
<br>
<br>
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