How to STOP getting your messages put into the junk mail folder for Yahoo, Outlook, and Hotmail
For the past 6+ months, when sending out emails to customers I noticed that my messages were being sent to their junk mail folder. It was just annoying to me at first, but eventually it began to make me upset. So - I decided to do a little research on the subject, and ran across some interesting information. Here is what I found for the different email companies:
Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail:
It seems that as part of the 'fight against spam', Microsoft has created junk and adult content filters. These Junk and Adult Content filters work by looking for certain keywords within the address, subject, and body of the message. The problem is that it sometimes works against people who are not spammers. If your email has any of the keywords (or keyword combinations) on this list in them, you are not in the person's address book, and/or they haven't previously marked you as 'Not Spam' - then you will probably get put into the junk folder. For a list of some of these keywords, visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010450051033.aspx. Surprisingly, I found three of the keywords listed on this page in the signature I put on ALL of my messages - which explains why my messages were being put in junk mail.
Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, and Other Email Programs
A lot of email companies and web hosting companies use a service called SpamAssassin on their servers. Similar to the Microsoft junk mail filters I described above, SpamAssassin has hundreds of phrases and conditions that can cause your email to be thrown into the spam folder. Even companies that don't use the actual Spam Assassin service - still use their formulas to create their own lists. A list of some of the conditions and keywords is available at http://spamassassin.apache.org/tests_3_0_x.html
Other simple things such as having too much wording with the color red, using too many sales words such as 'guaranteed', the font size being too large or extremely small, or using a large amount of successive quotes or exclamation points will also get you marked as spam.
I hope this helps if you are having the same problems as I was!
- Presario
Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail:
It seems that as part of the 'fight against spam', Microsoft has created junk and adult content filters. These Junk and Adult Content filters work by looking for certain keywords within the address, subject, and body of the message. The problem is that it sometimes works against people who are not spammers. If your email has any of the keywords (or keyword combinations) on this list in them, you are not in the person's address book, and/or they haven't previously marked you as 'Not Spam' - then you will probably get put into the junk folder. For a list of some of these keywords, visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA010450051033.aspx. Surprisingly, I found three of the keywords listed on this page in the signature I put on ALL of my messages - which explains why my messages were being put in junk mail.
Yahoo, AOL, Gmail, and Other Email Programs
A lot of email companies and web hosting companies use a service called SpamAssassin on their servers. Similar to the Microsoft junk mail filters I described above, SpamAssassin has hundreds of phrases and conditions that can cause your email to be thrown into the spam folder. Even companies that don't use the actual Spam Assassin service - still use their formulas to create their own lists. A list of some of the conditions and keywords is available at http://spamassassin.apache.org/tests_3_0_x.html
Other simple things such as having too much wording with the color red, using too many sales words such as 'guaranteed', the font size being too large or extremely small, or using a large amount of successive quotes or exclamation points will also get you marked as spam.
I hope this helps if you are having the same problems as I was!
- Presario
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