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====== How to avoid email being blocked or blacklisted ====== | ====== How to avoid email being blocked or blacklisted ====== | ||
- | A blacklist is a list of IP addresses or domains that have been identified | + | A blacklist is a list of IP addresses or domains that have been identified |
- | Getting your emails blocked or landing | + | Getting your emails blocked or landed |
- | * Ask your recipients to add your email address into their contact list. | + | * Ask your recipients to add your email address |
- | * Send email from a legitimate address that is checked by a real person. Email addresses with random letters and numbers will trigger spam filters and can lead to your email being blocked. | + | * Send email from a legitimate address that is checked by a real person. Email addresses with random letters and numbers will trigger spam filters and can lead to emails |
- | * Clean your email recipient list regularly to avoid repeatedly sending | + | * Clean your email recipient list regularly to avoid repeatedly sending |
* Scan your PC with an anti-virus program regularly to ensure it is clean from viruses and malware. An infected PC can be used as part of a botnet to send spam. | * Scan your PC with an anti-virus program regularly to ensure it is clean from viruses and malware. An infected PC can be used as part of a botnet to send spam. | ||
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* Don’t repeatedly send emails with the same or similar content. Every email that you send should consist of unique content. | * Don’t repeatedly send emails with the same or similar content. Every email that you send should consist of unique content. | ||
- | * Avoid sending attachments. Sending attachments may get your email blocked, but not blacklisted. The effect on deliverability may be the same, but the remedy is to simply not send attachments rather than working to get removed from a list). | + | * Avoid sending attachments. Sending attachments may get your email blocked, but not blacklisted. The effect on deliverability may be the same, but the remedy is to simply not send attachments rather than working to get removed from a list. |
* Don’t use punctuation (e.g. exclamation marks) or words that are often used by spammers like " | * Don’t use punctuation (e.g. exclamation marks) or words that are often used by spammers like " | ||
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