[AccessD] Automated Emails from Access - Questions on How toPrevent Emails from Being Categorized As Spam

Brad Marks BradM at blackforestltd.com
Thu Mar 3 19:09:57 CST 2011


Stuart,

Thanks for your advice.

We are using a third-party Email tool called Febooti.  This tool allows us to set the "From" field.

>From our tests, I can look at the Email header info.  In there I see "from dell-999 ([0.0.0.0]) by AcmeLtd.com" in addition to the normal "From" field.

This got me wondering if we perhaps need to rename our "Email Server" so that it is the same as what we are plugging into the "From" field.  Maybe I am over-thinking this.  The interesting thing is that in some of our tests, the generated Email ended up in the Spam folder for recipients within our office.  This really made me wonder how often our customers would have our Emails landing in their Spam folders.

Thanks again,
Brad

PS.  Looks like my question on Spam will not raise nearly the excitement that the Primary Key debate has raised :-)

 



 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Thu 3/3/2011 6:39 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Automated Emails from Access - Questions on How toPrevent Emails from Being Categorized As Spam
 
"What can be done to prevent an outgoing Email from being classified as spam?"

Don't use "spammy" Subjects.  Don't use ALL CAPITALS. Make sure that there is a plain text 
part.


"Do we need to have the "computer name" equal to the "From" in order to
reduce the chances of our Emails being classified as spam?"

The internet headers the From:  header are two different things.  The From: address needs 
to be a real email address.  How are you setting it.



On 3 Mar 2011 at 16:58, Brad Marks wrote:

> We are putting together a small Access 2007 Application which will
> automatically send Emails when orders are received and when orders are
> shipped.
> 
> Everything seems to be working nicely in our initial system tests.
> 
> However, this is new territory for us and we have some concern that
> our automatically generated Emails will be categorized as spam by the
> various Emails programs that are used by our customers who will be
> receiving our Emails.
> 
> Admittedly, these questions are more "Email" questions than "Access"
> questions, but I thought that some of you many have run into these
> issues previously and may be able to point us in the right direction.
> 
> What can be done to prevent an outgoing Email from being classified as
> spam?
> 
> In the Email header info, I can see the computer name like this...
> 
> from dell-999 ([0.0.0.0]) by AcmeLtd.com
> 
> We would like to use an Email "From" address like
> "Order_Confirmation at AcmeLtd.com.
> 
> Do we need to have the "computer name" equal to the "From" in order to
> reduce the chances of our Emails being classified as spam?
> 
> Again, this is a new area for us.  We have tried to find info on the
> internet, but no relevant articles have been found so far.   
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help, insights, advice.
> 
> Brad
> 
> PS.  A couple weeks ago, my wife and I visited the Hormel Spam Museum
> in Austin, Minnesota.  One of their many displays is a video of the
> Monty Python "Spam" skit which some people claim was the origin of the
> word "spam" (as in unwanted Email).
> 
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