sending emails with php so they dont end up filtered out or in junk mail?

[Fog Juice]

Hello,

 

I have created an email validation script that sends out a validation code to users emails before their account is activated. I'm using the php  mail() function to do this but it seems like yahoo is just flat out blocking any emails sent from my domain and other email hosts such as gmail put it into junkmail.

 

$date_arr = getdate();
			 $date = "$date_arr[mday].$date_arr[mon].$date_arr[year]";
			 $sendto = $email;
			 $subject = "Account Activation from Virtual Sims!";
			 $body = "html body text here, removed to save space.";
			 $headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
			 $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
			 $headers .= 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
			'Reply-To: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
			'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
			 $mail_status = mail($sendto, $subject, $body, $headers);

 

Is there a way to allow emails from my domain to go to peoples inbox without them having to setup custom mail rules? It's a pain to ask users to setup mail rules when I now have dozens of people signing up daily.

 

 

Thanks,

Chris

[bubbasheeko]

I use this quite frequently and haven't experienced a problem with emails going to the junk mail.  However, another way you could do it is by routing it through the SMTP server.  That may help.

 

Check this out:

 

http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/et073006.htm