php mail() always appearing in spam [gmail hotmail + more]

[MSUK1]

i think because of my code used to send the mail, on my site, its appearing in the spam folder of most of my clients PLUS myself

 

is their a way to eradicate this? correct headers? etc?

[the182guy]

What headers are you using?

[MSUK1]

// To send HTML mail, the Content-type header must be set
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";

// Additional headers
$headers .= 'From: MSUKGroup <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";

// Mail it

if(mail($msuk, $Subject2, $usermail, $headers)){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../Contact/?sent=successful\">";
}

else {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../Contact/?sent=error\">";
}

 

i know im using an out-dated refresh method just focus on the headers for now hehe x

[PHPTOM]

This might not be down to you personally, but the server been blacklisted. Are you on free shared hosting by any chance?

[MSUK1]

yes shared, but i had the hosting provider change the outgoing mail IP

 

still think thats the issue?

 

if so i wil purchase a Dedi IP

[PHPTOM]

It will most probably be the server's host name that has been blocked and not the IP

[the182guy]

Use the reply-to header, make sure your from address is a real mailbox that can receive - some spam filters check this.

 

The correct format is the name in quotes like

 

// Additional headers

$headers .= 'From: "MSUKGroup" <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";

 

I would try playing around with the from name aswell, try to seperate it into MSUK Group, see if it changes anything.

 

If possible, use the above format for the recipient email address aswell, including the recipients first and last name if you have it.

[MSUK1]

so in php

// Additional headers
$headers .= 'From: \"MSUKGroup\" <[email protected]>' . "\r\n";