Author Archives: Hasan Ali

This problem is caused by spammers who are using a forged email address pretending to be yours. Most spammers will not use a real return address because they will get their account closed very quickly. That’s why they will often … Continued

Most email service providers use complex anti-spam filters. These filters usually determine which email is SPAM based on their experience and practices. Some of the most common reason for emails to end up as SPAM are: The originating domain name … Continued

Usually, this issue is caused by spam-fighting filters on the remote server, incorrectly flagging your messages. Remote email servers have different types of SPAM protection rules for detecting which email is SPAM and which is not. What you can do … Continued

If you receive a bounced-back message saying that IP address X.X.X.X is blacklisted by a spam organization, this means that the aforementioned IP address has been blacklisted for sending unsolicited mail. Such a listing is caused by a complaint to … Continued

When your local IP address has been blacklisted for sending unsolicited mail you might not be able to send mails. In such cases you would have received instructions on how to resolve this issue right in the bounced-back email. Please … Continued

Greylisting is a new popular feature for spam fighting, similar to whitelisting and blacklisting. Each time a mailbox receives an email from an unknown contact (IP), that mail is rejected with a “try again later” message. This means that all … Continued

CAPTCHA is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It is a type of visual confirmation used in websites to ensure the submission of an entry is not automatically done by a computer/bot. Basically, CAPTCHA is an image with a … Continued

In order to secure your e-mail service and make sure that you won’t have issues with e-mail spoofing, you need to set SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for your domain. SPF – You can enable SPF in cPanel -> Email Authentication -> Enable in the SPF … Continued

DKIM stands for DomainKeys Identified Email. Its purpose is to prevent email spoofing and spam. This digitally signed authentication method was created to prove the legitimacy of the email sender and the server from which the email originates. When DKIM is … Continued