[OT] Email from my domain goes to Hotfile junk

[Stephen]

On 12-02-27 09:49 PM, Andrej Marjan wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     I have had a number of models experience trouble in receiving
>     email from my domain dawsonsphotography.com
>     <http://dawsonsphotography.com>
>
>     I use an inexpensive shared host, but the smtp server I use is
>     actually rogers.
>
>     It is routed by hotmail into their junk folder.
>
>     Is there anything that I can do to make this less likely?
>
>
> My wild guess is that it has something to do with SPF or DomainKeys or 
> whatever the current preferred system is. Essentially, the Rogers SMTP 
> server isn't the sanctioned/properly registered SMTP server for your 
> domain, so your email is considered far more likely to be spam these 
> days because your email domain and the server don't match. I don't 
> know if it's possible to designate their server appropriately without 
> their involvement.
>
> You could try using your web host's SMTP server. Presumably they've 
> already set things up correctly for you.
>
> Or wait for a mail admin to reply...
>
Rogers. like most ISPs block SMTP ports to any IP except that of their 
own SMTP servers. Cuts down on spam from their IP ranges.

So I can't connect to my domain host's SMTP server. I imagine this is 
very common.
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