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Mail goes to Junk folder in hotmail

I am able to send an email successfully to my gmail account and the mail goes to the INBOX, but when i send it to hotmail it reaches the Junk/Spam folder?

I am using System.Net.Mail to send email.

Solution

  • Gmail and Hotmail will be running different junk mail filters so while your e-mail is acceptable to one it might not be to the other.

    Make sure that your e-mail is well formed:

    • the headers are valid
    • the content type matches the body
    • the title is set and relevant to the content
    • the body doesn't contain a lot of images/links etc

    You could try sending the mail as plain text rather than HTML.

    The fall back position is to tell your subscribers to add your sending e-mail address to their white list. It's not ideal, but it will allow your e-mails through.