Autoresponders getting marked as Spam

  • NFFT
    Asked on August 27, 2020 at 9:31 PM

    Hi,

    Is there anything we can do to stop our form notifications/autoresponders from getting marked as SPAM?

    Example:

    Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 5:06 PM
    Subject: [SPAM] Re: North Fork Foodie Tour 2020 Registration Form - Sharna N

    Thanks, Steve

  • Vanessa_T
    Replied on August 28, 2020 at 2:27 AM

    You can use your own SMTP details to send emails or create an email filter on your email client.

    How-to-Setup-SMTP-for-a-Form

  • NFFT
    Replied on August 28, 2020 at 4:31 PM

    OK thanks I did it. I've used Verified email method for dozens of my clients and never had a problem that I'm aware of.

    Do you generally recommend SMTP?

    Thanks,

    Steve


  • Kenneth JotForm Support
    Replied on August 28, 2020 at 7:17 PM

    Hi there,

    Yes, as the guide my colleague mentioned, we send out a huge number of emails on a daily basis and most servers or email providers are flagging it as spam as part of their security, by setting up STMP this scenario would not mostly occur.

    Let us know if you have any further questions.

    Best.

  • NFFT
    Replied on August 28, 2020 at 8:06 PM

    In my tests it appears that all the Notification emails are getting marked as SPAM.

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    But the Autoresponders sent to the registrants are not being marked as SPAM.

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    So at least the people signing up aren't seeing SPAM.

    Any thoughts on why?

    Thanks,

    Steve



  • Vanessa_T
    Replied on August 28, 2020 at 9:26 PM

    That entirely depends on your email service provider. Since the notification email address and the autoresponder email address have different domains, each of those email service provider may have different rules on which emails to flag as spam.

    I also suggest you coordinate with your email service provider so they do not flag emails from JotForm as spam. Kindly have them whitelist JotForm's IP Addresses and Domains by following this guide:

    Whitelisting-JotForm-IP-Addresses-and-Domains