Alternatives to avoid domain from being blacklisted

Question

We outsource our web and email hosting to a web hosting company and occasionally I get complaints from our clients or internal staff that mail from our domain does not reach the intended recipient or they end up in the intended recipient's junk mail.

I've contacted our hosting provider on this and they did help us with a few unblock requests but it will certainly end up being in the blacklist again after a few days.

We're on shared hosting and I'm wondering if there is an alternative to prevent our domain from being blacklisted?

Christopher Perrin · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-21T23:01:53.513

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You can raise your credibility towards other servers by

using DKIM to sign your mails
setting a proper SPF-Policy
doing virus scans on outgoing mails
try to get far far far away from a shared mailserver because they can ruin all your efforts
use a third-party service that maintains a better reputation by being proactive against spam, like Mandrill, SendGrid, Postmark, Amazon SES, etc

P.S. This list is open for additions

edited Oct 21 '13 at 23:01

answered Aug 07 '13 at 18:45

Christopher Perrin

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You can also use a third-party service that maintains a better reputation by being proactive against spam, like Mandrill, SendGrid, Postmark, Amazon SES, etc. – ceejayoz Aug 07 '13 at 18:47
@ceejayoz: I added yours to the list – Christopher Perrin Aug 07 '13 at 18:49
Hi. Thanks for the reply. Point 5 do look interesting. Can it be integrated to my existing shared hosting? – NAT3863 Aug 08 '13 at 06:41

ALex_hha · Answer 2 · 2013-08-08T07:28:36.030

Additions to the list @ChristopherPerrin provided:

You must have correct DNS records
MX record(s) should points to the A record, not CNAME.
You should avoid of using ip address in MX records
A record should preferred point to the MX records and vice versa
For relay mails you should use smtp authentication
You should periodically analyze mail log to examine any abnormal activity to avoid falling into black lists

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