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Reputation: 1124

Preventing an email from being sent to Outlook's Junk folder

I'm writing an application that creates a word document and emails it to a user from our shared mailbox. The code works fine, however the message is delivered to the Junk folder instead of the Inbox.

I believe this is because it's coming directly from the email address ([email protected]), instead of the mailbox name in our Global Address List (My Mailbox).

Is there a way to get VB.Net to recognize my Global Address List so I can send directly from the mailbox name; or is there another solution to this problem?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1380

Answers (2)

xpda
xpda

Reputation: 15813

You can set the "from" address in mailmessage.from to the proper email address. However, the "from" address is usually not enough to get an email sent to the spam folder.

There are several steps you can take to make it more likely your email gets through. The links in the comment above Rachel Gallen cover these pretty well.

http://www.allspammedup.com/2009/09/7-ways-to-prevent-your-emails-being-blocked-as-spam/

http://www.interspire.com/content/2006/09/28/improve-your-email-delivery-rates/

Upvotes: 3

peterG
peterG

Reputation: 1641

Just why something ends up in the junk mail is something set by the recipient's email client and/or ISP and not something you have control over. You may be able to maximise your chances of appearing to be non-spam by making your email have fewer spammy characteristics - if you could re-cast your sending system to create the message as an email rather than an attachment this may help.

Upvotes: 0

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