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Spammers are better at SPF, DKIM, and DMARC than everyone else

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429 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 25 Mar 25 08:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.249s | source

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csomar ◴[25 Mar 25 10:54 UTC] No.43469802[source]▶

>>43468995 (OP) #

I am just having this problem. Actually getting SPF, DKIM and DMARC right and having a domain with a 0 spam score will still land you in the spam directory. It turns out, you need to have a "reputation"? before your email gets accepted into gmail. My head was spinning as to how that reputation will be built if your email just goes straight to spam.

But sure, Linkedin emails are definitively not spam and their dark-patterns at adding you at n+1 emailing list doesn't get them banned from the big (or any?) provider.

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1. bbarnett ◴[25 Mar 25 11:05 UTC] No.43469860[source]▶

This isn't a problem for personal emails, as after a request or two friends will unspam you. Google blackholes emails, breaking all mail logic (no bounce), so I assure you the SPAM folder is a good gmail sign.

I would imagine that on the corporate side, your employees could do the same. Beyond that, if you're sending spammy stuff, have unsubscribe headers and links in emails.