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Practical advice on getting your WordPress site’s email delivered, filed under deliverability.
WordPress already sends email with no plugin, through your web host, from an address you never chose. Here’s what it does, a free test to see whether yours arrives, and how to send it properly.
Tired of keeping FluentSMTP’s Microsoft 365 connection or sending provider running? Here’s a fair look at what FluentSMTP does well, when handing sending to a service makes sense, and how to switch.
Three short DNS records decide whether inboxes trust email from your domain. Here is what each one does, using everyday analogies, and how to set them up.
Order receipts and form alerts landing in spam, or not arriving at all? Here is why it happens on WordPress sites and the checks that fix most of it.
Gmail and Yahoo ask bulk senders for one-click unsubscribe in marketing email, and a link in the footer isn’t it. Here is the rule in their own words, and what it means for the email your WordPress site sends.
A bounce or a scan says your IP address is on a Spamhaus list. Here’s how to find which list and whose IP address it is, and who is allowed to ask Spamhaus for the removal.
Gmail’s target is a spam rate under 0.1%, and 0.3% is the line Gmail and Yahoo both draw. Here are the rules as the providers word them, where to see your own number, and what a WordPress site can change today.
Gmail bounced your email over SPF or DKIM, or your host told you to add records you’ve never heard of. Here’s what each record checks, how to add what’s missing without breaking the email that works, and how to prove it on a real email from your WordPress site.
Reliable transactional emails increase trust, retention, and revenue. But don’t rely on your web host to send your emails — here’s why.
The spam trap can prevent your online course emails from landing in your students’ inboxes. Follow these steps to help ensure deliverability.
Your donation campaigns deserve an audience. Learn the steps to enhance email deliverability for greater donor outreach.
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