Email issue

[retired_member16]

I have an email problem.

Im using a clean domain (not been used for email for about 8years), trying to avoid certain keywords to avoid hitting spam filters etc, yet when I send emails from said domain (set up in a CPanel account the normal way) my emails are getting flagged as spam by the receiving mailserver, sometimes even when I reply to an email I have received.

Apart from adding an SPF record, which Im not sure my host will do, is there anything else I can do to help myself if this situation?

 

[aZooZa]

Is your host IP address on any blackholed list?

 

[retired_member16]

No, clear and clean.

Im thinking that hosting my own server and controlling my own reverse DNS may be the only option.

 

[aZooZa]

You could always just point the MX records to Google Pro or FastMail - they are dead cheap and 100% reliable for email. In my experience, handling your own email on your own box is a nightmare and a spammer's heaven

 

[retired_member16]

Google Pro or FastMail

Going away to take a look, thanks.