I've been having a major issue with my professional email that uses a personal domain through Outlook. For some reason, it's been landing in people's spam folders. After doing some thinking, I realized I might have caused this myself! A while back, I set my email to forward everything to my Gmail account for convenience. But when I came across spam emails in my inbox, I reported them as spam. Now, I'm worried that my spam reports may have flagged my professional email instead of the original spam messages. Is there a way to improve my email's reputation and stop it from going to spam? Any tips would be super helpful!
3 Answers
First off, if you have a custom domain, it's crucial to have the right settings in place. Make sure you have an SPF record, DKIM record, and DMARC set up properly in your domain's DNS. Many email servers today will mark your email as spam if these records aren't valid. Your concern about spam reporting affecting your email might only hold true for Gmail users, though; it's worth checking if others are having similar issues across different platforms like Outlook or Yahoo.
It’s also a good idea to check if your domain shows up on any email blacklists. You can use a free tool like MXToolbox for this. If you find your domain listed, you'll need to work with those blacklist services to remove it. Just a heads up, some of them can be a bit sketchy and may require payment to get delisted. And if you have control over your domain’s DNS settings, ensure that your MX records are correct and update your SPF record—having DKIM and DMARC records is really important, too.
You might want to try out Glockapps. They offer a free account where you can check how well your emails land in inboxes across different providers. It's a handy way to diagnose the issue and see if your emails are really reaching your recipients or getting filtered out.

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