Want to make sure your email isn’t trapped by someone’s spam filter?
Here are some words to avoid in the subject line, the body of your email, alt tags, and in the file names of your graphics:
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Using quotation marks, dollar signs and exclamation points in subject lines will frequently trigger mail filters, as well as using all capital letters (shouting). Don’t put a toll-free number in the subject line, since that will also cause your email to be filtered out by many Spam filters.
Thanks, Anne! Wish I could find the time to update the blog more often but that darn work keeps getting in the way!
I really liked your blog! i read 4 others that are on similar subjets, but they domt update very often, thanks.