Comments for Why does email get lost?

Comment from wail on 2008-05-05

2008-05-05T13:38:23Z

Actually it's excellent article but could you please help me in my case,
I have my mail server which is running exchange 2003 and I configure MX record for it in our domain registration to point on our local server
It's working fine but some times senders sends emails it bounced back but if he try 3 -4 times it will reach .

Could you please tell me what could be the reason

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-07-24

2007-07-24T22:03:34Z

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In general the answer is yes. It's obviously more complex, but in general HTML
does count against you when email is being evaluated for potential spam.

Leo

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Comment from Stephen Thom on 2007-07-24

2007-07-24T08:46:58Z

Thanks for the article. I was wondering whether emails that are sent as HTML are more likely to be filtered than emails sent as plain text?

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Comment from Debbi Stott on 2007-06-04

2007-06-04T16:01:42Z

Thank you. A very helpful article in explaining why some of our messages disappear into the ether. Although it doesn't help me stop it happening!

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Comment from mroonie on 2007-04-20

2007-04-20T18:08:28Z

Yes, Email is definitely an enigma in terms of the many different places it could end up in addition to your inbox. The scary this is that if a hacker was somehow intercept your email, neither the sender or the receiver would be able to tell so people would go about their daily lives, sending and receiving mail, never knowing that their email has just been seen by unwanted eyes.

There really is no guarantee whatsoever that email is a safe medium. Quick? sure. Convenient? Sure. Reliable? rarely...It's probably best to use some email anti-theft software with your email so ensure that you email stays safe. Here's an article from the Seattle Times that talks about this very topic. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/personaltechnology/2003209737_ptinbo19.html

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Comment from John Ellerington on 2007-04-19

2007-04-19T13:05:52Z

I think the current internet e-mail model has just about reached the end of its useful life, killed by Spam suffocation. It seems that 'free' may, in this case, be too cheap. I think a new model is needed, based on charging a fee for each item sent, which is then refunded if the recipient agrees they want the message. Such a model would still be effectively free for genuine emails but would soon price Spam off the 'net - and good riddance!

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