Why my email is going to spam folder

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$result=mysql_query($sql);
if($result)
{
// ---------------- SEND MAIL FORM ----------------

// send e-mail to ...
$to=$email;
// Your subject
$subject="Your confirmation link here";
// From
$header="from: Welcome to gvmgvhgvmhgm <info@hgfgfcjhgv.com>";
// Your message
$message="Your Comfirmation link \r\n";
$message.="Click on this link to activate your account \r\n";
$message.="Welcome to dtnhngg .com .. Make your journey more comfortbale";
$mailedby="mailed-by: jfncghjnhgn.com";

// send email
$sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$header,$mailedby);
if($sentmail){
echo "Your Confirmation link Has Been Sent To Your Email Address.";
}

die(mysql_error());

mysql_close();

?>

i m using this code to send mail ... But my mails are going directly to the spam folder .. Any help regarding this ???

Is your mail server an authorized smtp sender, i.e do you have spf record setup for the mail server? — Chelseawillrecover, Dec 13 '13 at 09:50
are you sending to an external email address? are you sending via an SMTP server or exchange server or ?? — Chelseawillrecover, Dec 13 '13 at 09:56
i m sending mail to a personal gmail address ... @Chelseawillrecover — IT gIrLy GiRl, Dec 13 '13 at 10:00
Check the message header and look for things like this: X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=22 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx — Chelseawillrecover, Dec 13 '13 at 10:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

You should make sure that your e-mail contains the right headers (like MIME-Version and Content-Type). Furthermore, since you're sending a HTML e-mail, you should include a full HTML document in $message with <!DOCTYPE>, <html>, <body> and so on.

The spam-filter might be giving your e-mail a higher spam-rating because of these issues.

After that, if you still have problems, check Why is my e-mail still being picked up as spam? Using mail() function as @Amal Murali suggests.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 13 '13 at 10:25

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Add this code to headers

$headers  .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";

edited Dec 13 '13 at 10:25

Shiva Saurabh

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answered Dec 13 '13 at 10:04

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$header="from: Welcome to Eciticket "; should i update it or where should i put it ?? – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 13 '13 at 10:06
$header="From: Welcome to Eciticket \r\n"; $headers .= 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n"; $headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n"; – Ganesan Dec 13 '13 at 10:10
$sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$header,$mailedby); i ve to update this 1 also ?? – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 13 '13 at 10:14
yes, mail($to,$subject,$message,$header,$mailedby) is a mail sending function – Ganesan Dec 13 '13 at 10:17
YEAH i knw that.. bt its giving me an undefined index headers error .... – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 13 '13 at 10:21
Remove From main header and try – Ganesan Dec 13 '13 at 10:38
same same :( @ganesan – IT gIrLy GiRl Dec 13 '13 at 10:48
You will get lots of suggestions, but you have to do your own investigation by checking the message header which will give you much better idea why the mail was marked as suspected spam – Chelseawillrecover Dec 13 '13 at 12:02

Why my email is going to spam folder

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