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I'm using Mandrill for my transaction email needs and it works great. Unfortunately very often when I send emails via my email client the emails go to the recipients spam folder.

Is there a way to use Mandrill for outgoing emails via a mail client (such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird)?

Cellydy
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You can use the Mandrill's Outgoing Server (SMTP) Setting in the MailClient of your choice.

SMTP Settings

  • Outgoing Server: smtp.mandrillapp.com

  • Outgoing Server Port: 587

  • Auth Required: True
  • TLS: True
  • Username: complete email-id

Changing the MailClient is not probably going to mark your mails as legitimate.

There are multiple reasons for mail going to spam folder of recipient like:

  • Mandrill's IP address got blacklisted in recipient's SMTP (MX) server.
  • Your mail contains some links or content which is recognized as suspicious and hence recipient marks such mails as spam.

In short, mail getting marked as spam depends upon:

  • Sender SMTP server's reputation.
  • Sender's mail content.
  • Receiving SMTP (MX) (i.e recipient's) server business logic for mail classification.
sameerkn
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  • I have tried using Mandrills SMTP for outgoing mail. The email comes up in my mandrill dashboard but it gets a "Rejected" status with "Reject Reason: unsigned". Any ideas how to fix that? @sameerkn – Cellydy Dec 22 '16 at 11:44
  • Since I do not have Mandrill's account, so you can check your account [Server Settings](https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205582247-About-Domain-Verification). DKIM and SPF should be enabled. – sameerkn Dec 22 '16 at 11:49