From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 12 12:34:01 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BAC16A46B for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:34:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robin@reportlab.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55C113C45D for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robin@reportlab.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id b2so748284nfb for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:33:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.201.10 with SMTP id y10mr2211815huf.1192190712999; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:05:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ( [217.196.247.135]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 1sm809385nfv.2007.10.12.05.05.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:05:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <470F62F3.9040309@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:05:07 +0100 From: Robin Becker User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: genuine bulk email X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:34:01 -0000 We have a project to make a graphical tool which allows salespersons to send an email with an attached PDF document. We are in testing and although the tool seems to work we have the problem of not looking like spam/phish etc etc. I have tried numerous tricks to avoid being classified as spam, but so far nothing seems to work. At present I have reduced the email to a textual format with an embedded textual link. So the email looks like > Your XXXX Document, > > Thank you for your inquiry. below is a link to the brochures as requested, in Adobe Acrobat format. > > It includes the YYY Airport Hotel and other information which may be useful. We thank you for your query. > > Your XXXX Document may be found here > > http://host/path/aaaaaa-hrcc-20071012113659-20zi0rfoknv6gdi1w4bls0psd0.pdf > > XXXX Sales Team It could be personalised a bit more, but is there anything at a system level that can be done to make emails less likely to be classified as spam? I assume that spammers try very hard and fail, so is this kind of email application effectively dead in the water before it starts? -- Robin Becker