All of our mail is routed through a premium delivery service called ‘MailChannels’. As such, the SPF records need to indicate this to ensure accurate delivery. Correct Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records need to be configured in your DN...
All outbound emails are sent through a premium relay service, included free of charge with every account. This ensures that all messages are delivered, irrespective of any potential 'blacklist' issues with the IP addresses on your hosting...
We have decided to disable the mail function because the mail() function was often used by malicious users on our network to send spam and other unsolicited e-mails. This is to protect the reputation of our IP addresses / network, and to...
Why use SMTP instead of PHPMail()? By default, PHP applications will send emails using a protocol called ‘PHPMail()’, which has a number of disadvantages and in many cases leads to the email hitting the SPAM folder of the recipient. PHP m...
SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:: host domain.com [xx.xx.xx.xx]: 550-Please turn on SMTP Authentication in your mail client. 550-(mail.server.net) [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:36825 is not permitted to relay through 550 this server w...
The Short Answer MailChannels Outbound Filtering is an SMTP relay service that identifies spammers within your network to improve your email reputation and ensure reliable email delivery for your users. With MailChannels Outbound Filteri...
MailChannels is our SMTP relay, which relays all outbound messages through an external SPAM filter. In the cases where a message is rejected / bounced, you would receive a bounce message back to the sender mailbox. MailChannels Insights...
Overview The terms SSL, TLS, and STARTTLS are often used in relation to securing a connection, but not everyone knows what these mean. This article should help provide some basic information about each term. SSL SSL stands for “Secure S...
Most email service providers use complex anti-spam filters. These filters usually determine which email is SPAM based on their experience and practices. Some of the most common reason for emails to end up as SPAM are: The originating doma...
MailChannels sends from a large number of IP addresses and the list of IP addresses from which we send changes from time to time. Fortunately, the list is always available in our SPF records and you can look up the list easily with online...
