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Last time I tried this, I found a lot of corporate spam filters seemed to (silently) drop my emails, so I went back to using GMail out of frustration. Is there

Last time I tried this, I found a lot of corporate spam filters seemed to (silently) drop my emails, so I went back to using GMail out of frustration. Is there anything you do that helps with this? I was using GApps and I don't think my domain name was too spammy (samlewis.me).

geofft 8y ago
Huh, I haven't had that problem in about 7 years of using a custom domain name. Maybe the distinction is that mine is a .com? I feel like enough businesses themselves use custom domain names that dropping unknown .coms would break a ton of legitimate B2B traffic, but perhaps .me less so. How did you notice this?
- adley 8y ago
  I use a .me domain myself but I haven't had any spam problems. Although I share it very very sparingly and have a catchall on another domain that I use for signing up with any service / sharing with non-trusted contacts. Even there, the spam problem isn't bothersome.
cflee 8y ago
I haven't had any issues with my personal domain in years, ever since I moved it from random web host to GApps, to deal with IP reputation issues, and have SPF+DKIM setup. (but my domain is a .net one)
smingo 8y ago
Did you manage to configure SPF correctly in your DNS records?
brightball 8y ago
Make sure you setup SPF/DKIM/DMARC and you should be fine 99% of the time. - Disclosure, I work for dmarcian
- abrowne 8y ago
  Which FastMail does if you have them host your DNS!
  - brightball 8y ago
    Fast mail will host your DNS? Had not seen that...
chrisper 8y ago
Don't use any of the "unsual" TLDs, like .io, .me, .toys, etc.
- kitsunesoba 8y ago
  Surprisingly difficult for a personal-professional email if you have a somewhat common name. Nearly everything under the main TLDs was bought up ages ago. The issue can be mitigated with some creative branding work, but that’s arguably not any easier.
- ekovarski 8y ago
  I've used .io and other "unusual" TLDs for a while and never had an email bounce or flagged as spam. As someone else pointed out, make sure you setup spf, dkim, and all the other jazz. Some providers will host and setup the dns for you but its always best to use your own dns provider as the records are relatively easy to setup.

geofft 8y ago

Huh, I haven't had that problem in about 7 years of using a custom domain name. Maybe the distinction is that mine is a .com? I feel like enough businesses themselves use custom domain names that dropping unknown .coms would break a ton of legitimate B2B traffic, but perhaps .me less so. How did you notice this?

adley 8y ago
I use a .me domain myself but I haven't had any spam problems. Although I share it very very sparingly and have a catchall on another domain that I use for signing up with any service / sharing with non-trusted contacts. Even there, the spam problem isn't bothersome.

cflee 8y ago

I haven't had any issues with my personal domain in years, ever since I moved it from random web host to GApps, to deal with IP reputation issues, and have SPF+DKIM setup. (but my domain is a .net one)

smingo 8y ago

Did you manage to configure SPF correctly in your DNS records?

brightball 8y ago

Make sure you setup SPF/DKIM/DMARC and you should be fine 99% of the time. - Disclosure, I work for dmarcian

abrowne 8y ago
Which FastMail does if you have them host your DNS!
- brightball 8y ago
  Fast mail will host your DNS? Had not seen that...

chrisper 8y ago

Don't use any of the "unsual" TLDs, like .io, .me, .toys, etc.

kitsunesoba 8y ago
Surprisingly difficult for a personal-professional email if you have a somewhat common name. Nearly everything under the main TLDs was bought up ages ago. The issue can be mitigated with some creative branding work, but that’s arguably not any easier.
ekovarski 8y ago
I've used .io and other "unusual" TLDs for a while and never had an email bounce or flagged as spam. As someone else pointed out, make sure you setup spf, dkim, and all the other jazz. Some providers will host and setup the dns for you but its always best to use your own dns provider as the records are relatively easy to setup.