Troubleshooting vBulletin Problems Discuss How to keep from being email blacklisted?? in the vBulletinSetup Information forums; This is a really importatn thing no one usually thinks about. the only form of comunication most have with MIA members is email. if you site isnt set up right ...

[Caddyman]

This is a really importatn thing no one usually thinks about. the only form of comunication most have with MIA members is email. if you site isnt set up right or gets black listed from a major email provider that can be bad news. what can you do to make sure you are good?

i know you can check to see if you are blacklisted here on mxtoolbox and also setup spf records and such.
MX Lookup Tool - Check your DNS MX Records online

and if you run a site that the backen is cpanel you can go to....

cpanel>advanced email settings> and turn on domain keys and spf records with a flick of a switch without knowing all the strings and stuff you have to do manually to enable it

any other tips?

[Noodles]

You would be very unlucky to get blacklisted in an RBL. There's a lot you can do to make sure your emails get through, the easiest and cheapest way is to get your users to add your sending address as a contact on gmail/hotmail/yahoo/whatever. Most spam filters won't put known contacts in your spam folder.

You can use something like CleanMyMailbox - Whitelisting Instruction Generator to generate instructions for your users.

If you're sending a lot of mail/newsletters etc then you can look further into it, but as long as you're not sending off a shared IP/mail server then it should be ok.

[Caddyman]

nice link noodles, i think i am ok, i send maybe 1 blast a month around 1500 emails so i am probably safe.