Email spam & tools About Pivotal Veracity | Solutions Spam quiz answers:

Which of the phrases below are used in popular content filters to identify spam.
The answer is all of them.

says the recipient registered at your site
contains the word "Free"
contains information on how to
unsubscribe
contains "information you requested"
contains a 1-800 number
contains the word "investment"
contains mail-in order information


Rank the font colors from least to most "spammy":
Yellow is scored least spammy. Green most spammy – 7x more spammy than yellow. Red & Gray are right in the middle.


_1_Yellow _2/3_Red
_4_Green _2/3_Gray


An HTML email with images also has text content; which email is more likely to be flagged as spam – the one with
The answer is 800-1000 words of text scores higher as probable spam than 600-800 or 1000-1200.

600-800 words of text
800-1000 words of text
1000-1200 words of text

For what reasons could your company be listed on a real-time black list:
The answer is all except NO Open Relay. Having an Open Relay, however, may put you on an black list.

Someone who uses the same ISP as you
is listed on the black list
Your email service provider is listed on
the black list
Your mail server has no open relays
Your ISP did not respond to a black list
admin.'s request to discontinue service
for another company
An undisclosed number of people have
complained you are spamming them


Can your email be blocked because:
The answer is Yes to all of them.

You send high volumes
You do not have Reverse DNS enabled
You use multiple internal mail relays
You attempt immediate redelivery on
bounced emails

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