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550 High Probability Of Spam On Returned Emails
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My daughter is trying to enter competitions from the latest Compers News to [email protected] and she keeps getting the emails returned with the message " 550 High probability of spam ". She is using her Gmail account. Can anyone tell me how to fix this so that her emails are not returned, is anyone having the same problem?
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This explains some of the possible causes:
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One possibility is that the IP address she's trying to send from is blacklisted as a possible source of spam. That could have come about through her ISP allocating her an IP address which has previously been used by a spammer. So it might be worth her changing her IP address. To do so she simply needs to remove the power to her router (by unplugging it, not by simply using an on/off switch if it's got one), wait for a minute or two and then power the router back up again. (There will then be another minute or so before she can access the internet, while she waits for the lights on the router to stop flashing).
It's probably best if she checks her current IP address first, simply by going here:
https:/
Then she can return there after she's rebooted the router to make sure that she's been allocated a new address. Then she can see if her emails are accepted.
If all else fails, try using a different email service. She can get a new email account in a matter of moments here:
https:/
(Click 'Sign Up')
https:/
One possibility is that the IP address she's trying to send from is blacklisted as a possible source of spam. That could have come about through her ISP allocating her an IP address which has previously been used by a spammer. So it might be worth her changing her IP address. To do so she simply needs to remove the power to her router (by unplugging it, not by simply using an on/off switch if it's got one), wait for a minute or two and then power the router back up again. (There will then be another minute or so before she can access the internet, while she waits for the lights on the router to stop flashing).
It's probably best if she checks her current IP address first, simply by going here:
https:/
Then she can return there after she's rebooted the router to make sure that she's been allocated a new address. Then she can see if her emails are accepted.
If all else fails, try using a different email service. She can get a new email account in a matter of moments here:
https:/
(Click 'Sign Up')
Many companies have "spam filters" that check all incoming mail and see if it thinks it is spam.
Suspect emails can have a dodgy subject lines like "Competition" or "Free offer" or "PPI" or similar phrases so these can be rejected.
They can also reject emails from some "free" email systems like gmail (as it is free to set up a gmail account many spammers use it).
I would check the Compers News web site to see if they have advice about sending them emails.
Or as has been said, set up another email (outlook.com from Microsoft is free) and see if it will accept that.
Suspect emails can have a dodgy subject lines like "Competition" or "Free offer" or "PPI" or similar phrases so these can be rejected.
They can also reject emails from some "free" email systems like gmail (as it is free to set up a gmail account many spammers use it).
I would check the Compers News web site to see if they have advice about sending them emails.
Or as has been said, set up another email (outlook.com from Microsoft is free) and see if it will accept that.
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