{"id":16177,"date":"2016-02-12T02:53:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T07:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/?p=16177"},"modified":"2017-10-02T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T10:35:49","slug":"missing-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planetjune.com\/blog\/missing-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing Email?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a bit of a disaster this week: I just discovered that a big online reputation company<\/a> flagged me as a potential spammer, which has led to lots of automated emails from @planetjune.com addresses being blocked by many email providers before<\/strong> they had a chance to reach your mailbox.<\/p>\n

Unsubscribe vs Mark as Spam<\/h2>\n

I’m very careful with the email addresses entrusted to me and I’d never<\/strong> send unsolicited email or share your email address with anyone else.<\/p>\n

The most likely reason I got into this situation is that people who no longer wanted my email newsletter marked it as Spam instead of unsubscribing. I get it – we’re all drowning in email these days! But if you’ve had enough emails from a business you subscribe to, please<\/em> use the Unsubscribe link in the email. Don’t mark anything as Spam unless it’s email you never requested.<\/p>\n

Are You Missing Email?<\/h2>\n

Now I know about this, I’ve contacted the company and they’ve fixed my reputation, so PlanetJune emails won’t be blocked any more. The remaining problem is that this has been in play since early December<\/strong>, so there are several types of email that may not have got through to you between then and now. These could be important emails, for example if:<\/p>\n