Earlier today I had the misfortune of finding a contact form a potential client in the spam folder of my mailbox. Here’s what I did to make sure it never happens again:
Although it is possible to configure a contact form plugin to send with authenticated SMTP it is often easier and less time consuming to simply set a send-from email with the main domain – meaning that the “from” field is cform@website.com.
![From Email Field](https://i0.wp.com/www.legitwebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/from-email.png?resize=601%2C40&ssl=1)
The issue with using this method is that the sent email is not authenticated and looks like spam to mail providers. The solution is to create a custom filter within your webmail or mail client. Take a look below for example rules with Gmail, Outlook.com, and Thunderbird:
![Gmail Custom Filter](https://i0.wp.com/www.legitwebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gmail-filter.png?ssl=1&resize=510%2C510)
![Outlook Custom Rule](https://i0.wp.com/www.legitwebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/outlook-filter.png?ssl=1&resize=595%2C595)
![Thunderbird Filters](https://i0.wp.com/www.legitwebs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/thunderbird-filter.png?ssl=1&resize=506%2C506)
Do these two simple steps and your contact forms won’t ever end up in your spam folder!
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