Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Email Signatures - The good, the bad and the ugly !

We have seen an uptick in email signatures being classified as spam or blocked by the receiving email server based on the attached JPEG photos used in the signature.

As soon as the attached jpegs were removed from signatures, emails were able to be received by the receiving party.

There are even cases where the domain was being blocked. 


Where a signature with JPEG's  attached with logos of your business or affiliations would have no issues sending one day suddenly will not be accepted by some servers the next.

Purchasing an email signature service will not 100% guarantee that your signatures will be immune to email sending issues. You have many devices today for the signature to be attached.

Ipads/Iphones
Android
PC's
Macs

All of which might not be on the same operating system version which also may cause formatting and photo rendering issues.

Each device will format your signature differently What might work on one device, will format differently on another.

Email client software that receives your email will block pictures by default unless you are explicitly in a safe sender or contact list. Even then, signature photo's still may be blocked.

Safe Email Signature

The best signature is plain text. You can add your business web address link / URL. But the simpler it is the better.

Jack Johnson, Sr. VP
Music Inc, Since 1995
123 Ventura Blvd, Unit 7
Los Angeles, CA 900027
323.567-6789 x 123

The signature below will cause issues with receiving email servers
JPEGS or other types of embedded photos are favorite tools of malware creators. embedding malware inside jpegs. Therefore more and more email admins are clamping down on and blocking embedded photos in receiving emails.



Jack Johnson, Sr. VP
Music Inc, Since 1995
123 Ventura Blvd, Unit 7
Los Angeles, CA 900027
323.567-6789 x 123












If your domain is being blocked and unable to send email, call DATASERV and we can set up a ticket and discuss costs to have your domain removed. We have 20 yrs in dealing with email issues. 

We build Exchange Servers , Manage Exchange Servers. Migrate users to Office 365 and other cloud based email systems.

If you have a business using POP or consumer grade email such as verizon, comcast, optimum, AOL, please call us for a consultation in upgrading your business mail to business grade Exchange Emails Services.

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