eMail

A fairly common request I get from many of my clients is eMail from a specific address not getting delivered to their eMail account on Gmail or Google Workspace. Here is a specific checklist to go through when troubleshooting this issue: Was the correct send eMail address typed in? Sometime autofillers can override, inserting the…

Gmail does have the capability to forward in coming email by content. This is done by using the FILTER feature in Gmail: STEP A Add the forward eMail(s) as follows: Go to the Advance Setup in Gmail – Click on the GEAR in the upper right; Select ALL SETTING Click on the FORWARDING tab Add…

A common situation is the failure of eMails being sent from WordPress.  Sets that can be take to resolve: If the webhost is separate from the domain and DNS MX records;  add in the recommended SPF value to the DNS record. Use a SMTP plugin to directly login to the mail server for mail delivery…

Spam Assassin is a product created by Apache, the same company that created the most popular web server. Spam Assassin is a free, open source product. Similar to the web server, it is a command line managed product with various configuration files. At this level, it meant for advanced users. You can find the documentation…

If you plan to use your Gmail account with an non-Google app such as Outlook or Thunderbird, there are a number of security settings that need to be addressed. If any of the security setting are not set properly, you will get a fairly generic message of “invalid login password”. 1)  check the Google instructions for…