Avoiding spam folder when using PHP to email?

[invision2]

Hi,

I'm having issues with emails sent from my web site not getting to the recipient, but arriving in their Junk/Spam folder.

Currently I use something not dissimilar to this:

$body = "Thank you for signing up. To activate your account, please click on this link:\n\n";
$body .= "http://www.domain.co.uk/activate.php?x=" . mysql_insert_id() . "&y=$a";
$body .= "\n\nYour temporary password is ".$pass;
mail($_POST['email'], 'Company Name - Account Confirmation', $body, 'From: no-reply@domain.co.uk'); 

Is the chance of this going into Spam greater as I do not have proper headers or I'm missing individualised elements(Hi Bob, etc.) ?

Anyone know of a more bulletproof method to send these emails. So they have more of a chance to get through to the Inbox.


Many thanks.

[AnthonySterling]

'tis a bit of a black art that Michael.

I usually find avoiding the built in mail function and adopting a library such as swift mailer usually increase your chances of safe delivery.

You may also want to check your server records to make sure MX et al are all correct as some mail servers validate these too.

Anthony.

[invision2]

Aaaah, good call.

I've tested the send across some of the different accounts that aren't yet 'activated'(yahoo, hotmail) and they do get through. It's just some go into Spam.

I'll look into SwiftMailer. Is it a fairly easy install?

[AnthonySterling]

Doddle.

A fairly standard set of pure php objects, recently taken over by Fabien Potencier of Symfony fame. Rumour has it - it's to be included in their components collection.

SwiftMailer.

[invision2]

Thanks again Anthony. I will get cracking and see how it goes