Question

I am creating a site for me only that will run from my server. I would like it to send me emails using php which is setup, but the emails go into my spam folder in gmail. How can I change this in gmail, not php, to send these emails to my inbox? I have tried using mail() and phpmailer().

Here is the Php code that I have.

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$body = "email from server - testing.";
$from = "[e-mail]";
$email = "[e-mail]";

$mail->IsSMTP(); 
$mail->Host       = "localhost"; 
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;

$mail->SetFrom($from, "mysite.com");
$mail->AddReplyTo($from, "mysite.com");

$mail->Subject    = "emails";

$mail->MsgHTML($body);

$address = $email;
$mail->AddAddress($address, "me");

// $mail->Send();

if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}

Answer 1

I cannot see anything wrong with your code, since you seem to be setting the From correctly. I would however suggest that you check the actual headers received by GMail (Show Original under message options on the email/message) and check that the From header is correct. An incorrect sender is a common cause of issues like this.

As sarnold says above there is a degree of guess work involved, but I suggest you look at one or more of the following:

• Check/Setup SPF or DKIM for your domain
• Check/Setup a reverse dns record for the IP address used to send the emails
• Check if the IP address you are sending from is on any blacklists (contact your ISP if it is). MXToolBox BlackList Checker may be useful for checking multiple blacklists