XF 1.5 Help with email delivery/spam!!! Tried so much already...

[borgqueenx]

Im getting really on the edge of fearing i throw away all the money i used on add-ons and the xenforo license itself.
No matter what i do or try, emails keep being send to a spam folder, or in case of hotmail/outlook, not arriving at all!

Here is what i have tried:
1. the default email method with and without the -f parameter.
2. the SMTP server with correct login data that is a email adress on the same domain.
3. getting a mail domain key (DKIM) to authenticate the domain.
4. Putting in a valid SPF record.
5. Disabling the firewall then try again to register on both default and smtp methods.
6. Asking the host of my VPS to put a rDNS record.
7. Tried changing the security method for SMTP. but SSL is the only one accepted.

But on the default email method, the email does not arrive for some email providers (microsoft does not arrive: outlook and hotmail adresses) and for 2 other's i tried it gets put in the spam folder.
And for SMTP i get the weird error Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception: Email to *******@gmail.com failed: Could not open socket - library/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Abstract.php:277

This is already day 3 i try to fix this, and im losing hope i ever get it working

EDIT: This is what gmail tells me on the received spam mail:

Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning ******@cupcakethunder.eu does not designate 186.31.44.237 as permitted sender) client-ip=186.31.44.237;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
spf=softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning ******@cupcakethunder.eu does not designate 186.31.44.237 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=*********@cupcakethunder.eu;
dkim=pass header.i=@cupcakethunder.eu

i changed the ip adress and email adress above for security. if you need data if you think you can help, i can pm it.

 

[Paul B]

MS has banned many server IP addresses recently - you will need to apply to have yours removed from the blacklist if it is on there.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...fsmsbl3&locale=en-us&ccsid=635799850848861289

There is also a guide here which explains how to deal with email being flagged as spam: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/dealing-with-spam-filters.366/

 

[borgqueenx]

i dont want to request to whitelist it. if i have to do that, or users have to do that, it will always keep hunting me. it should just simply be delivered.
I also already did everything in that help topic.

 

[Paul B]

If you leave your server IP address on their blacklist, email to MS domains will simply be rejected.

Your choice though.

 

[borgqueenx]

but would they seriously blacklist it because a couple registration emails?
i will try to contact them if its blacklisted, thanks.

 

[Paul B]

They have arbitrarily blacklisted many sites recently, including mine, which has been running on XF for years.

 

[borgqueenx]

thats retarded, thanks for letting me know.

 

[Mouth]

EDIT: This is what gmail tells me on the received spam mail

That suggests your SPF is wrong. If you activate SPF and get it wrong, then most recipient mail servers will highly likely/weight reject your incoming emails.

 

[borgqueenx]

i have now got everything working but still it gets put to the freaking spam folder.
Gmail lists all records as valid (pass)

 

[radenmas]

Same, email verification from. Xenforo keep getting thrown to spam.

 

[fingon]

my forum using Xenforo and it has too many notifiction emails that makes email server limited my account.

how to disable email notifictions like 'watched threads'?
I just want there's only signup email and lostpassword email enable.