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I just got the latest CW email regarding the C5 Malvern sale and was more than surprised that my spam alert picked it up.

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The problem is in the links, which redirect to http://christopherward.msgfocus.com/c/1 ... xk05EJKQx7

While this is highly likely to be fine, the mis-representation of a url in an email is somewhat suspicious. Aggressive anti-spam software might just dump chistopherward.co.uk to the spam filter.

I realise that msgfocus is being used to track link clicking for marketing purposes, but surely there's a cleaner way of supplying those links (i.e. using "Click here to see the offer" instead of "www.christopherward.co.uk/sale/etc" as the link text).

Sorry if this is a bit of a rant. It may not be important to most people.
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Usually the spam filter detects the displayed URL and the actual URL as being different (the marketing company) and tags it as suspicious.

This is a problem (!) for marketing companies to resolve using a subset of the actual domain.
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:? I am so technical. :(
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Suggest open the Spam folder every day. Quite a few useful emails get diverted there.

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robinbarke wrote:Suggest open the Spam folder every day. Quite a few useful emails get diverted there.

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Didn't get it - which may or may not be an improvement on getting them but not being able to read them.
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Loddonite wrote:Didn't get it - which may or may not be an improvement on getting them but not being able to read them.
I got it twice, so on average it's ok. :)
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Remember that every email blast that CWL sends out is not to everyone. They do many targeted mailings.
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Mine came to my inbox and I'm stoked. I just need to figure out black or brown strap. I would have liked an auto bracelet, but can't complain for the price.
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