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Did you know that if you have an image in your email signature that you can and should assign an alt tag to it? (in Outlook you can) Did you also know that if you don't, your email deliverability is slightly damaged? I had 3 leads tell me this week that my email went to their spam folder. Incredibly frustrated, I went to www. mail-tester. com and ran a test on my email/domain and found out that I only scored a 9. 5 out of 10. And it was the missing alt tag that reduced my score. I also learned that if you have a URL in your email signature that doesn't match the sending domain, you also raise a red flag and your deliverability can be damaged. I share this information in the hopes that it will help all of you who might be emailing new people regularly get more emails into their inboxes.  
http://www.mail-tester.com/?fbclid=...SB9Do

Answer 1

Good share and surprised people don’t know this stuff still.  

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There is a giant universe of things we all don't know.  

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I mean, to be fair, with all the emails that are sent everyday and get past filters, everyone just expects it to work no matter what.  

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@throes414 and yet emails get filtered still and sometimes for easily apparent reason.  

Answer 2

Whoah, interesting

Answer 3

Very good tool

Answer 4

Well that's interesting.  

Answer 5

Good information  

Answer 6

Great share! I’ve noticed a couple issues lately too. Will check this out

Answer 7

@tudor  

Answer 8

Good tips.  

Answer 9

Wonderful advice.  

Answer 10

Had no idea. Thanks

Answer 11

Thank you, been happening to me for the last few months and I've made no changes to my signature or setup in 5 years

Answer 12

Email will be part of accessibility. Yes, it has to work for and be accessible by everyone!  

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@noncompliance51820 yes, And having an ALT tag on your image in your email signature is ADA Compliant.  

Answer 13

Solid share bro  

Answer 14

Great tips! The url also applies if you use a link tracker within your email

Answer 15

Damn that sucks lots of my emails ive found went to junk even of my own peeps! I guess i should take out the social icons from my signature that point to facebook, twitter etc!  

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@hokeypokey300 Multiple links regardless of outgoing domain are a red flag too.