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I just sent an email to our This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. email address from my marc33dtm@gmail account and while I got a copy of the email in my inbox, I also received an error message from the server that the mail was flagged as spam. Does this mean it did or did not go through to everyone? Why am I getting the message? My email address is the one in MM.

Yes your email had a score of score=8.1 so it was flagged as spam.

Okay, but why and how do I prevent this in the future?

The content of your email was flagged;

X-Spam-Flag: YES
X-Spam-Report: * 0.2 HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS From and EnvelopeFrom 2nd level
* mail domains are different
* -0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 RBL: Average reputation (+2)
* [209.85.208.182 listed in wl.mailspike.net]
* -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record
* 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record
* -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at
* www.dnswl.org/, no trust
* [209.85.208.182 listed in list.dnswl.org]
* 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
* 1.7 RAZOR2_CHECK Listed in Razor2 (razor.sf.net/)
* 2.4 RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100 Razor2 gives confidence level above 50%
* [cf: 100]
* 0.0 LOTS_OF_MONEY Huge... sums of money
* 0.0 MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER Message-Id was added by a relay
* 1.2 MONEY_FREEMAIL_REPTO Lots of money from someone using free
* email?
* 2.5 FREEMAIL_FORGED_REPLYTO Freemail in Reply-To, but not From
X-Spam-Level: ********

Given that I don’t know what is different about this email from all others I’ve written and had no trouble with, can you tell me what caused the flag?

Depends on the content and links in your email.

Strip the email down and send again

These are the bits from above that are relevant since they do not have a 0 score: