My coworker Sarah Eaton at BeTuitive points to a rant from the latest BeTuitive newsletter that lists the seven words you shouldn't use in email to make sure your message isn't caught by spam filters.

You can guess the #1 word and why it's on the list -- Enlarge. Some of the others are obvious but #6 might surprise you. A simple mistake here can defeat your communication efforts.

Go ahead and visit the BeTuitive blog for the whole list.

tags: Sarah Eaton | BeTuitive | newsletter | spam | spam filter

Comments

[steven streight aka vaspers the grate]

I read the article.

Thanks, but it misses many spam, virus, phishing, etc. subject line phrases that I'm receiving lately.

I suggest all emailers avoid the following words in subject lines:

* Pre-approved application
* Cheap meds
* Thank you for your attention
* Please respond
* I tried to reach you last week
* Final warning
* Update your account information
* Request # [numbers]
* [blank]
* RE: your account
* Adult DVDs
* rate approval
* vicodin, valium
* alert
* security
* did you receive my email of last week?

Avoid these, not necessarily to bypass automatic spam filters, but to prevent human email recipients from manual deleting of your email message.