Finding Junk Mail Rule Hits

[Peter Belm]

Hi there,
I'm working on some HTML emails for my company with embedded images (I know
all the arguements over whether it's good or not, but I have to do what I'm
told to do). The problem is that one particular eshot I'm testing is
constantly being detected as Junk by Outlook. How can I find out what is
causing Outlook to think this so I can avoid it?

It's not the fact that it's a HTML email with embedded images since another
eshot works just fine. Could it be the number of images or the size of them?
I'm seeing a bigger rating on SpamAssassin than the one that works, but only
3.5 (our servers are set to mark spam on 5).

Not sure if this helps but this is SpamAssassins results on it:

X-Spam-Level: ***
X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.5 required=5.0 tests=EXTRA_MPART_TYPE,
HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE,HTML_TAG_EXIST_TBODY,HTML_TINY_FONT,
MIME_HTML_MOSTLY,MPART_ALT_DIFF,NO_RELAYS autolearn=no version=3.1.7

Unfortunately I can't post the email due to NDAs. So I just need a way for
Outlook to tell me why it decided the mail was Junk.

Peter Belm
Web Developer
EASE Technology Ltd

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

How can I find out what is

causing Outlook to think this so I can avoid it?

Trial and error is the only way. Think about it: Why would the maker of any spam tool publish any information about how that tool operates? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the tool by telling everyone how to defeat it?