Pops wants me to use my Gmail account for job postings… but I’ve already worked so hard on setting up my Email with Purelymail and a custom domain. I’ve never had an issue of my Email getting flagged as spam before, but in this instance I sent him a zip file with no message body and it was sent straight to spam.
My question is: would you bother using Gmail just to ensure your Email replies to interested HR people don’t get sent to the spam bucket? In my opinion, the use of a custom email address indicates flair to potential hiring teams - because it shows that you are capable of setting that stuff up. BTW my TLD is Senegal (.sn) to phonetically match my last name (it’s a really cool email) but the actual name header displays as my full name just like any other email address would.
I think the issue was just your blank email with an attachment.
I have a custom domain email and I’m actively applying to places and have had no issues getting mostly rejection emails back. 🥲
I’ve also gotten a few interviews, so I think you’re fine.
Especially .zip attachments. Something like a .docx or .txt attachment might be fine while .exe and .zip and a few others will trigger spam filters.
I’ve gotten all 4 jobs I’ve had so far using my custom domain.
It should be fine as long as you don’t send actual spam or suspicious looking stuff, and the hosting is set up correctly (dmarc, dkim, and all that), which it should if you’re having a provider host it.
Actually no those are a few of the things you actually need to set up if you manage the domain, nvm about that part
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