LOL! merv, I completely misunderstood your question, but now I see what you mean.
OK now that I made a fool of myself
, lets get back to the discussion.
Spam has become such a big problem that people tend to make their spam filters over sensitive. All the different techniques used by spammers make the situation even worse, because it really messes up the training data of the spam filter. You can take all the measures to make your e-mail headers appear as legitimate as possible, you can do everything by the book from your side, but you will always have a few incidents where the e-mail won't be delivered to certain recipients. This is all because of ineffective spam filtering, not only because of the limitations of the software and the designers, but also due to users who don't know how to properly implement and maintain these filtering tools.
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The easiest solution would be to stop opening up spam emails. Some idiots must be opening their spam mail and buying the product or it would have become an entirely ineffective way to market and died a slow death a long time ago. So, the solution? Convince people to not open unsolicited emails.
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good point wilderness, I wholeheartedly agree. Yes, convince people and educate them how to train their filters properly and what the optimal sensitivity should be for personal use.
It is really a sad story, on the one side you have people opening spam e-mails as if it is some kind of sport. On the other side you have people with spam filters so strict that you get the impression their inbox is some kind of sacred place and you need to send some holy e-mails to get past the filters.
The Anti-Spam Reserves is a good idea, here are a couple of other suggestions, reinforcing what wilderness said:
The Key To Beating Spam
Fighting Spam - Is It A Loosing Battle?