How to avoid HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16 for text logos in email?
I am trying to create an email template with a logo at the top, however the logo is completely text based, with a custom layout and font. Something like this: http://3cd.co/image/3M2V2X2q1T0n
He gets 1 point in SpamAssassin because of the HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16 rule. From what I understand, this rule is intended to prevent text from being displayed in the image to avoid certain rules in spam filters. Is there a way to avoid this so that these emails don't go straight to spam? I'd like to show branding in their font and style, and it seems the only alternative I can understand is to simply use plain text for the company name. Any suggestions on how to prevent this rule?
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The only way to get around this is to add more text words to your emails until you have more than 1600 bytes of words. How to calculate: copy / paste your entire email into notepad which will output all formatting, html tags (if you are using html-emailer), images, etc. and just give you an email. Save the file, check its size and make sure it is larger than 1600 bytes.
By the way, you can go ahead and have over 3200 bytes of text while you're at it, or you can just hit the following rules along the way (2000, 2400, 2800, 3200). Depending on your configuration, these rules might harm your email less, but why not go ahead and kill it while you're at it?
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