Sending email to Hotmail is going to spam

All I can suggest is to ask your correspondents who use Hotmail to mark your messages as "not spam." This may train Hotmail to treat them more positively.

Thanks. I will try this.

Hotmail used to require a couple steps to get your sending server IP address whitelisted such as filling out a form with domain name + ip address and then sending email to a special tech support address, but I think they now rely more on Return Path certification (http://returnpath.com/solutions/email-d … ification/">http://returnpath.com/solutions/email-deliverability-optimization/ip-certification/) which can be very expensive. You can still try though because a form is still at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/get … 1424800188">https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/getsupport?oaspworkflow=start_1.0.0.0&wfname=capsub&productkey=edfsmsbl3&ccsid=635701681424800188 (found via postmaster tools http://mail.live.com/mail/postmaster.aspx)

If it's just a handful of known users I think you can get them delivered if the user themselves add you to their own whitelist/contacts list. Some quick instructions for several providers at http://www.whatcounts.com/how-to-whitelist-emails/

You need make sure that you have right SPF and dkim set for your domain, also setup proper rnds for yout IP