Maintenance

Contact forms & email delivery: why enquiries fail (and how to fix it)

Sometimes leads are coming but you never receive them. Learn the common causes: spam filtering, missing SPF/DKIM/DMARC, broken webhooks, form validation gaps, and how to add monitoring so you never miss an enquiry again.

Nov 20258 min readGravity Concepts
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How enquiries fail (quietly)

Sometimes people submit your form and you never see it—not because nobody contacted you, but because delivery failed silently.

This is common when domain authentication is missing or form handling isn’t monitored.

  • Spam filtering or poor domain reputation
  • Missing SPF/DKIM/DMARC
  • Wrong sender/reply-to configuration
  • Form submits failing on mobile devices

What to fix first

Start with the simplest checks before deep debugging.

  • Test your form from mobile and desktop
  • Check spam/junk folders
  • Verify your DNS email records
  • Add fallback contact options (WhatsApp/phone)

Add monitoring so you never miss leads

A production website should alert you when email sending fails. Don’t rely on hope.

  • Log every submission
  • Track and retry failed sends safely
  • Send notifications to more than one inbox

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