{"id":2304,"date":"2026-04-25T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=2304"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:00:00","password":"","slug":"what-does-spam_fail-or-blocked-spam-mean","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb\/what-does-spam_fail-or-blocked-spam-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does SPAM_FAIL or Blocked (Spam) mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SPAM_FAIL<\/strong>\u00a0means your message was\u00a0<strong>blocked or rejected because of spam filtering<\/strong> &#8211; for example it contained words that match the platform\u2019s spam rules, or it was flagged for moderation. These messages are counted as\u00a0<strong>Blocked (Spam)<\/strong>\u00a0in reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where you see it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>A\/B Test Comparator<\/strong>, the &#8220;Blocked (Spam)&#8221; count shows messages that failed for this reason.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In your\u00a0<strong>reports<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Delivery Report<\/strong>, you may see a spam-related error or reason.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why it matters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spam-blocked messages are typically not delivered and may not be charged.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjusting your message content or checking which words triggered the filter can help reduce spam blocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPAM_FAIL\u00a0means your message was\u00a0blocked or rejected because of spam filtering &#8211; for example it contained words that match the platform\u2019s spam rules, or it was flagged for moderation. These messages are counted as\u00a0Blocked (Spam)\u00a0in reports. Where you see it Why it matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[1965],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2304","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-errors-error-codes"],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":105,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"admin","author_nicename":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Errors &amp; Error Codes","term_url":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/kb-cat\/errors-error-codes\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2304"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smsgatewaycenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}