I imagine you can pass just about any variable you want to, however, it might be smart to try in some way to validate that the reply to is a valid email address or to discard the email completely.
One of the advantages I discovered using the REPLYTO is that when the addressee had a vacation reply or auto-responder set up, it will not go into a mail loop. Those make sys admins very mad at you. I am trying to write a custom tag that will do a SMTP verify, to try to catch bad email addresses, but it is not yet ready for prime time :-) For those that were talking about using Linux, I have been successfully using Sendmail and with Mailman to support the mailing lists. (Imail on Windows has all this built-in) but am in the process of switching the Linux mail server to Postfix, which is an all-in-one package that will handle email, list server, and web mail, and WebMin for remote administration. Both my Imail and my sendmail servers are high volume, as I support free hosting for User groups, and their mail lists. Rarely is email taking longer than one to two minutes to deliver, and in those cases, it is usually a reluctant receiving mail server that causes the delay. Hotmail is the worst offender, but right in there is Verizon.net, and earthlink. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paris Lundis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: Re: secure email... | Doug, | | I see how that sample utilizes the Reply-To as a parameterized value .. | pretty cool was to roll in the reply-to... | | Are you aware of any list or decision on what values can be used (ie: | does CF have open architecture to handle and pass any value like that | which might be SMTP standards compliant or did CF folks just allow a few | like this)... | | IMplemented that reply-to workaround on our mail to friend feature.. | very cool.. thanks a bunch! | | | | Paris Lundis | Founder | Areaindex, L.L.C. | http://www.areaindex.com | http://www.pubcrawler.com | 412-292-3135 | [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present] | [connecting people, places and things] | | | -----Original Message----- | From: "samcfug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:14:57 -0600 | Subject: Re: secure email... | | > <cfmail from="#notifyemail#" to="#form.EMAIL#" | > Subject="#storename# Order"> | > Dear #form.Name#, | > | > Thank you for your order. The total charge to your | > #form.USER7# was | > #TRIM(NumberFormat(form.USER5,"$999,999,999.99"))#. | > | > | > Sincerely, | > #storename# Customer Service Staff | > </cfmail> | > | > also: | > | > <HTML> | > <HEAD> | > <TITLE>Sending Your Greeting</title> | > </head> | > <BODY> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.to_email" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.to_name" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.from_email" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.from_name" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.comments" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.to_email" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.to_name" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.from_email" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.from_name" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFPARAM NAME="form.comments" DEFAULT=""> | > <CFSET NOW="#DateFormat(Now(),"yyyy-mm-dd")# | > "&"#TimeFormat(Now(),"HH:mm:ss")#"> | > | > <CFMAIL server="mail.your.domain" | > | > TO="#form.to_email#" | > >From = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | > Subject = "Web Page from #form.from_name#"> | > <cfmailparam name="Reply-To" value ="#form.from_email#"> | > Hello #form.to_name#! | > | > #form.from_name# sent you this page from the | > [yourdomainname] web site | > | > | > Comments from #form.from_name#: | > #form.comments# on this date #now# | > </CFMAIL> | > <H1>Message Sent</h1> | > <CFOUTPUT> | > <P>Your message to #Form.to_name# has been sent | > </p> | > </CFOUTPUT> | > <CFQUERY NAME="MailSend" DATASOURCE="church7" | > DBTYPE="ODBC"> | > insert into tellafriend_log (sending_date, from_email, | > from_name, to_email, | > to_name, message_comments) | > values ('#NOW#', '#form.from_email#', '#form.from_name#', | > '#form.to_email#', | > '#form.to_name#', '#form.comments#') | > | > </CFQUERY> | > <cflocation url="default.cfm"> | > </body> | > </html> | > | > | > ===================================== | > Douglas White | > group Manager | > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > http://www.samcfug.org | > ===================================== | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Paris Lundis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 7:50 PM | > Subject: Re: secure email... | > | > | > | What the syntax for this? I have a 4.5 box here and | > 5.0... I know of | > | 4.5 it doesn't exist.... | > | | > | I looked up docs on MX at Macromedia's site and didn't see | > any such | > | syntax in their command reference :) | > | | > | -paris | > | | > | Paris Lundis | > | Founder | > | Areaindex, L.L.C. | > | http://www.areaindex.com | > | http://www.pubcrawler.com | > | 412-292-3135 | > | [finding the future in the past, passing the future in the | > present] | > | [connecting people, places and things] | > | | > | | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: "samcfug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > | Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 19:48:50 -0600 | > | Subject: Re: secure email... | > | | > | > Excuse me! But CFMAIL certainly does support Login and | > | > Passwords when sending out email. I am using CF 5.0 | > | > | > | > I use Ipswitch's Imail Ver 7.0 with SMTP AUTH enabled, | > and | > | > crank out emails from several CF applications on varied | > | > Virtual domains on my servers. I don't have to create | > | > "allow relay for" entries at all, as I don't consider | > that | > | > very secure. SMTP AUTH also will block spoofing, such | > as | > | > KLEZ infected emails as well. | > | > | > | > ===================================== | > | > Douglas White | > | > group Manager | > | > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > http://www.samcfug.org | > | > ===================================== | > | > | | > | > | I was wondering how people were dealing with email | > from | > | > Cold Fusion | > | > | applications to respond to such issues... Since CFMAIL | > | > doesn't support | > | > | any login and password login type stuff... | > | > | | > | > | > | > | > | | > | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. 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