I've just been watching the posts regarding this issue. I can see the following:
You SHOULD test it on *nix JUST to narrow down the problem. You ask for help from all the *VERY NICE* people on this list, and then WILL not do what they say will help??? If you do not like the php smtp implementation, then read RFC821 and implement a better one. Regards, -Jason Garber IonZoft.com At 12:08 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, Matthew Luchak wrote: >OK. here's why I think it's in PHP's SMTP support: > >There is an address that fails in 4.06 yet functions in 4.04 - exactly >the same code, same SMTP server, same .ini, everything the same. > >I wouldn't question the class if I hadn't tested my own code and >settings first. I've been trying to track this down for the past two >weeks and have already been advised by someone on this list that PHP's >SMTP support is not the greatest: > > >SMTP code in PHP is not good enough. It needs to be rewritten. ><snip> > >Yasuo Ohgaki > > >It doesn't do much good to test on a nix box because what I'm looking >for is a solution to a PHP/SMTP problem. > > >____________________________ >Matthew Luchak >Webmaster >Kaydara Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Kurt Lieber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:57 AM >To: PHP General List >Subject: Re: [PHP] defending PHP mail function > > >On Wednesday 31 October 2001 08:40 am, you wrote: > > > for now it's PHP that's in question > >AFAIK, this is the first I've ever heard of probelms with mail() not >sending >to perfectly valid email addresses. Scalability issues and other >performance >problems, sure, but that's a different animal. > >Given the number of people that use PHP (and use mail(), especially) I >would >certainly think this problem would have been reported before if it were >a >real bug. > >So, to be blunt, you probably have a problem with your code, your SMTP >server, the way you've configured PHP, or something other than mail(). >It's >easy to blame it on mail() and/or PHP, but I think you're barking up the > >wrong tree. > >Find a forgiving customer who reported the problem, ask for their help >in >troubleshooting it and then send some test emails from a completely >different >server, preferably on a *nix platform. (not because *nix is better than > >windows, but because *nix PHP doesn't use smtp for mail delivery) > >--kurt > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
