On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Hans Zaunere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A client of mine (www.JewFind.com) is using the PHP mail() function to >> send signup email-confirmations and it works most of the time, but >> quite a few users have contacted them saying that they did not receive >> the email. We discovered that Yahoo mail requires the "-f >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" header to deliver to the inbox instead of the >> junkmail box- anyone know if there other headers that can be added to >> make the delivery more reliable? > > -- Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] header > > -- Make sure the web server's user is in /etc/mail/trusted-users if using > sendmail/etc. > > -- And most importantly: relay mail through a real mail server with proper > DNS records, etc. Many places now check for the correct DNS records and > listening SMTP ports to ensure it's a real server sending the mail. Web > servers won't pass these tests. > > H
For this very reason I switched to SwiftMail long ago (written in PHP). I can log into an account on a mail server (i.e. gmail) and send emails through that account. It's free and very robust, but also has a "simple" mode. Brent Baisley _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
