Thanks so much to Ralph, Richard, Paul & David for all of the helpful advice. Hopefully I’ll finally be able to get it to work the way I want. If not, I’ll circle back around. Thanks!
Theresa ----------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:29:15 +0100 From: "David Williams" <dwilli...@livecode.com> To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Subject: Re: help changing the From address when sending email Hi Theresa, If you are needing to send email from a script and have it appear with the desired From: address, etc, you will need to follow at least the steps about email headers detailed in Ralph's response; mail servers tend to be very picky about how emails are formed. If you want to set up email accounts for use with your own domain at On-Rev, this is a lot simpler - Paul Hibbert explained it well in his response. Please feel free to drop us an email at On-Rev support if you need further assistance: http://on-rev.com/support/contact-us/ -David On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 05:24:39 +0100, Theresa Pettit <theresap72 at aol.com> wrote: > > > I'm very new to this so maybe I'm oversimplifying it in my head. Do I > really need to go through all of those steps? I do have a domain I > purchased but it's not being hosted anywhere at the moment. > > Is it possible somehow just have my domain connected to my on-rev server > account and then direct it to that to use as the from address or is it > more complicated requiring the extra steps below? > > Thanks, > Theresa > > > > ----------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 > 10:02:47 -0400 > From: "Ralph DiMola" <rdimola at evergreeninfo.net> > To: "'How to > use LiveCode'" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> > Subject: RE: help changing the From address when sending email > > > > > I thought sending email was an easy thing. It turns out in this > spam/virus > world we live it gets more complicated. > > First of all sending messages with a "from" other than your on-rev master > address is technically "spoofing". This is done legitimately all the time > with consultants running a server process on behalf of their customers. > There are several things one can do to prevent spam filters from having > heart failure. > > 1) Put a "mailfrom:ACCOUNTNAME at SERVERNAME.on-rev.com" in the email > header. > This give spam filters a valid path back to the on-rev server. > ACCOUNTNAME = master on-rev email address(login username) > SERVERNAME = Server name (i.e. diesel, thor....) > > 2) Put a "from:SPOOFEDADDRESS at SOMECOMPANY.com" in the email header. > SPOOFEDADDRESS at SOMECOMPANY.com = is the email address you want the > recipient > to see. It should be a valid email. > > 3) put a "Message-Id: <UNIQUE-ID at SOMECOMPANY.com>" in the email > header. > UNIQUE-ID = I use the LC uuid > > 4) put a "Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 22:48:57 +0200" in the email header. LC > Example: ("Date:" && the internet date) > > 5) put a "Subject: MY SUBJECT" in the email header. > > 5) If the email is html then also include a text version also. Not > including > a text version will up your spam score. > > 6) A short email body will up your spam score. > > 7) Non https images or links will up your spam score. > > 8) add a spf txt record to your DNS. This is not a show stopper. See > https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-an-spf-record-to > -prevent-spoofing-improve-e-mail-reliability for example. I am not > vouching > for this site it's just an example. Do a "spf txt record examples" search > for more information. > > There are on-line tools to test your spam score. Paste in the > email(including headers) and see your score. > > Before I did all this my X-AntiAbuse spam score was 12 out of 10. All my > email was flagged as spam. By doing the above steps (sans the spf > thingy) I > lowered it to -0.3 > > I am not an email expert and I'm sure this score could be lowered even > more > with more header tweaking but this get my emails delivered and not put > into > junk mail folders. > > I have done some major re-working of the example sendmail script. Let me > know if you would like me to send you my updated version. You may have to > change a few things to make it your own. > Ralph DiMola > IT Director > Evergreen Information Services > rdimola at evergreeninfo.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On > Behalf > Of Theresa > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 2:03 PM > To: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com > Subject: help changing the From address when sending email > > > > I'm creating an app that needs to send an email to the user. I've gone > through the lesson about sending email through LiveCode Server here > http://lessons.runrev.com/m/4070/l/8184-sending-emails-from-livecode-server- > scripts > and I get the email to send but no matter what I seem to do, I can't get > the > "from" address to be anything but my server account email. Is there > something I'm missing? I've tried it using a variable and also just > putting > a straight email address in but I can't get it to change. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode