Curtis Ford wrote: > I've done a project for a client that involves customers filling > out a form on a web page, which triggers a script that 1) writes > their information to a log file on the server, and 2) sends out > confirmation e-mails to the customer and client. > > It's been working well for quite a while, but every now and then the > e-mails aren't received - about one in 10 or 20, according to the > client. When I test, everything seems fine.
It might be a technical issue, but sadly those ratios reflect what I'd read a couple years ago about email systems being so overloaded with spam filters that it prevents between 5% and 10% of legitimate emails from reaching their destinations. :(
This discussion shows you're not alone, and the comments describe a wide range of reasons email is reported as not received:
<http://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/growing-number-of-e-mails-sent-but-not-being-received-589186/> -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ [email protected] http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
