#22969 [Com]: sent mail not received by some servers

ID: 22969 Comment by: iandbigejunk at yahoo dot com Reported By: yellowjacket at email dot com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: apache PHP Version: 4.3.2RC1 New Comment: ----------- (A) solution ----------------------------- crdesignprod at NO_SPAMyahoo dot com 30-Aug-2002 10:52 This is a problem I ran into that really had me stumped for awhile. I was using mail() to send messages from a bulletin board I created via a form in order to keep users email addresses private (read no email mining possible). Problem was some people were not getting the messages. After testing on MANY different email accounts I was beginning to get stumped. It seems that some ISP's and servers require that the Return-Path header email address match the From email address in order for it to be passed onto the users account. By adding -f email@address.com as the last parameter in the mail function to the same as the From address everything started getting recieved as it should. Here's two examples. mail($to, $subject, $body, $from); resulted in some people not receiving the message. but... mail($to, $subject, $body, $from, "-f $from_email_address"); everyone got the message as intended. Hope this helps someone else out as it had me totally baffled until I started comparing the full headers of my email messages. ------------ (B) Additional Problems Solved (solution 1) ---------- ziwap at hotmail dot com 02-Mar-2002 07:47 To remove the X-authentication-warning put apache (or the user running httpd processed) into the list of "trusted users" ------------ (B) Additional Problems Solved (solution 2) ---------- phpdocs at razorburn dot org 28-Feb-2002 04:43 If you don't like the X-authentication-warning header from using the -f flag, you can remove authwarnings from sendmail's PrivacyOptions. sendmail.mc: define(confPRIVACY_FLAGS', authwarnings,...')dnl sendmail.cf: O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings,... ------------------------ end of solution ------------------------- Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-31 15:35:01] iliaa@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. your CGI is likely adding some additional headers, which is what allows your e-mail to go through. The solution would be to see what headers are sent when CGI is used and what headers are sent by PHP and use the headers argument of the mail() function to add any missing headers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-31 10:21:45] yellowjacket at email dot com Please note that I am receiving an auto reply from you to yellowjacket@email.com which I am sure is being sent with PHP mail(). This would imply that you know what the problem is since your mail is being received and mine is not. If this is not a bug it is a least incomplete documentation of how to use mail() to ensure delivery to all server types. What is the appropriate syntax for mail() to ensure delivery? Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-31 10:03:06] yellowjacket at email dot com Since I can sent email to those servers using cgi script and from other email accounts, there is something that PHP is or is not doing that is causing the servers to reject the incoming email if you feel that is "bogus" or not a bug fine but my definition of a bug is something that does not work consistently and mail() does not. thanks, yellowjacket ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-31 01:35:45] sniper@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Thank you for your interest in PHP. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-30 20:53:34] yellowjacket at email dot com the mail()function is sending mail but some addresses are not receiving it. What is the issue with mail() that causes some servers not to deliver the mail? For example I can not send email to yellowjacket@email.com or to my hotmail account. There is a lot of discussion about this problem on various sites but no solution. I tried adding the return-path as suggested by several sites. Do you have a fix? thanks, Yellowjacket ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22969&edit=1