Re: sending bulk emails - mail() success/failure

Hi > The mail() entry in the manual does say that it returns a boolean for send > success/failure, however none of the examples make any use of such > feedback. Is there a way to work out if something has gone wrong with a > particular mail out, what the actual failure was, eg SMTP server down, DNS > lookup failed, slow connection time-out, etc? Indeed what will trigger a > FALSE return? > > Please advise, > =dn From what I've seen/used of it, the true/false return isnt much use in most cases as most causes of failure dont cause the false return as they happen after the initial stage :( a false return can be caused by an immediate failure - i.e. user unknown on a local mailbox - but aside from that not a clue, sorry :( On a slightly OT note, I'm finding the best way to manage the whole process is to set up a temp email account and use that as the 'From' and 'Return Path' address, then have a PHP script receive mail from that mailbox and scan for undeliverables/unsubscribes and remove/disable them in the list as appropriate. Its a lot of work though :( -- Shane