Re: mail sent but not received?!

From: Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:45:03 +0000
Subject: Re: mail sent but not received?!
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* Thus wrote Bing Du: > > $rev = mail($to,$sbj,$msg); > > echo "mail from my.edu result is $rev"; > ?> > -------------- > > Since the result of the mail() returned is 1, the message should have been > delivered fine. but I did not get anything. Where can I look for more Negative! $rev will simply let you know that your MTA (mail transfer agent) accepted your message. The MTA will attempt to deliver the message at its own will. > clues of what the problem might be, like possible log, or turn on some > debug level in php? I've also tried mail($to,$sbj,$msg, "-f me@my.edu"), > no workie either. if the mail was unsucessfully delivered, and me@my.edu is a valid email then the email will get returned to me@my.edu. it gets more complicated than that but thats the jest of it. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! If you have access to you're maillog's then view those. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid!

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