Re: postfix with PHP on Mac OS X

Sounds interesting and what I need to do, so let me try this first. Thanks A ton! RSJ On 7/22/04 5:03 PM, "Brent Baisley" <brent@landover.com> wrote: > One way to reduce the amount of spam your server receives is to have it > validate the domain of the sender. In this case, the mail server tried > to lookup the domain rahul.local, which of course doesn't exist, so > your mail was rejected. Read up on the mail() command, specifically the > additional headers where you can specify the MAIL FROM. > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php > > One thing that helped me in understanding how the mail process worked > was to walk through it manually from the terminal. It's ridiculously > simple what goes on in transferring a message to another mail server. > Which explains why some viruses have there own mail servers built-in. > > On Jul 22, 2004, at 4:49 PM, PHP Junkie wrote: > >> Astrum Et Securis >> >> I tried using the "mail" command at the Terminal Window.... In fact it >> did >> have all my sent messages recorded there, but they are all giving an >> error... Which is something like this: >> >> __________ >> Content-Description: Delivery error report >> Content-Type: message/delivery-status >> >> Reporting-MTA: dns; rahul.local >> Arrival-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:39:14 -0400 (EDT) >> >> Final-Recipient: rfc822; myemail@nycap.rr.com >> Action: failed >> Status: 5.0.0 >> Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host nymx-1.nyroc.rr.com[24.92.226.31] >> said: 553 >> 5.1.8 <www@rahul.local>... Domain of sender address >> www@rahul.local does >> not exist (in reply to MAIL FROM command) >> __________ >> >> And then the content of the Email follows. >> >> The name of my server (localhost) is "rahul.local" >> >> I'm not sure what this error is trying to tell me... >> Any help will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Rahul S. Johari >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>