Re: php mail() error

* Thus wrote Manuel Lemos: > Hello, > > On 11/14/2004 01:29 AM, Curt Zirzow wrote: > > > >If you even paid attention to Jason's message a simple google > >search for: > > > > smtp 550 5.7.1 unable to rely for > > > >returns a bunch more information than spam. > > FYI, that is a common error message that SMTP servers return when they > only allow relaying messages to remote addresses after prior > authentication. correct. prior authentication means you either authenticated via smtp or have access other ways.. pop relay, fall within a certain ip range.. etc... > Requiring authentication is one common solution to not leave > relaying opened. Common but not the *only* way. > > If you really knew how SMTP servers work, you would have avoided making > a fool of yourself with yet another personal attack against somebody > that is offering a practical solution that solves the original poster > problem. my god.. you take it as a personal attack that I provide someone else an alternative method of finding out what there problem is? Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."