Re: OS need anything for mail() to work?

On Mon, April 28, 2008 3:09 pm, Jason Pruim wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Richard Lynch wrote: > >> On Fri, April 25, 2008 3:44 pm, Brian Dunning wrote: >>> Is there any way for PHP to know that this email is not going >>> through? >> >> You could, perhaps, hack your MTA to notify something somewhere that >> PHP can check... >> >> But it's really out of PHP's hands at this point. >> >> If you put a letter in a mailbox, and the USPS fails to deliver it, >> do >> you really expect to get notified? > > If you're in the US (Hence the USPS) and you put first class postage > on it and include your return address then yes since it's built in if > the letter is not deliverable as addressed. If it's part of a > presorted mailing (not first class) then you have to pay additional > fees for it to be returned and specifically request it by adding > "Address Service requested" or "Return service requested" > > But none of that has a lick of salt to do with PHP just throwing out > my knowledge since that what I do in my day job :) Apparently, you live in an area where USPS doesn't lose/mis-deliver mail routinely... :-v -- Can you do me a favor? Sign up for http://Facebook.com Add http://apps.facebook.com/whereivebeen/ Review it, and let 'em know Rich sent you. http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2603626322 (Scroll down to the middle of the middle column) Give it a 5-star rating please :-) (If you can't go 5-star, email me to tell me why)