Re: Mail Function In PHP

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 17:18 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 8 March 2010 13:06, Teus Benschop <teusjannette@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 10:21 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote: > >> Contrary to popular belief, to send an email you do not need to have > >> your own SMTP server. All you need to know is the SMTP server > >> responsible for your recipients email. > > [...] > > > > While the above is true, there is also another thing that comes into > > play. We used to send email directly to the receiver the way described > > above. But at times it happens that the receiving smtp server refuses to > > accept mail from the sender since the sender is not known to be a good > > smtp server, and at times it could get blacklisted. Rules like this get > > tightened up because of the desire to curb spam at the source. > > > > Teus. > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > So, say I did go and setup a local SMTP relay, how would I make it > known that it was a "real" smtp server and not just some script > pushing spam? > > > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp > Zend Certified Engineer : > http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling > By having your local relay talk seductively to the remote server? More sensibly though, I would assume that you could use some sort of certificate for this, although I don't know much about mail servers. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk