note 46486 added to function.mail

Hello all, I have a simple solution to some of the larger email companies(Y!, Hotmail etc..) rejecting your emails sent from a php script: First thing I did was identify the default "Return-Path:" header which in my case was www@mydomain.com. This is obviusly set by my hosting company and I had no control over it. Every email I sent from this address was being automatically added to the bulk folder. I tried using the -f switch but still ended up in the bulk folder because it would generate a X-Authentication-Warning header. I had to edit /etc/mail/submit.cf on my server and add www as a trusted user. Here are the lines to look for in your submit.cf file: ##################### # Trusted users # ##################### # this is equivalent to setting class "t" #Ft/etc/mail/trusted-users Troot Tdaemon Tuucp Tmailnull Twww <-- notice the addition of the www user. Now I can use the -f switch freely and all emails are getting accepted in the inbox! Snippet: <?php mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, "-f".$return_path.""); ?> Good Luck! ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+46486 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+46486&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+46486&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php