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otseng
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« on: December 05, 2007, 07:47:46 AM »
When I try to send mail via php mail(), it will not send mail to my yahoo or bellsouth email addresses.  But, it'll send it to my gmail address.  Is there a setting somewhere where it won't send mail to certain domains?
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« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 10:05:10 PM »
Hello Otseng,

More than likely, you do not setup sender's email address calling mail() function in PHP. Yahoo and Bellsouth reject emails as they are sent from non-existing email address.
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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2007, 12:04:07 PM »
I have an email user setup for the sender, but it still is not working.

Could it be that the DNS needs an SPF record? 

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/technologies/senderid/default.mspx
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« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 01:56:19 AM »
Quote from: otseng on December 06, 2007, 12:04:07 PM
I have an email user setup for the sender, but it still is not working.

Could it be that the DNS needs an SPF record? 

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safety/technologies/senderid/default.mspx

SPF would possible help as well. Did you ensure that the from address is being setup by sending the email to yourself and checking the From field in its headers?
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2008, 08:12:42 AM »
I think I need to setup domainkeys to send email to yahoo.

http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/

I can generate the keys, but how do I install the private key?
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2008, 08:45:32 PM »
Quote from: otseng on February 06, 2008, 08:12:42 AM
I think I need to setup domainkeys to send email to yahoo.

http://domainkeys.sourceforge.net/

I can generate the keys, but how do I install the private key?

Does mail sending to Yahoo via mail client work smoothly? DomainKeys should be configured in the mail server and it is required to know what control panel or mail server is installed on your machine to try to assist more.
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« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2008, 08:23:27 AM »
Quote from: perestrelka on February 07, 2008, 08:45:32 PM
Does mail sending to Yahoo via mail client work smoothly?
It does not work either.

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DomainKeys should be configured in the mail server and it is required to know what control panel or mail server is installed on your machine to try to assist more.
I'm using Plesk.  How do I determine what mail server is used?
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« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2008, 08:41:30 PM »
Hello,

Since you use Plesk, you have qmail installed as the mail server (I assume you are on Linux). What exact happens with emails to Yahoo sent via mail client? Do they get delivered but get into the Junk folder?
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2008, 05:24:02 AM »
Quote from: perestrelka on February 08, 2008, 08:41:30 PM
Hello,

Since you use Plesk, you have qmail installed as the mail server (I assume you are on Linux). What exact happens with emails to Yahoo sent via mail client? Do they get delivered but get into the Junk folder?
Yes, I'm on Linux.  Emails do not even show up in the junk folder.
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2008, 03:44:08 AM »
Quote from: otseng on February 09, 2008, 05:24:02 AM
Quote from: perestrelka on February 08, 2008, 08:41:30 PM
Hello,

Since you use Plesk, you have qmail installed as the mail server (I assume you are on Linux). What exact happens with emails to Yahoo sent via mail client? Do they get delivered but get into the Junk folder?
Yes, I'm on Linux.  Emails do not even show up in the junk folder.

I would recommend to check mail logs in /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog to see what's happening with those email, do they get rejected for some reason or does Yahoo accept them.
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2008, 06:09:08 AM »
Quote from: perestrelka on February 10, 2008, 03:44:08 AM
I would recommend to check mail logs in /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog to see what's happening with those email, do they get rejected for some reason or does Yahoo accept them.
I sent an email to my yahoo account from horde.  Here is the log:

Feb 12 05:58:21 vps qmail: 1202824701.048453 starting delivery 4504: msg 3286390
62 to remote <deleted>@yahoo.com
Feb 12 05:58:21 vps qmail: 1202824701.048532 status: local 0/10 remote 1/20
Feb 12 05:58:22 vps qmail: 1202824702.001557 delivery 4504: success: 216.39.53.1
_accepted_message./Remote_host_said:_250_ok_dirdel/
Feb 12 05:58:22 vps qmail: 1202824702.001734 status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
Feb 12 05:58:22 vps qmail: 1202824702.001879 end msg 328639062

Nothing shows up in my yahoo, including bulk.
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2008, 02:29:25 PM »
I'm now able to send email from horde.  I was able to debug it by sending an email to:
auth-results@verifier.port25.com

It was blocking delivery because I was using a public wifi hotspot that was email blacklisted.  But I don't know why that would affect email.

Now need to figure out why php mail still will not work.
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2008, 08:48:17 PM »
Hi Otseng,

To check what is going on with emails from PHP scripts, just send them and check the mail logs Wink
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