Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile]

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30121
interpreted = N
texte = >> Gang, >> >> On one of our sites, the feedback page uses the [sendmail] tag to send the >> correspondence to the site manager. When the user fills out the email >> address field on the page, WebCat places that value into the from header >> of the email. >> >> If the end-user fills out the email address incorrectly, the mail does not >> go through. I'm figuring that Emailer sees that the from address is not >> valid, and dumps the email off into a black hole. > > No, it's the SMTP mail server that is rejecting the message -- because the > From field address is not a valid account on that SMTP server. Emailer > couldn't care less what you put in the From field ...Yes, but if the email address is not compliant, it can get stuck in the email folder forever and prevent the mail from leaving.At least on NT. I do not know for the Mac. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Mike Davis 2000)
  2. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Glenn Busbin 2000)
  3. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Webcat 2000)
  4. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  5. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  6. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  7. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Anup setty 2000)
  8. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Mike Davis 2000)
  9. [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Doug Hardman 2000)
>> Gang, >> >> On one of our sites, the feedback page uses the [sendmail] tag to send the >> correspondence to the site manager. When the user fills out the email >> address field on the page, WebCat places that value into the from header >> of the email. >> >> If the end-user fills out the email address incorrectly, the mail does not >> go through. I'm figuring that Emailer sees that the from address is not >> valid, and dumps the email off into a black hole. > > No, it's the SMTP mail server that is rejecting the message -- because the > From field address is not a valid account on that SMTP server. Emailer > couldn't care less what you put in the From field ...Yes, but if the email address is not compliant, it can get stuck in the email folder forever and prevent the mail from leaving.At least on NT. I do not know for the Mac. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Nicolas Verhaeghe

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