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Re: My Email Script :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:11 am
by jackpf
Yeah, I'll have a word with my hosts.
I don't think I'll bother talking to hotmail though...from what I read, most spam lists charge you for removal, which I think is completely absurd. It seems like they're trying to make money rather than protect people from spam...
Yeah, I'll just have to warn people not to register with a hotmail address on my site for now, since all other email providers work fine.
But yeah, thanks for your help, all of you. I really appreciate it.
Jack.
Re: My Email Script :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:08 am
by Eric!
I usually give users a reminder to check their spam folders for the reply because these things can change from day to day.
Hotmail probably maintains their own spam list, so getting taken off it is just a matter of convincing the right person you're not a spammer. You probably saw this page about it
http://postmaster.msn.com/Troubleshooting.aspx.
You can also check your severs and your domain status
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
And your ip. I read somewhere this is the list hotmail uses...but I think they have their own.
http://www.mail-abuse.com/lookup.html
I hate dealing with blacklists and over-agressive spam filters. I almost gave up on yahoo. They were not delivering my emails at all. After 4 months of back and forth messages they finally fixed it.
Re: My Email Script :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 12:01 pm
by jackpf
Well, I'm not on the mail-abuse.com list so I guess that's good...
I had a look around hotmail's help stuff and it didn't seem very helpful...I couldn't find anything to contact anyone about removing my domain name or IP address from the spam list, if it is in fact on there...
Ahh well. I guess hotmail users can cope. They can of course "mark me as safe" or whatever, so that's ok I guess.
Re: My Email Script :)
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:25 pm
by derobee
Hi,
I am new to PHP and learning.
I want to send mail from my php script which is on localhost via smtp (eg: smtp.google.com)
I tried searching, but I could not find any successful complete answer.
This post looks very hopeful.
Overview :
I am running Apache 2.2 on Windows XP Pro SP3. I have PHP 5.2.9 installed.
My php directory: c:\php
My project directory : C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\Mail
Questions :
1) this might be a stupid question, but, how can I download the Email Script that is attachment to this post?
2) What changes should I make to php.ini, if any?
3) What changes should I make to apache configuration file, if any?
Any other detailed example sending email via smtp will be helpful.
Thanks,
Re: My Email Script :)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:05 am
by jackpf
Hey
Wow, I'm glad you've taken an interest.
Basically my script just uses sockets to send commands to the SMTP server...telling it to send an email.
I've updated the original post of this topic now. If you read it again, you'll see a link to my blog where I've got it hosted, and you can download it. It includes an example as well.
I have had problems with google mail tbh...when sending an RCPT TO command (the command to tell the server who to send the email to) they respond with "unrecognized command". I'll have a mess around with it though...and by all means, feel free to download it and have a play with it too.
It does work with most SMTP servers though. This is a working development...if you want something rock solid, I'd suggest swift mailer or phpmailer. Thanks for the interest though, I appreciate it
