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Mail getting clipped by Yahoo as spam

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 2:54 pm
by fstrnu
Please help. After hours of trying numerous combinations and combing several resources, still can't crack this one and it's ridiculous.

I am using the mail() command and Yahoo! is blocking it as spam. Here is the code that I believe has gotten me the closest:

ini_set(sendmail_from, "me@domain.com");
mail($email_address, $subject, $message);
ini_restore(sendmail_from);

Here is the header that I am getting at the Yahoo e-mail:

X-Apparently-To: recipient@yahoo.com via 216.136.174.83; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:44:09 -0800
X-YahooFilteredBulk: 199.231.130.48
Return-Path: <me@domain.com>
Received: from 199.231.130.48 (EHLO web71.expresstech.net) (199.231.130.48) by mta234.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Sun, 25 Jan 2004 12:44:08 -0800
Received: from web71 ([127.0.0.1]) by web71.expresstech.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:44:07 -0500
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:44:07 -0500
From: me@domain.com Add to Address Book
Subject: Your Password at Domain!
To: recipient@yahoo.com
Return-Path: me@domain.com
Message-ID: <WEB71wYm7ITOZumKXd90001f61a@web71.expresstech.net>
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Jan 2004 20:44:07.0933 (UTC) FILETIME=[FA7EA2D0:01C3E383]
Content-Length: 213

Help, please!

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:41 pm
by microthick
Are you sending the mail from your computer?

If you are, Yahoo! probably sees all emails originating from home computers (dynamic ips) as being spam.

AOL does this.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:06 pm
by fstrnu
Don't think so. Since I'm using the mail() function, doesn't it technically originate from the server side?
microthick wrote:Are you sending the mail from your computer?

If you are, Yahoo! probably sees all emails originating from home computers (dynamic ips) as being spam.

AOL does this.

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 6:24 pm
by microthick
fstrnu wrote:Don't think so. Since I'm using the mail() function, doesn't it technically originate from the server side?
microthick wrote:Are you sending the mail from your computer?

If you are, Yahoo! probably sees all emails originating from home computers (dynamic ips) as being spam.

AOL does this.
Of course.

Sending mail through mail() works on the server-side.

But where is your actual mail server located?