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Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:40 pm
by hanji
Here is my argument: Try connecting to apache on port 25 and see if you get a 220 response. If you don't or the response is not from apache then your arguments are down the toilet.
I've never said that Apache is a mailserver. I've never said that Apache listens on port 25. We are at a point where each of us disagrees with each other 100%, and further discussion will lead us no-where.

hanji

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:50 pm
by bokehman
Ok. So your server has been set up in this curious fashion where mail is placed in apaches home directory for no one to read. So how does that help solve the query?

Chances are the mailserver is missconfigured and there is nothing wrong with the email at all.

Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:02 pm
by hanji
hanji wrote: Also, do you receive bounce backs of any kind. Is the reply or from an email that you receive? If you don't receive email bounces.. they may be bouncing back to apache. Maybe worth talking with you host to see if they're seeing any bounce back.. or bounce back messages in their mail.logs.
Starting from square one. I'm thinking that we're 'off' on the semantics. In the above 'original' quote I'm saying they may be bouncing back to apache. When I'm saying that, I'm meaning that the email is bouncing to the local user 'apache'. In this case you would see the bounced email in the apache's homedir. If waydawn set an improper TO value in his PHP script.. then they would eventually bounce back to apache's home dir, and he would not receive the email to the correct TO value. This was just a debug option to help find the 'problem' why he's not receiving mail.

Are we getting confused because you are thinking that I'm saying the apache process is aware of the bounce? I understand that the apache process will not be aware of the bounce, but the Return-Path of the original email would eventually send it to apache's homedir.
bokehman wrote:Ok. So your server has been set up in this curious fashion where mail is placed in apaches home directory for no one to read. So how does that help solve the query?
Actually, my mail server is set up pretty standard. Mail rarely goes to apache's homedir.. only on 'bounces' from webapps. It's helps solve the query.. if waydawn misconfigured his email script.... that's all.

hanji