Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes?

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2012


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 108733
interpreted = N
texte = > I use sendmail, on the WebDNA server, to relay mail to a valid email = server where it is then sent. That way if the email bounces it goes to = whatever account the "from" is set to at the mail server, and not back = to the original WebDNA sendmail server. >=20 > I'm not sure if this is what you're trying to do, but you should keep = a few things in mind. If you're trying to relay mail directly out of = sendmail to an end recipient, from a non valid email server, with no = valid MX or reverse records, the odds are that most of your email is = going to bounce, as most of the servers, now, do checks for valid email = servers before accepting your mail. Email, when it bounces, is returned = to the "from" address in the return path. I am staring to get confused. =20 We are not trying to use different mail servers, nor anything fancy, = (and certainly not trying to send unsolicited email). Our purpose is = just to create email (send FROM) from one account, but have it go to a = different account in case it bounces (so that the person who handles any = bounces is a different person than the one responsible for sending the = email).=20 If email always goes to the FROM address when it bounces, then I am not = sure what Tom was trying to do (why he cared) when he asked if webdna = could be changed such that "we could specify an email's 'return-path' = header using [sendmail] " . =46rom reading his subsequent post, and = the VERP wiki article he mentions, I guess he is saying, effectively, = that although the bounced email does not get sent to an address = different than the FROM address, at least a custom 'return-path' header = would *FLAG* an email in a way that email list management software could = make use of. =20 Do I understand right? -Govinda= Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (aaronmichaelmusic@gmail.com 2012)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (aaronmichaelmusic@gmail.com 2012)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2012)
  8. [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
> I use sendmail, on the WebDNA server, to relay mail to a valid email = server where it is then sent. That way if the email bounces it goes to = whatever account the "from" is set to at the mail server, and not back = to the original WebDNA sendmail server. >=20 > I'm not sure if this is what you're trying to do, but you should keep = a few things in mind. If you're trying to relay mail directly out of = sendmail to an end recipient, from a non valid email server, with no = valid MX or reverse records, the odds are that most of your email is = going to bounce, as most of the servers, now, do checks for valid email = servers before accepting your mail. Email, when it bounces, is returned = to the "from" address in the return path. I am staring to get confused. =20 We are not trying to use different mail servers, nor anything fancy, = (and certainly not trying to send unsolicited email). Our purpose is = just to create email (send FROM) from one account, but have it go to a = different account in case it bounces (so that the person who handles any = bounces is a different person than the one responsible for sending the = email).=20 If email always goes to the FROM address when it bounces, then I am not = sure what Tom was trying to do (why he cared) when he asked if webdna = could be changed such that "we could specify an email's 'return-path' = header using [sendmail] " . =46rom reading his subsequent post, and = the VERP wiki article he mentions, I guess he is saying, effectively, = that although the bounced email does not get sent to an address = different than the FROM address, at least a custom 'return-path' header = would *FLAG* an email in a way that email list management software could = make use of. =20 Do I understand right? -Govinda= Govinda

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