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

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2012

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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. =20We 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).=20If 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. =20Do I understand right?-Govinda= Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
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Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (Govinda 2012)
Re: [WebDNA] can webdna set the email header (w/[sendmail]) that controls where bounced email goes? (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2012)
[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. =20We 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).=20If 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. =20Do I understand right?-Govinda= Govinda

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