Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 30063
interpreted = N
texte = >Gang,>>On one of our sites, the feedback page uses the [sendmail] tag to send the>correspondence to the site manager. When the user fills out the email>address field on the page, WebCat places that value into the from header>of the email.>>If the end-user fills out the email address incorrectly, the mail does not>go through. I'm figuring that Emailer sees that the from address is not>valid, and dumps the email off into a black hole.No, it's the SMTP mail server that is rejecting the message -- because the From field address is not a valid account on that SMTP server. Emailer couldn't care less what you put in the From field ...================================Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant808-737-6499 http://webdna.net================================-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Gang,>>On one of our sites, the feedback page uses the [sendmail] tag to send the>correspondence to the site manager. When the user fills out the email>address field on the page, WebCat places that value into the from header>of the email.>>If the end-user fills out the email address incorrectly, the mail does not>go through. I'm figuring that Emailer sees that the from address is not>valid, and dumps the email off into a black hole.No, it's the SMTP mail server that is rejecting the message -- because the From field address is not a valid account on that SMTP server. Emailer couldn't care less what you put in the From field ...================================Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant808-737-6499 http://webdna.net================================-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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