Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile]

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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 Consultant 808-737-6499 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 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Mike Davis 2000)
  2. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Glenn Busbin 2000)
  3. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Webcat 2000)
  4. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  5. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  6. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Kenneth Grome 2000)
  7. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Anup setty 2000)
  8. Re: [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Mike Davis 2000)
  9. [sendmail] v. [writefile] (Doug Hardman 2000)
>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 Consultant 808-737-6499 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 Kenneth Grome

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