Re: [PHP] OS need anything for mail() to work?

Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> Brian Dunning wrote:
>> Is there any way for PHP to know that this email is not going through?
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Eric Butera wrote:
>>
>>>> Apr 24 17:03:34 MacBrian postfix/error[10699]: F19D21287847:
>>>> to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=4470, delays=4440/30/0/0,
>>>> dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to
>>>> skeptoid.com[72.32.102.215]: Operation timed out)
>>>>
>>>> PHP returned 'TRUE', so how do I tell if it failed or not?
>>>>
>>>> Looks like your mailserver is saying no way.  You might have to roll
>>> up your sleeves and figure out how to make your local postfix relay to
>>> your isp's mail server instead of skeptoid as it is probably shutting
>>> you down.  That is what I had to do at home running ubuntu.
>>
> 
> As far as PHP is concerned it did work, the local MTA accepted it.  A 
> class to use SMTP may offer more error reporting.
> 
> Maybe if skeptoid.com had an MX record?  Which it doesn't.
> 
> -Shawn

Actually, I couldn't get an MX, but I can connect to skeptoid.com port 
25 from my web/mail server, but not from my home computer.  This most 
likely means that it is blacklisting (maybe via RBL) certain IPs and 
blocks of IP such as dynamically assigned pools from ISPs.  I do this on 
my mail sever.

-Shawn