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

On Apr 28, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Shawn McKenzie wrote:

> Jason Pruim wrote:
>> On Apr 28, 2008, at 3:47 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
>>> On Fri, April 25, 2008 3:44 pm, Brian Dunning wrote:
>>>> Is there any way for PHP to know that this email is not going  
>>>> through?
>>>
>>> You could, perhaps, hack your MTA to notify something somewhere that
>>> PHP can check...
>>>
>>> But it's really out of PHP's hands at this point.
>>>
>>> If you put a letter in a mailbox, and the USPS fails to deliver  
>>> it, do
>>> you really expect to get notified?
>> If you're in the US (Hence the USPS) and you put first class  
>> postage on it and include your return address then yes since it's  
>> built in if the letter is not deliverable as addressed. If it's  
>> part of a presorted mailing (not first class) then you have to pay  
>> additional fees for it to be returned and specifically request it  
>> by adding "Address Service requested" or "Return service requested"
>> But none of that has a lick of salt to do with PHP just throwing  
>> out my knowledge since that what I do in my day job :)
>
> You're a mail carrier in your day job?  That explains some  
> things :-) What are you doing on the computer while you're supposed  
> to be delivering mail?

Go to my website and educate your self :P I process presorted mailings  
for companies... Something the uninformed call "Junk Mail" but in the  
industry it's called "Improperly targeted direct mail" :)


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>> MQC Specialist
>> 3251 132nd ave
>> Holland, MI, 49424-9337
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Jason Pruim
Raoset Inc.
Technology Manager
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3251 132nd ave
Holland, MI, 49424-9337
www.raoset.com
[email protected]