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

On Mon, April 28, 2008 3:09 pm, 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 :)

Apparently, you live in an area where USPS doesn't lose/mis-deliver
mail routinely... :-v

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