Re: [PHP] Mail Function In PHP
[email protected] (Richard Quadling)
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On 8 March 2010 13:06, Teus Benschop <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 10:21 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote: > > Contrary to popular belief, to send an email you do not need to have > > your own SMTP server. All you need to know is the SMTP server > > responsible for your recipients email. > [...] > > While the above is true, there is also another thing that comes into > play. We used to send email directly to the receiver the way described > above. But at times it happens that the receiving smtp server refuses to > accept mail from the sender since the sender is not known to be a good > smtp server, and at times it could get blacklisted. Rules like this get > tightened up because of the desire to curb spam at the source. > > Teus. Black listing can happen even for valid domains. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling