Re: [PHP] Mail Function In PHP

On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 17:18 +0000, Richard Quadling wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
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> So, say I did go and setup a local SMTP relay, how would I make it
> known that it was a "real" smtp server and not just some script
> pushing spam?
> 
> 
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By having your local relay talk seductively to the remote server?

More sensibly though, I would assume that you could use some sort of
certificate for this, although I don't know much about mail servers.

Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk