Re: [PHP] Mail Function In PHP

On 03/08/2010 06:18 PM, 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.
>> [...]
>> 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.
> 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?

You can use SPF, DomainKeys plus valid DNS information.
I have setup SPF records for my domains. If you attempt to send E-Mail 
as if it was sent from my server then any server doing SPF record 
checking will not accept or simply drop your message.

I have not setup DomainKeys since SPF has served me well but I will 
configure it soon.

-- 
John
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