blackwater dev wrote:
> Thanks for all the insights. It appears that it might have thought my
> email
> was spam as I sent it from another server and it worked fine.
which makes it even more likely that the 'bad' server doesn't have it's
relevant MX DNS records setup properly - I can't really tell you what properly
entails - it's a responsiblity I hand off to the relevant sys admin :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 1/16/07, Jochem Maas <jochem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> also consider that there maybe a reverse lookup being done on the sending
>> MTA
>> that the sms gateway doesn't consider kosher .. and/or that the IP of the
>> sending MTA is grey-listed/black-listed.
>>
>> also a check may be being done to see if the sender's account exists
>> on the sender's [your servers] domain.
>>
>> check the relevant logs on your server to see what (if anything)
>> the sms gateway is asking your server. (no idea what/where those logs
>> are hiding out).
>>
>> sorry if this all sounds vague, I'm mostly parroting what others have
>> said
>> in the past - I'm hardly what you would call knowledgable with regard to
>> mail servers
>> and all that jazz.
>>
>> tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> > Maybe phpMailer isn't sending the correct headers either. Sometimes
>> all
>> it takes is one missing header that a system is looking for and it may
>> filter it as spam or something.
>> >
>> > Again, I encourage you to examine the headers from your Thunderbird
>> "good" email and compare it to your PHP and/or phpMailer headers that are
>> getting sent. Possibly try to emulate the successful email as much as
>> possible by copying the headers from a known successful message.
>> >
>> > If that doesn't work, then you may contact teleflip or whatever service
>> you're trying to send text messages to and ask them if they can
>> provide any
>> information as to why it may not be going through. Never know, might
>> find
>> someone with half a brain who can help.
>> >
>> > -TG
>> >
>> > = = = Original message = = =
>> >
>> > I tried using phpMailer and all and it nothing seems to work right. I
>> can
>> > send it fine through thunderbird but it just seems to complain via
>> php. Not
>> > sure why.
>> >
>> > On 1/16/07, tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >> I'm guessing the SMS system is rejecting the email because it's
>> lacking
>> >> some headers that mail programs tend to use... and spammers sometimes
>> >> forget.
>> >>
>> >> You might send your email from Thunderbird.. CC yourself on it.
>> Verify
>> >> that it went through as a text message, then open the CC'd copy and
>> look at
>> >> the headers. You can start by taking all those headers and putting
>> them
>> >> into your PHP script then slowly commenting some out until you get
>> just
>> what
>> >> you need and not a lot of extra garbage (to keep it simple and
>> >> semi-elegant).
>> >>
>> >> That's where I'd start at least.
>> >>
>> >> -TG
>> >>
>> >> = = = Original message = = =
>> >>
>> >> Has anyone been able to successfully send a text message using php and
>> the
>> >> mail function?
>> >>
>> >> It works fine if I open up thunderbird and send a message to
>> >> mynumber@xxxxxxxxxxxx but if I use the mail function:
>> >>
>> >> mail("mynumber@xxxxxxxxxxxx", "test", "test");
>> >>
>> >> It doesn't work. I've tried several different approaches so was
>> curious
>> >> if
>> >> others have used it successfully.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
>
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