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[Jack Scott]

Russ- phpMailer is an interface to the sendmail function which uses an
MTA like sendmail or POSTFIX, so adding this to the mix wont do
anything.

Marc - Your host is right, you need proper SPF (Sender Policy
Framework)records as well as a record which resolves to your mail server
IE: mail.myserver.com
Go here and use these tools: http://www.dnsstuff.com/
Also, are you handling your DNS or your host? 

On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:48 -0400, Russ Demarest wrote:

> Try using phpMailer and the $mail->Host ="your server domain" parameter.
> 
> I am assuming you are sending mail from a script on a shared host?
> 
> Good Luck
> 
> On May 18, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Marc Antony Vose wrote:
> 
> > Hi guys:
> >
> > I labeled this out as 'OT', because it started out as a PHP mail()
> > issue, but it apparently has nothing to do with PHP.
> >
> > I am getting a bit desperate and honestly don't really have the
> > budget for a dedicated sysadmin on this project, but I'll give
> > someone some $$$ or some lovely item(s) from their amazon wish list
> > if they can help me with something.
> >
> > The problem, succinctly stated, is: the server can email some domains
> > (such as mine, and gmail.com) and not others (such as mac.com,
> > hotmail.com, and the client's).
> >
> > The reason, I suspect, is reverse DNS issues, the server's 'SMTP
> > banner' (which is wrong), or some other thing.
> >
> > I think the client's domain is a special case, because the domain is
> > on the same machine as a Web host, but the email is elsewhere.
> >
> > But mac.com and hotmail.com and so forth are something else; they
> > must be rejecting the mail (or possibly never receiving it?)
> >
> > I'm not getting mail bouncebacks to the reply-to address, so it's
> > possible that our server is holding the emails and not even sending
> > them out.
> >
> > The hosting company (servermatrix) told me that there are two likely
> > causes:  reverse DNS and the resolv.conf file
> >
> > I have had them add reverse dns pointers, and I checked myself that
> > resolv.conf had their DNS server's IP addresses in it.
> >
> > I've been reading about reverse DNS, and "Envelope-to:" addresses,
> > and all sorts of other things, and it's not making much sense to me.
> > I figured someone else must know the ins and outs of this stuff.
> >
> > If someone can help me with this, or point me in the right direction
> > of what to troubleshoot first, it would be greatly appreciated.  you
> > could also contact me off-list.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -- 
> > Marc Antony Vose
> > http://www.suzerain.com/
> >
> > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
> > -- Benjamin Franklin
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