Voytek Eymont schrieb:
I have some web generated emails being sent as 'apache@' [as the default
web user]
now, an isp appears to be doing a user lookup as below and bounces emails,
claiming this server is mis-configured:
is there any requirement on me having an 'apache@' address if I'm sending
emails as such ?
TIA,
Hi,
sender verification is evil ,in most cases ( there are setups where it
makes sense, like backup mx, if you control all mailservers), as it produces
a lot of unneeded smtp traffic ( its kind of backscatter , which many
faked maildomains have to fight with, so this isp does simply wrong, in
my mind ), if a host has an A dns entry
its ok ( and typical )that it sends mail from like i.e.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , this account must not recieve mails, but if
you want to make sure
that most verification works rewrite it to i.e [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on the outgoing smtp server
( which should a smtp reachable mailbox), you will recieve
bounces then too, which is helpfull for spam script analysis, and broken
addresses,
additional you may use spf and dkim.
Another solution is not to use the local sendmail ( or whatever) on the
webserver instead use i.e SendEmail perl script
http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
if youre allowed to have perl on your webserver
so with SendEmail the mailserver is choosable
and you can use your own mailserver for deliver out mail,
which should be helpfull in verification stuff.
Perhaps others will give you more help about this problem too
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Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer
Germany/Munich/Bavaria
