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[justin]

I usually use SendGrid (or something similar). Mail/spam/blacklist/etc
just isn't worth dealing with :)

--j


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Peter Lehrer <plehrer at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, Thanks. I installed sendmail on my local machine and got it to
> work. However, when I send it to my gmail account, it goes into spam.
> This is probably due to the reason Chris enumerated.
>
> Peter
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Chris Snyder <chsnyder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Peter Lehrer <plehrer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I am trying to get the php mail function to work. I have a website
>>> running Apache2 and PHP Version 5.3.3-7+squeeze8 on Debian. I tried to
>>> get a test email message working. Here is my code:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> $to = "plehrer at gmail.com";
>>> $subject = "Test mail";
>>> $message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
>>> $from = "plehrer at me.outlook.com";
>>> $headers = "From:" . $from;
>>> mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
>>> echo "Mail Sent.";
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Can anybody help me?
>>>
>>
>> Best way to debug mailing issues is to view the mail log and see if
>> there are any clues as to what went wrong. On Debian, it is at
>> /var/log/mail.log
>>
>> Very often mail problems have to do with anti-spam controls in
>> receiving systems. Most big email companies will only accept mail from
>> servers with a reverse-DNS record that maps the IP address to a real
>> name. Also, you may be running up against SPF records created by
>> outlook.com that prevent forging mail from that address.
>>
>> One thing I notice in your script is a missing space after the colon in "From:".
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