no bounced back messages for bad emails

lkrlinda

Help! THi iS mAddeninG!

I can successfully send email to valid addresses using the mail function : mail($recipient, $subject, $body, $header)
BUT if the $recipient is NOT a valid email address, I do not receive an Undeliverable email message.

I define $header as follows:

$from = "info@linda.com";

$header = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$header .= "From: Linda <$from>\r\n";

$headers .= "X-Sender: < $from >\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: linda.com form\n"; // mailer
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!

A n y I d e a s, A n y o n e?

feldon23

Try a Reply-To: header too.

lkrlinda

THanks for the reply .
Sorry I am kind of dense.
LIKE THIS?

$from = "info@linda.com";

$header = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$header .= "From: Linda <$from>\r\n";
$header .= "Reply-to: Linda <$from>\r\n";

$headers .= "X-Sender: < $from >\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: linda.com form\n"; // mailer
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!

lkrlinda

Tried it and it didn'twork.
Still need input/ideas.............

BTW, variable $headers is really $header

stolzyboy

this is what i use for that same sort of system, you will have to config it to suit your needs

<?
if (isset($send))
{
$to  = "$username <$email_address>";

$subject = "Username/Password Retrieval";

$message = "
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
you can put whatever variables in here like $email_address and $password, that you got from your database
</body>
</html>
";

$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

$headers .= "From: Username Retrieval <retrieval@ddd.net>\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

lkrlinda

Thanks but I had that.
Someone told me that I should set the $ENV (environment) variables like this before the mail function:

$ENV{'QMAILHOST'} = "linda.com";

$ENV{'MAILHOST'} = "linda.com";

$ENV{'QMAILUSER'} = "lkrlinda@linda.com";

TRied this too but no success...........

stolzyboy

well mine is kinda what you had, but different if you look closely, btw what platform are you developing on?

dalecosp

#include 'disclaimer.h'

Jus' a thought....

How 'bout an "Errors-to" header?

lkrlinda

sorry - but I don't see the differences....
I don't know what platform -- does Apacher or Cobalt sound right?