[FX.php List] [OFF] Sending php mail as anyone(?!)

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Hi Joel,

The game isn't how much email gets SENT. It's how much email gets 
READ.  Notice I didn't say RECEIVED. You email could very well be 
RECEIVED, but put in the SPAM or JUNK folder, where it is unlikely to 
be RECOGNIZED, OPENED or READ.

Between Point A and Point B, there is layer upon layer of hardware 
and software attempting to decide if your mail goes through or not, 
often arbitrarily.  You can maximize your success by knowing the hard 
and fast rules and keeping current with the less defined, 
ever-changing spam filter rules.  Your mail gets through by NOT doing 
what the spam filters are looking for, even though you don't really 
understand what that is.  Fun, huh?

This list isn't the place to have a further discussion unless other 
folks want to hear it.

Send me an email from the server in question. I will contact you 
offline and get you started on this bumpy road. ;-)

Jonathan






At 11:41 PM -0700 7/30/08, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I'm just starting to look at sending mail via php.
>
>What am I missing?  Any recommended primers on this crazy scary new world?
>
>TIA,
>-Joel


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