> One way to reduce the amount of spam your server receives is to have it > validate the domain of the sender. In this case, the mail server tried > to lookup the domain rahul.local, which of course doesn't exist, so > your mail was rejected. Read up on the mail() command, specifically the > additional headers where you can specify the MAIL FROM. > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php > > One thing that helped me in understanding how the mail process worked > was to walk through it manually from the terminal. It's ridiculously > simple what goes on in transferring a message to another mail server. > Which explains why some viruses have there own mail servers built-in. >
Also, having your computer's IP address in DNS helps. Localhost is not an authorized hostname for DNS. Type in this command to see whether there's an MX record for your machine. nslookup -type=mx <enter your hostname recognized by DNS> >> Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host nymx-1.nyroc.rr.com[24.92.226.31] Heh, I'm orginally from Rochester. :) --Matthew Sims --<http://killermookie.org> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
