The only sure-fire way to track bounces is to use a unique return path for each mail. For example:
Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The "12345" in the above example is a unique ID that you use to look up the original recipient of the mail (possibly a unique ID in a database). This would require that you have an automated server that can process these types of addresses (if you look at the headers in a list mail from Topica you will see these types of unique return path headers). If you use a single POP account to process bounces then you will never get 100% automation. Your custom headers will not be in all of the bounce messages that come back. I know of some list administrators that process these bounces by hand but this becomes cumbersome for large lists. Regards, -- Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. - www.CoolFusion.com - 631-737-4668 x101 inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - The Award-winning, Intelligent Mail Server >>> Find out how iMS Stacks up to the competition: >http://www.coolfusion.com/imssecomparison.cfm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Beer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:05 AM Subject: Partially OT: Returning POP3 x- headers > <CF_hair action="falling out"> > > I'm not even sure how to ask this question. > > I have embedded custom headers in e-mail messages. When an address > bounces I need to pull the value of those x- headers from the mail. > Basically, I'm embedding a message_ID and a mailing_ID. I'd like to be > able to flag e-mail addresses in my database as bad based on those > numbers. > > Most of the original bounced mail is returned as an attachment to the > bounce/failure message. Sometimes there are multiple attachments. > > Sometimes the header of the bounced mail is embedded in the bounce > message itself. > > Does anyone have any idea how to go about getting at those custom > headers? I've tried some CF_Pop and text parsing things, but of course > that misses any attachments. As far as the attachments go, well - I > haven't even tried that part yet because CF_POP is so slow it's not even > worth following that path. > > </cf_hair> > > > > > Jeff Beer > Director of Application Development > Digital Stormfront, Inc > http://www.digitalstormfront.com <http://www.digitalstormfront.com> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
