OK.... Well... I checked out another part of my setup, namely PostFix
Enabler, which I used to set things up to send out mail. I added the
SBC smtp server, login, and password and bingo! Mail is going through
again. So apparently, I don't have to do the authentication through my
script, but just set it up though postfix. Thanks again for all you
help. I will check out Mail::Sender, though. Looks interesting. Thanks
again.
Mark
On Nov 10, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Daniel T. Staal wrote:
On Thu, November 10, 2005 11:43 am, Mark Wheeler said:
Hi Brian,
Yes, I did that, but mail is still not going through.
Does anyone know what happens to the mail when it is "doesn't go
through"?
In theory it should keep trying until the timeout period expires, which
is
normally set for around 3 days on SMTP servers. After that, an error
should be bounced back saying it didn't go through. Some servers will
send a message earlier (commonly at the end of 12/24 hours), confirming
that they are still trying.
That assumes everyone is playing nice. If someone is blocking selected
SMTP connections, they are already not playing nice. They could fake an
acceptance and just drop the message, or do something else...
And, this assumes you've actually got it to the SMTP transport on your
end. ;)
Daniel T. Staal
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