Gmail always sends unauthenticated mails to spam folders... I just fell in love with my life...
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 18:56, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wondering why you are not using an email client for sending emails. Any > specific reason ? >Just curious. > > Its my freedom to use 'any program I like in the GNU distribution. As you > know, this freedom is granted to me by the GNU/GPL. If I think, nothing > prevents me from doing this. There is no IPC####, which says "You shall not > use 'mail' or sendmail commands". There is no sentence in the Bible, which > says "Thou shall not use mail and sendmail commands". :-) I know that you > are curious, but this is the only reason. > > > If you have gmail account (actually any email account that support SMTP), > it is pretty easy to > setup it in email client and send emails through > email clients. > I feel mail and sendmail commands are easier than that. > > > If you prefer using scripts and commands, why not using something similar > to phpmailer which > use SMTP (authenticated) internally ? > I will try that later on. > > > The 'mail' command whether it is from the prompt or using some script - > is not a good idea >(AFAIK), and as it is not authenticated, emails you send > may end up reaching the spam / bulk >folder. > I don't know whether the lack of SMTP authentication causes the problem. I > will check if its possible to do that using mail or sendmail command. > > Thanks, > Jos Collin > 2009/2/11 Dinkar Mohana Pai <[email protected]> > > Hello >> Wondering why you are not using an email client for sending emails. Any >> specific reason ? Just curious. >> >> If you have gmail account (actually any email account that support SMTP), >> it is pretty easy to setup it in email client and send emails through email >> clients. >> >> If you prefer using scripts and commands, why not using something similar >> to phpmailer which use SMTP (authenticated) internally ? >> >> The 'mail' command whether it is from the prompt or using some script - is >> not a good idea (AFAIK), and as it is not authenticated, emails you send may >> end up reaching the spam / bulk folder. >> >> Best Regards >> Din. >> >> On 11-Feb-09, at 5:31 PM, Jos Collin wrote: >> >> I'm sorry to send this email to the community. The emails, which I have >> sent using the 'mail' command are going to the spam folder. I did'nt notice >> that before sending this email. Now I became an expert in mail and sendmail >> commands. >> >> Let me explain my new problem to you. I can send and email from the >> command line to anybody I like. But if I keep on sending emails for more >> than a day, the Spam filter (in the server) filters it and moving it to the >> Spam folder. I want my emails to appear in the Inbox folder. So is there >> anything, which I can specify in my emails so that they can bypass the spam >> filter? Or is there any other method to bypass the Spam filter? For eg, If I >> send an email to a gmail address using 'mail' command, it should bypass the >> Spam filter and go to the Inbox instead of going to the Spam folder. >> >> Please give your inputs. >> >> Thanks, >> Jos Collin >> >> 2009/2/11 Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> >> >>> Dear Jos, >>> >>> 1) Please put an more 'understandable' subject in the subject line. The >>> word 'mail' is altogether vague. >>> >>> 2) Using / Sending out your mail as 'root' is a BIG BAD NO. No matter how >>> much a whiz you are, its bad. As in, B-A-D. >>> >>> Which distro do you use? (sorry, evident from the logs) >>> >>> What package does it support? (sorry, evident from the logs) >>> >>> (But had to wait till this thread to understand it) >>> >>> Did you 'purge' the package or just 'remove' it? Because if you'd just >>> 'remove'd it, the conf files would still be there, and it'd work perfectly >>> if you install it back. Only 'purging' do take away the conf files too, with >>> it.. >>> >>> I believe debian uses Exim4 instead of Sendmail by default as the MTA. >>> >>> Sorry, but were you connected to internet? (hey, I said sorry beforehand, >>> ok?) >>> >>> --- On Fri, 6/2/09, Jos Collin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > pri=120443, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. >>> > [209.85.143.27], dsn=5.0.0, >>> > stat=Service unavailable >>> > Feb 6 13:16:55 debian sm-mta[3880]: n167kCGM003877: >>> > n167ktGM003880: DSN: >>> > Service unavailable >>> >>> I think google SMTP server _at least_ requires SSL authentication. Check >>> your sendmail.cf to see if it tries to authenticate at every instance. >>> >>> Your actual username at google, for authentication, is "@googlemail.com" >>> and not "@gmail.com". Check for that. >>> >>> To the best of my belief (correct me if I'm wrong), google doesn't do >>> SMTP on port 25. Its either port 465 (with SSL) or port 587 (with TLS). >>> >>> More info here: >>> http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-uk&answer=78775 >>> >>> Suggestion: Ditch Sendmail, use postfix (hey, its only a suggestion, >>> don't bite me) ;-) >>> >>> Disclaimer: I'm no mail expert... YMMV! >>> >>> No worries, >>> Mahesh Aravind >>> >>> >>> Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now >>> http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailinglist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailinglist mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > [email protected] > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > >
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