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[Jeff Siegel]

I'm wondering if it *is* that simple...but the jury is still out on this 
one.

Jeff

Terenzio wrote:

> While I no I set myself up to get stung in the rear, it's got to be 
> their mail system.
> Or does Microsoft want programmers to have to  start including platform 
> specific code?
> If an email was sent.........it was sent.
> If one server can receive it and another can't........
> Well, so its not that simple , but it probably is.
> 
> 
> On Jan 13, 2004, at 9:49 PM, Jeff Siegel wrote:
> 
>> I'm having what might be called a long-running "feud" with a client. 
>> Their computer tech claims the problem is in my code...I claim the 
>> problem is in their mail server. Here's the scenario.
>>
>> A PHP form sends out two emails upon completion: one to the client and 
>> a confirmation copy to the person who filled out the form. If I use my 
>> own email address in place of my client's address, I always receive 
>> the emails that come from the form. If I substitute my client's 
>> address as the recipient, the client never receives the email.
>>
>> I suspect that the problem lies in the configuration of the client's 
>> mail server, namely MS Exchange Server, that has a number of things 
>> shut down (or perhaps, filtered is the right term) so that spammers 
>> don't use their mail server. (Yes, this happened to them...some 
>> spammer figured out that they could use their mail server to send out 
>> a zillion emails.)
>>
>> Below is a copy of the message headers. What I think is happening is 
>> that whatever they've configured in Exchange Server prevents a message 
>> with these headers from getting through.
>>
>> Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Jeff Siegel
>> ====================================
>> MESSAGE HEADERS
>> FYI:
>> 1) hofweb8.com is the ISP's mail server.
>> 2) "website.com" doesn't exist...it's a bogus name
>>
>> ====================================
>> From - Tue Jan 13 17:43:24 2004
>> X-UIDL: 365417
>> X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
>> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
>> Return-Path: <mediplus at hofweb8.com>
>> Received: from hofweb8.com (hofweb8.com [209.139.92.11])
>>         by dauntless.cnchost.com (ConcentricHost SMTP MX 1.43)
>>         id RAA20576 for <jsiegel at mydomain.com>; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 
>> 17:41:56 -0500 (EST)
>> Errors-To: <mediplus at hofweb8.com>
>> Received: from mediplus by hofweb8.com with local (Exim 4.20)
>>     id 1AgXE9-0002aK-8f
>>     for jsiegel at mydomain.com; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:41:37 -0500
>> To: jsiegel at mydomain.com
>> Subject: A new IME-Peer Review Request: Ref. Num.: C9D1567DFD6247
>> From: "jerrywebreferral at website.com" <jerrywebreferral at website.com>
>> Reply-To: <jerrywebreferral at website.com>
>> X-Sender: <jerrywebreferral at website.com>
>> X-Mailer: PHP4
>> X-Priority: 1
>> Message-Id: <E1AgXE9-0002aK-8f at hofweb8.com>
>> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:41:37 -0500
>> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it 
>> with any abuse report
>> X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hofweb8.com
>> X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - mydomain.com
>> X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [1118 1119] / [26 6]
>> X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - hofweb8.com
>> X-UIDL: 365417
>>
>>
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