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[Hans Zaunere]

> A client of mine (www.JewFind.com) is using the PHP mail() function to
> send signup email-confirmations and it works most of the time, but
> quite a few users have contacted them saying that they did not receive
> the email. We discovered that Yahoo mail requires the "-f
> sender at domain.com" header to deliver to the inbox instead of the
> junkmail box- anyone know if there other headers that can be added to
> make the delivery more reliable?

-- Use -fsomething at somehwere.com header

-- Make sure the web server's user is in /etc/mail/trusted-users if using
sendmail/etc.

-- And most importantly: relay mail through a real mail server with proper
DNS records, etc.  Many places now check for the correct DNS records and
listening SMTP ports to ensure it's a real server sending the mail.  Web
servers won't pass these tests.

H