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My server has all the latest versions of everything installed, including phpmailer 1.71. So this should be a no-brainer, right?
I downloaded a VERY nice simple mailing list script from webinsta.com. Installs easily, sets up quickly, up and running in no time.... but....
You KNEW there was a "but", right? Here's what happens. I have a choice of 3 mail servers: phpmail, sendmail, and smtp. smtp gives me fsockopen() errors no matter what I do. In trying to use either phpmail or sendmail (and after correcting the path to sendmail so it's right - that is, usr/sbin/sendmail), I get the following errors (I'm sending to the listed addys only - my own - for testing purposes):
self@domain1.com gives no errors, message received just fine
self@domain2.com gives no errors, message received just fine
self@domain3.net produces 'unrouteable mail domain "domain3.net"'
self@gmail.com produces 'unrouteable mail domain "gmail.com"'
self@yahoo.com produces 'unrouteable mail domain "yahoo.com"'
Note please that these are ALL valid, working email addresses for myself. Also please notice that the two mails I get just fine using either phpmail or sendmail are on the same "umbrella" server as they are being sent FROM. *sigh*
Anyone have any ideas?
[Edits: sheesh. Should have used preview....]
DNS problem, huh? Wonder how I go about getting that fixed?
And no, there's no artificial limit on using the email list functions on opt in lists like mine.
They only allow list mails like I need to do to their own servers. Because of the DRECK OF THE EARTH, spammers! Like that's a surprise (weil, it was to me!, and does cause me some serious problems.)
So for right now, the list I need to mail to is fairly short, and is ONLY OPT-IN, so I'll just do it manually. But I am going to have to dink around to see what else I can do about this. Because this is NOT the only non-profit site I need a non-posting mailing list for, I have several others - ack. I really don't want to have to run a server just for this. *sigh*
Somebody (a deity, perhaps?) needs to do something horrible to those who mass-mail, spam, inundate the internet with garbage ads etc.... and the sooner the better! Makes it hard for us legit folks. As always, the minority screws the pooch for EVERYONE.
[Actually, they provide a mailing list which can be used for the sort of mail I need to do - but it IS the sort of open posting list, like yahoo groups, which isn't ANYTHING we want to run on at least this one site....]
Agreed. We'd have to find a deity that isn't linked to the one that started spam - which after all is today's version of the good old locust plague.
Glad that you at least found out what caused the problem.
