Re: Sendmail to non-working email address

[true]

Ok, this is my best solution so far. I'm using open2. Now i get a response when i send a mail to a bad address (bad meaning the remote server is not accepting mail for the address given). This tested fine under RedHat 7.2.

sub SendMail{
my %MAIL = @_;
my $RESULT = "SendMail to".$MAIL{'TO'};
use IPC::Open2;
open2(*READA,*WRITEA,"/usr/lib/sendmail -oi -t");
print WRITEA "To:$MAIL{'TO'}\n";
print WRITEA "From:$MAIL{'FROM'}\n";
print WRITEA "Subject:$MAIL{'SUBJECT'}\n\n";
print WRITEA "$MAIL{'BODY'}\n";
close WRITEA;
while ($line = <READA>){$RESULT .= "<li>$line\n";}
close READA;
return $RESULT;
}############################ end SendMail

jtrue

[merlyn]

Where do you get the parameters to this subroutine? Please dear gawd, don't say "from a web form". Argh!

If so, you've just created a spam engine.

Have you actually read any of the answers to your post? You appear to be ignoring the fundamental problem.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.

[smellysocks]

Please try your test with @aol.com addresses.

Last time I heard AOL accepts ALL email address to the aol.com domain, and deals with dumping it later.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

IMHO the only method that works are the procedures blue_cowdawg and merlyn outlined.

The user must receive an email with a Unique identifer, and respond with that secret and unique "key" (preferable non-guessable and random).

[jdtoronto]

Hi smellysocks!

The only time AOL does not accept the message is if originating machine is in their black list - then they 550 it at the connection. Otherwise they accept and notify in the bounce message as you surmise.

jdtoronto