TheDarkAvenger Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 I've been told this is quite hard...but please hear me out before you start running. I am hosted on a sub-domain and I want to be able to use the mail() function to send my users emails (obviously with their permission). However the emails are sent to their Junk Mail Box...and not everyone reads the notices and is smart enough to check in there and then complain about not receiving the email. I have searched and searched and searched all day and finally came up with the conclusion that I need to add an SPF record in my DNS zone file. The only problem is I don't know what the DNS zone is and how to configure/make/edit it...I do however understand what the SPF record is and how it affects the emails...Can anyone shed some light on my problem,Muchas Gracias,Jordan Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Hi,yip - emails getting marked as spam = major problem.Id suggest to setup your php.ini settings in a htaccess file to point to your own mail server that you use to relay the emails from your mail().Get the idea?Do a phpinfo() and see the current mail settings.You can get a script also if you like to send emails via your SMTP server.-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/#findComment-23126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkAvenger Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Sorry if I sound like a complete newbie but I haven't had much experience with the htaccess file and php.ini... can you please explain what it is I am supposed to be changing in this file. Once again I appologise for my lack of understanding in this issue...Thanks for your patience,Jordan Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/#findComment-23263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviewdr Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 If your using windows - then you can easily specific a SMTP server in php.ini or in a htaccessIn a .htaccess put php_value SMTP yourisp_server.comThis *may* send you emails via this SMTP server and thus may not get marked as spam.What Im now looking at is this tutorial:[a href=\"http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/130/0.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/130/0.php[/a]Good Luck with it,-steve Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/#findComment-23432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbullmarky Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 [!--quoteo(post=361172:date=Apr 3 2006, 11:17 AM:name=steviewdr)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(steviewdr @ Apr 3 2006, 11:17 AM) [snapback]361172[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]If your using windows - then you can easily specific a SMTP server in php.ini or in a htaccessIn a .htaccess put php_value SMTP yourisp_server.comThis *may* send you emails via this SMTP server and thus may not get marked as spam.What Im now looking at is this tutorial:[a href=\"http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/130/0.php\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/130/0.php[/a]Good Luck with it,-steve[/quote]i got a little help from reading this when i was working on a newsletter (with same problem): [a href=\"http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/484996.html\" target=\"_blank\"]http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...cfm/484996.html[/a]the problem can be the way you set your headers up that go into the mail() function. might be worth having a look at that too.CHeers Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/#findComment-23440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkAvenger Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 I am obviously too inexperienced with the whole SMTP an mail() stuff...at the moment I just can't do it...however i'll keep trying with the PHPMailer-Class and try to get it right as it keeps saying that ther was a problem sendng...Anyway, thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/6361-php-mail-and-dns-zones/#findComment-23558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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