rhiane Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hey there, I am in the process of building a newsletter distribution system. What I want to be able to do is track the emails that are faulty and have been bounced back to the server. I know that by using "-f webmaster@evolution.tv" in the additional_parameters successfully sends back an email saying that the email could not be recieved. The issue here is that then each failure email must be opened manually. Is there any way to track automatically that emails have bounced back? Thanks so much to anyone who can help, R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 just add a web-bug to your newsletter (ie. a hit counter); this way you will know if the email address is active or the email is being opened or if the email address is being spammed. this is what I do with my newsletters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 well if your server logs messages unable to send you can use that, but otherwise no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phpQuestioner Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 the web-bug I use sends hits to my database - no server logs involved; that is how I do it - but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhiane Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 just add a web-bug to your newsletter (ie. a hit counter); this way you will know if the email address is active or the email is being opened or if the email address is being spammed. this is what I do with my newsletters. Thank you for the suggestion, but it has already been implemented. The web bug exists and can therefore track when the email has been opened. Thing is, I was looking for something more specific to tell exactly, if the email is bogus or not and can henceforth refrain from sending anything to that address in the future. See where I'm coming from? Is it at all possible to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhiane Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 well if your server logs messages unable to send you can use that, but otherwise no I'm sorry, but what exactly do you mean about my server logs messages unable....? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 You can't facilitate that information out of no where. What I am saying is php doesn't have an error handler for messages, there might be some sort of header you can use that says if message don't send do something, but I don't know of one. However some servers will report an invalid address (like if you gmail a non existent account you get a return of unexistent account), but really on your end you can't do much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhiane Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Thanks to everyone so far, but any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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