Building a feedback form using mail - keeps getting rejected.

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gregmcc

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I'm trying to get a feedback forum working on a site hosted on my DSL.

I've found a few forms which work in per or phpl, however when sending the mail either to my hotmail or telkom address they both reject them complaining about not accepting mail from DSL IP's etc etc.

Is there a way around this? I don't really want to hack around and find a open relay server which might close down one day.

Is there maybe I can get telkom to accept the mail if I use smtp auth?
 
If the DSL IP has been blacklisted, this will cause the problem.

My web forms use SMTP sending rather than PHPMail.
I set the system to use SMTP authentication (spam filters prefer authenticated mail)
I make sure that the sender email address is valid and is on the same domain as the smtp authentication account.

Brendon
 
gregmcc said:
I'm trying to get a feedback forum working on a site hosted on my DSL.

I've found a few forms which work in per or phpl, however when sending the mail either to my hotmail or telkom address they both reject them complaining about not accepting mail from DSL IP's etc etc.

Is there a way around this? I don't really want to hack around and find a open relay server which might close down one day.

Is there maybe I can get telkom to accept the mail if I use smtp auth?
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Is your server running on a DSL line?
 
You need to have reverse DNS set up which you can't do on a dynamic IP, it has nothing to do with blacklisting. It is just the simplest and first test many mail servers will employ before allowing a connection. All mail will just be sht canned if you don't. If you are using PHP, edit your php.ini file and set your mail server to your smtp provided by your DSL provider and all will be ok
 
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