Hello,
I am writing a program in PHP5 using mail() function. I need to know if
there's any method to check if there was return email to server
(with "undelivered" message).
I use Linux.
PLEASE HELP. Thanks.
/RAM/

r_ahimsa_m@poczta.onet.pl wrote:

I am writing a program in PHP5 using mail() function. I need to know if
there's any method to check if there was return email to server
(with "undelivered" message).

No, because returned mail is not returned to the originating server, but to
the sender email address.

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r_ahimsa_m@poczta.onet.pl schrieb:

Hello,
I am writing a program in PHP5 using mail() function. I need to know if
there's any method to check if there was return email to server
(with "undelivered" message).
I use Linux.
PLEASE HELP. Thanks.
/RAM/

You can use the IMAP functions to check if there are Mails.
But some undeliverable mails are not immediatly returned.

On Jul 2, 6:45 pm, Olaf Schinkel <tr...@schinkel.tvwrote:

r_ahims...@poczta.onet.pl schrieb:Hello,

>
You can use the IMAP functions to check if there are Mails.
But some undeliverable mails are not immediatly returned.

You should NEVER try to check for a failed email in the same script
that created the email unless you have designed the script to run as
daemon. It just takes too long.

If it were me, I'd go with recording outgoing mails in a database and
create a PHP script to run as a procmail filter to pick up bounces and
flag them in the DB. But its equally valid to pool a mailbox.

C.