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dead.letter file showing up? you might need a -f
Hi All

I recently heard that sendmail has introduced a fix that should help prevent spamming through other people's mail servers.

The problem is that this new file started to be created - dead.letter

Here is what I heard:

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You might have to add -f to your mail() line.

mail($email, $subject, $message, $mailheaders,"-femailfrom@address.com");

The address in -f is the email address it's coming from. Simply add that and it should correct the problem. Its to help prevent spamming through other peoples mail servers (the fix to sendmail).

It solved it for our perl script.

HTH Smile

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DogTags: May 16, 2004, 5:13 AM
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