hiredgeek
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hiredgeek commented,
So quick and easy to implement something we didn't ask for, but so hard to remove the same thing when we do ask for it?
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hiredgeek commented,
Ok so it sounds like the 550 error is from Bluehost's sender verification. My misunderstanding was I thought the error was from SMTP authentication. After looking at the logs further, it looks like...
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hiredgeek commented,
To clarify, the forms' SMTP credentials use my local server hostname (not the domain) as the host. Since my SMTP account doesn't need to have incoming mail (and isn't connected to any DNS as far a...
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hiredgeek created a post,
Form with local SMTP but external mail server
I have websites with contact forms that use SMTP to send notification emails. The forms authenticate to a dedicated mail@ account on each domain. The local mail@ account doesn't need to receive ema...
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hiredgeek commented,
After some further research, I realize I shouldn't use a noreply@ email address because many mail servers flag that as spam, it can't be whitelisted, and it increases user complaints, etc. I apolog...
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hiredgeek commented,
Thank you @sparek-3 for the explanation of what happens with filters. In cPanel > Forwarders > Add Forwarder, I see the following option: "Discard and send an error to the sender (at SMTP time). F...
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hiredgeek commented,
Thank you Lauren and @sparek-3. It sounds like for my scenario, what I should use is a Forwarder (not a filter). And select the option to "Discard with error to sender (at SMTP time)", so that the...
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hiredgeek commented,
Thanks TJ, that makes sense. Is that the best way to handle incoming email that is unwanted? For instance, I am using a noreply@ mail account to send using SMTP, and I don't want any replies, and b...
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hiredgeek created a post,
API to discard message with email Filter
Is there an API function to Discard Message with an email filter? In cPanel > Email Filters, the first option in the Action dropdown is Discard Message. However, I don't see that option in the U...
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hiredgeek commented,
[quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1702002">Feel free to open a support ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look. You can post the ticket number here so we can update this threa...