They use your ISP-s SMTP server (mailserver). Other way, if they have a
builtin or installed SMTR on localhost. There is nothing magic about it.
I suggest you browse the net a little, use google, and read some related
forums.
A.
Anand Gupta wrote:
> But how do then windoz based programs turn the local computer into a smtp server and speak directly to a mail server ? Do they make the localhost as a MTA ?
>
> regards,
>
> Anand
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andras Got" <andrej@...>
> To: "Anand Gupta" <anand@...>
> Cc: <phpmailer-general@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [Phpmailer-general] just popping up
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>>Yes I meant that exactly, you can't talk to the MX, just the two MTA can
>>do it.
>>Somehow like this
>>
>>1) Script with phpmailer formats the mail, tries your MTA (SMTP)
>>2) your smtp receives it, because it is on the right network, and it can
>> handle mails from it
>>3) your SMTP looks up the MX host of the domain
>>4) your SMTP contacts that host, with the query, that it has mails for it
>>5) the recipient MTA (MX host), process the mail, and take it into the
>>proper mailbox
>>6) they close connection, you can see status=send in your maillog
>>
>>The recipient MX host WON'T handle your SMTP request directly!
>>
>>A.
>>
>>
>>Anand Gupta wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I meant to directly deliver the mail to the mail server responsible for that email id.
>>>
>>>For example.
>>>
>>>email@...
>>>
>>>The class contacts mx server responsible for yahoo.com and delivers the mail directly to yahoo.com.
>>>
>>>regards,
>>>
>>>Anand
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Andras Got" <andrej@...>
>>>To: <phpmailer-general@...>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:38 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Phpmailer-general] just popping up
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>You have to use an SMTP/MTA where relaying is allowed from your machine.
>>>> On webservers it's the local MTA obivously. Nothing else will work
>>>>normally.
>>>>
>>>>A.
>>>>
>>>>Anand Gupta wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>>Just popping up with phpmailer. Wanted to know instead of delivering mail to the local mail server can phpmailer deliver directly to the MX of the domain ?
>>>>>
>>>>>regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Anand
>>>>>
>>>>>
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