E-Mail verification broken?

sparkle · July 19th, 2008, 02:04 PM

Hai!

I registered yesterday and requested the e-mail verification a few times but I didn't get it. My e-mail provider is web.de. After changing the address to my private domain, I finally got a mail. So I think either the mechanism for first verification is broken or you can't send emails to @web.de addresses because web.de does definitely not sort out SPAM.

--Sebastian

Viper007Bond · July 20th, 2008, 12:55 AM

All of our e-mails are sent via Google's servers (check the headers), so I don't see why there should be any problems. images/smilies/wacko.gif

EDIT: I take that back. It seems to have turned itself back to internal mail. Fixed (maybe).

Viper007Bond · July 20th, 2008, 01:10 AM

Hmm, maybe not fixed. I'll talk with Quiky.

Quiky · July 20th, 2008, 01:59 AM

Web.de along with mail.ru don't accept mail properly. Use another server.

Viper007Bond · July 20th, 2008, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quiky

Web.de along with mail.ru don't accept mail properly. Use another server.

Ah, okay.

BTW, poke me on IRC. E-mail is currently being sent via PHP's mail() rather than SMTP and I can't get SMTP to work. Dunno if you care it's being sent via mail() or not.

jeremysg · August 28th, 2008, 07:49 PM

hate to necro here, but i was having this same issue.

till i finally grepped my mail server logs (i run my own mail server), and found its due to the level of strictness i have.

the error that the mail received (and thus rejected from delivery):
: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname

which is due to the ip of the originating mail's system doesnt resolve to a legal hostname. (it resolves to ".").

so i put in the email for my isp account, and it worked.

anyhow.. either it needs fixing, or maybe just put something in a FAQ so people know that it is sending, but the receiver's server may have some strict filtering rules in place.

July 19th, 2008, 02:04 PM	#1
sparkle Joined: Jul 18th, 2008 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Germany Posts: 3 Car: Opel (Vauxhall) Vectra GTS 3.2 V6 LFS Status: Rep Power: 0	E-Mail verification broken? Hai! I registered yesterday and requested the e-mail verification a few times but I didn't get it. My e-mail provider is web.de. After changing the address to my private domain, I finally got a mail. So I think either the mechanism for first verification is broken or you can't send emails to @web.de addresses because web.de does definitely not sort out SPAM. --Sebastian

July 20th, 2008, 12:55 AM	#2
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	All of our e-mails are sent via Google's servers (check the headers), so I don't see why there should be any problems. EDIT: I take that back. It seems to have turned itself back to internal mail. Fixed (maybe). __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 Last edited by Viper007Bond; July 20th, 2008 at 12:58 AM..

July 20th, 2008, 01:10 AM	#3
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Hmm, maybe not fixed. I'll talk with Quiky. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

July 20th, 2008, 01:59 AM	#4
Quiky You know you want me.. Joined: Aug 21st, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Posts: 2,262 LFS Status: Rep Power: 166	Web.de along with mail.ru don't accept mail properly. Use another server. __________________ + Rep me, and fight the lazy Viper007Bond!

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August 28th, 2008, 07:49 PM	#6
jeremysg Joined: Jul 31st, 2008 Last Online: 12:00 AM Location: the states Posts: 6 Car: 2001 Pontiac Sunfire GT Rep Power: 0	hate to necro here, but i was having this same issue. till i finally grepped my mail server logs (i run my own mail server), and found its due to the level of strictness i have. the error that the mail received (and thus rejected from delivery): : Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname which is due to the ip of the originating mail's system doesnt resolve to a legal hostname. (it resolves to "."). so i put in the email for my isp account, and it worked. anyhow.. either it needs fixing, or maybe just put something in a FAQ so people know that it is sending, but the receiver's server may have some strict filtering rules in place.

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