Posted by kenoli on 12/31/06 20:28

I am experiencing a strange phenomenon. I am only able to send mail to
an email address set up in my Apple "Mail" software as an outgoing
address associated with an outgoing smtp server account. Apple selects
which port and outgoing smtp server configuration it is going to use
based on the sending email.

I would expect that I would have to send from this email address, but,
in addition, the system seems to require that the To: header has to be
the same as the From: header.

I'm pretty sure this is what is going on as I have several outgoing
smtp accounts set up in Mail, each using different outgoing mail ports.
By changing the setting in php.ini to the various ports, the system
will only allow me to send to which ever email address is associated
with the outgoing account and email address using that port.

Anyone know anything about how Apple handles this? The emails I am
sending are activation emails for people registering. With things they
way they are, I am the only one who can register.

--Kenoli

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