Author Topic: Bounce works but email signup does not (Read 1535 times)

bingham · « **on:** May 13, 2005, 09:21:55 am »

I have checked the forwarders, the code modifications, etc., and all seem correct.

Anyone have an idea why mail to bounce@xxx.net works and mail to signup@xxx.net does not.

DW · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2005, 03:06:13 pm »

Did you also check the file chmod permissions? They should be 755 or

Owner: Read/Write/Execute
Group: Read/Execute
Other: Read/Write/Execute

Are you sure some lines in your uploaded signup-listX.cgi file have not been word-wrapped?

Regards

bingham · « **Reply #2 on:** May 14, 2005, 11:16:45 am »

Hello Dean,

I reinstalled/uploaded signup-list1.cgi from the source on my machine, I made sure the permissions were correct, I am still getting the problem.

Here is some data:

testing mail servers..
[Bounce Handling]
Is enabled? Yes, Using bounce.cgi
Sending TESTBOUNCE email to bounce address.. Success!

If you receive an email at your "Administrator Email Address" bounce.cgi is configured correctly.

[SMTP Server]
Is enabled? Yes
Checking mail.. Connected!
Verifying username and password... Verified!
Connecting to SMTP server.. Connected!
Verifying username and password...Authenticating User/Pass... Verified!
Sending test email to remote address.. Success!

If you receive an email at your "Remote Test Address" the SMTP server is configured correctly.

bounce.cgi responds to the test mail settings and an email with subject testbounce to bounce@be-virtual.net

The test message was successfully received and processed by ListMail's bounce.cgi.

This most likely means that the script is configured correctly.

extract from script signup-list1.cgi

# SET this to your ListMail URL, NO trailing slash
$listmail_url = "http://www.be-virtual.net/lmp";

# usually works as default (may be /usr/local/bin/wget or other)
$http_program = "/usr/bin/wget -O - " . $listmail_url . "/signup.php";

extract from script bounce.cgi

# set this! NO trailing slash
$listmail_url = "http://www.be-virtual.net/lmp";

# usually works as default (may be /usr/local/bin/wget or other)
$http_program = "/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null " . $listmail_url . "/bounce.php";

Current Forwarders
bounce@be-virtual.net"|/home/bvirtual/public_html/cgi-bin/bounce.cgi" signup@be-virtual.net"|/home/bvirtual/public_html/cgi-bin/signup-list1.cgi"
testlist1@be-virtual.net"|/home/bvirtual/public_html/cgi-bin/signup-list1.cgi"

DW · « **Reply #3 on:** May 14, 2005, 01:18:33 pm »

Are you sure the email address you are using to send to the signup address is not already on the list being subscribed to? If the email address already exists you will not be re-added and will not receive the welcome message.

Regards

bingham · « **Reply #4 on:** May 16, 2005, 02:18:21 am »

Hello Dean,

Indeed, you are correct. The name was already subscribed. I had thought that by changing the reply-to field in the mail I was sending to signup@be-virtual.net I would get different registrations ... wrong. Sorry about wasting your time.

I suggest two things for the low priority end of the enchancement list: send a message to to both the registrant and the admin about the double registration attempt, and mention this in the documentation (although it may be there and it did not register.)

Best regards, Gren.