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It is not sending new post and email contact form mails to any email account registered with any email provider yahoo, gmail, hotmail, mail.com etc.......
Can you pleaSe elaborate whcih spam filters?

I have a similar problem. My problem is that certain email providers for some reason don't receive the emails sent by punBB. Gmail receives then fine but Hotmail, MSN and other's don't I have pretty much the same configuration as the guy above (I haven't touched the settings in windows xp smtp server). Can anyone help? Thanks

They dont get them at all. And Im not really sure where to add my reverse dns entry. Is it too much to ask to help me out. Or is there a free email sever I can try that will easily let me manage these things? Thanks...

mmmmmmmmmm.......... even after adding smtp details its not working....... wondering if you could take a look at site...........

Aha

[16:53] * Dns resolving cebronx.org
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[16:53] * Dns resolved cebronx.org to 68.199.151.58
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[16:53] * Dns resolving 68.199.151.58
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[16:53] * Dns resolved 68.199.151.58 to ool-44c7973a.dyn.optonline.net

You shouldn't send mails from a host that resolves to a dynamic IP. That explains the not working without SMTP
Does anything send properly with SMTP? Do you get any errors, any bounce messages?

Edit: I just managed to do this:

Checking the email headers, I found it:

Received-SPF: fail (gmail.com: domain of me@localhost.com does not designate 68.199.151.58 as permitted sender)

The SMTP server you're using is locally on the server. The localhost bit is throwing things off. I think it's configured improperly

Your situation is slightly different. The emails are being marked as spam in Gmail. I can't really pinpoint why it's marked as spam or why it doesn't arrive for other email addresses. Is info@itsmynet.org recieving any bounce emails that might help?
And are you sure you're using SMTP details? Some of the extra headers added on to the email seem to indicate you're sending the way mail would normally be sent (without SMTP).

greatcan: Make sure to specify Return-Path as something other than me@localhost.com. Make it a valid email address for the domain

Well, it looks like username switched
However, the bounce email put me on the right path
The IP the site was using (it has a new IP now) was 216.127.92.39. 216.127.92.39 is listed here:
http://cbl.abuseat.org/lookup.cgi?ip=216.127.92.39

The CBL is used by a couple other DNSBLs to block emails as well. So there's the issue: the IP was marked as a spam sender

Smartys,
It seems I have a similar problem - maybe. I have the SMTP fields emtpy but I'm not getting some email. I say some because I have gotten email from users in the past but I get the sneaky feeling that not all of them are getting through. I sent messages to other people and have not gotten a single response furthering my suspisions. I tested it again by subscribed to a topic as administrator and then posting a message to see if I would get an email message. Nothing.

I also don't get bounced email messages. I tested this by signing up as a regular user with an invalid email address. I sent an email to this user as administrator and got nothing back.

Help!

You are right about the emails for subscribed topics. I had to post as Admin and then as a regular user before I was able to figure it out. I got all the emails. Thanks.

Any suggestions on what to tell my webhost so that the bounced email gets sent back to me?

Hi,
I am getting the folowing message (with SMTP data being specified):
"Error: Could not connect to smtp host "smtp-server.stny.rr.com" (10053) (An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine. )."
My ISP is roadrunner and the smtp data is the same as I use for Outlook. Do you have any ideas what I might check to find out what's blocking the connection? Could it be becasue I had Outlook open at the time?