Hey all. I wrote a short script that sends an email to a list of addresses defined in a text file. It works great with gmail and a few other private email accounts, but for some reason all my users on hotmail don't get it. Any ideas? Has anyone heard of a problem with hotmail or anything? any help or comments would be appreciated. TIA.

PS, heres the script, for your enjoyment, education, or if you wish to flame me for it. :P

Thanks again.

#!/bin/bash
for email in $(cat emails.txt); do
echo "Sending mail to $email"
mail < message.txt $email -s "<subject goes here>" -- -f events@<company name>.com
done
exit 0

I use the same program and can send to all accounts but hotmail... Not much you can do except probably pay MS more money... I stopped using Hotmail...

KC

I can only speculate on how the hotmail folks have their MTA's configured, but I am able to send to hotmail. A couple of things to verify at your end...

1) SPF records added to DNS zone.
2) Both forward and reverse lookup names match for your MTA.
3) Your MTA's IP address is not listed on any RBL lists.

If all else fails, configure your MTA to send hotmail.com through your ISP's MTA.

Also, when reviewing my daily logfiles - I have noticed that the hotmail servers seem to reject the initial attempt at delivery. But the second (queued) attempt always works. Usually this means the remote MTA is configured with "greylisting". But you never know.