Messages not copied in outbox using SMTP gmail server

[beg33k]

Hi,

When I send automatically mails from my website using gmail SMTP, I can see those mails in the outbox.

But if I send mails to my members from a cron job, I cannot see those mails sent in the outbox.

Has anyone an idea why ?

Thank you for any help!

[Boz]

I'm not positive of what "send mails to my members from a cron job" means, but are you positive that you are using GMails SMTP server to send them?

[sinan]

It seems the sendmail or similar (exim, postfix, etc.) program on the computer which is sending the messages through the cron job does not use Gmail SMTP servers. You should give more information about the system before anyone can help you. Everything depends on which mail system the server is using. You should configure it so that it sends (relays) outgoing messages through your Gmail account SMTP server (authenticated SMTP).

[beg33k]

Hello everyone!

I noticed that I didn't configure well my CRON job and didn't use gmail's SMTP to send messages.
Well I wonder what SMTP I used then !!

Thank you for the kind help!

[David]

Originally Posted by beg33k

Hello everyone!

I noticed that I didn't configure well my CRON job and didn't use gmail's SMTP to send messages.
Well I wonder what SMTP I used then !!

Thank you for the kind help!

I think that CRON will use Sendmail (or whatever mailserver is installed) if nothing is specified specifically.

[CyberSmurf]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

cron is a time-based scheduling service in Unix-like computer operating systems. The name is derived from Greek chronos (χρόνος), meaning time.

I had to look it up.

[beg33k]

I have an additional question (not really related to Gmail) for which nobody can help elsewhere ...

I send automatically mails from my webserver to my registered members (for example after registration I send an activation link to activate account).

Recently one member complained that instead of newlines he gets =0A characters. So mail is hard to read without newlines and these characters and of course the activation link is broken ...
In my Gmail inbox everything is ok
( His email ends with @slb.com )

I don't know what to do about this issue,
Thank you for any help if you have any idea and sorry it's off-topic!

[Boz]

Originally Posted by beg33k

Hello everyone!

I noticed that I didn't configure well my CRON job and didn't use gmail's SMTP to send messages.
Well I wonder what SMTP I used then !!

Thank you for the kind help!

You're welcome. I'm glad I could help.

[sinan]

Originally Posted by beg33k

Recently one member complained that instead of newlines he gets =0A characters. So mail is hard to read without newlines and these characters and of course the activation link is broken ...
In my Gmail inbox everything is ok
( His email ends with @slb.com )

=0A is the MIME quoted-printable encoding of a newline. Either the message is incorrectly encoded, or (more likely) his client does not support MIME, or MIME is disabled in his configuration. If you send the message source, someone can tell you which is the case.