I am running an apache web server using PHP 4.06 on Windows 2000 Server and Windows XP (so we know it doesn't matter the OS as long as it's MS and PHP). Now here's my delima.

I can send emails through MS Outlook to my specified mail address just fine. There's no problems and it gets delivered right away. But when I try sending an email through a web form, the unix mail server running QMail rejects it with an error 451 Bare LF.

Here's an example: 

This email was sent from my Outlook Client through Postcast Email Server Succesfully (I have XXXX out server names for my protection):

Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : HELO xxxx.xxxxxx.net
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 220 gambit.xxxxxx.net ESMTP
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : MAIL FROM: <eric@xxxxxx.net>
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 gambit.xxxxxx.net
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : RCPT TO: <eric@xxxxx.com>
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 ok
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : DATA
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 ok
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 354 go ahead
Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : QUIT
Thread 1: 23:51:24 [--->] : 250 ok 1007074661 qp 3355

Now, this email was sent via a php script form through Postcast (I have XXXX out server names for my protection):

Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : HELO xxxxxx.xxxxxx.net
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 220 gambit.xxxxxx.net ESMTP
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : MAIL FROM: <eric@xxxxx.net>
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 gambit.xxxxx.net
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : RCPT TO: <eric@xxxxx.com>
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 ok
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : DATA
Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 ok
Thread 1: 23:37:56 [--->] : 354 go ahead
Thread 1: 23:37:56 [<---] : QUIT
Thread 1: 23:37:56 [--->] : 451 See http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html. 

So what's the problem here? Do you think it could be that PHP 4.06 is spitting out these bare LF or what? I mean it's obvious that Postmaster Email Server is sending the mails just fine from Outlook and Outlook is the source of the mail that sent succesfully, and the PHP script is the one that sent Unsuccessfully.

I have tried at least 6 different SMTP servers for the win32 operating systems. They all do the same thing. This is very bad for me because I am having extreme difficulties running my site if every member signs up that has a unix email account running on Qmail, pukes on me and I have to send the emails directly to them. It's strange.

I hope we can figure this one out. I have researched the net but not any information on this particular configuration.

Thanks,
Eric Rosebrock
http://wolfenstein.3dhavoc.net