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silverstripe/emailbouncehandler
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Email bounce handling for SilverStripe CMS, implemented through callbacks in MTAs

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**This is an archived project and is no longer supported or updated by SilverStripe. Please do not file issues or pull-requests against this repo. If you wish to continue to develop this code yourself, we recommend you fork it or contact the maintainers directly (check latest commits for email addresses).**

SilverStripe Email Bounce Handling Module
=========================================

[](#silverstripe-email-bounce-handling-module)

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

Email bounce handling for SilverStripe CMS, implemented through callbacks in the mail server for incoming mail.

*Caution: This functionality has been migrated from SilverStripe core in 2012, but hasn't been actively used or maintained in a while. It should be regarded as a starting point rather than a complete solution. In general, we recommend using third party email SaaS solutions if you care about bounce tracking and management.*

If the [newsletter module](https://github.com/silverstripe-labs/silverstripe-newsletter)is installed, the bounce tracking can also identify the `Member`record and newsletter which this email related to, and track the data more specifically.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

First of all, define a unique `EMAIL_BOUNCEHANDLER_KEY` constant, in order to secure the tracking against unverified use. Change the value in `_config.php`, or define your own one earlier on.

You need to let your mailserver know where to forward bounced emails to. In the *Exim* mailserver, this is called the "[pipe transport](http://www.exim.org/exim-html-3.20/doc/html/spec_18.html)". The configuration setting will look roughly like the following example:

```
| php -q /your/path/framework/cli-script.php /Email_BounceHandler

```

Please ensure that the `From:` or `Reply-To:` address in the emails you send matches the one address being configured in the mailserver.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can send an email through SilverStripe as usual, no special flags are needed.

```
:::php
$email = new Email();
$email
	->setTo('test@test.com')
	->setFrom('mailer@mydomain.com')
	->setSubject('Test Email')
	->send();

```

Bounces will be recorded as new `Email_BounceRecord` database entries, as well as tracked in the `Member->Bounced` property.

Alternatively, you can define a `BOUNCE_EMAIL` constant to set up a global bounce address for all emails sent through SilverStripe's `Email` class.

Related
-------

[](#related)

- [Jeremy's bouncehandler module](https://github.com/burnbright/silverstripe-bouncehandler)

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Maintenance20

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