My script confirmed the email was sent. It never arrived.

Описание и применение

Автоматизированная отправка письма подтверждала успех, но из‑за опечатки в домене письмо не дошло до получателя. Проблема выявлена после получения bounce‑сообщения, а решение – проверка MX‑записей и сканирование bounce‑ов.

Задача

Automated email sending reported success when the message never reached the recipient due to a domain typo.

Результат

The automation falsely reported success; the email never reached the recipient due to a missing MX record caused by a transposed-letter typo in the domain.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Build message with AppleScript.
• 2. Send via Mail.app.
• 3. Verify by querying the Sent folder for recipient and timestamp.
• 4. Log success and continue.

Доказательства

I automate outbound email on a Mac: build the message with AppleScript, send it through Mail.app, then verify.

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At 10:15 that check passed. Clean. I logged it and moved on.

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No MX Record Found

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The address was undeliverable. Not deferred, not spam-filtered — undeliverable.

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The bug was in my definition of "sent"

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I now scan for PostMaster and Mailer-Daemon senders.

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