Email pipe to php script working only sometimes

Question

I have a php pipe script that receives an email, takes an attached *.csv from it and parses it.

However, when the email is sent from where it is supposed to be coming from, it silently errors. But when I take that same email and resend it from my address it goes through just fine. is there any simple reason it could be doing this?

Answer 1

Is the email youa re sending from a real email? There may be a setting that allows emails to be sent from a valid user.

What happens if you chown the script to be the user you want to send the email from. Does it work then?

Answer 2

try and save some information about the email in a logfile before anything else, then some more info as you parse it. This way you get a more better understanding of what is happening