Using paypal.pl to verify and post. WHen I test I get an email: The following error message was generated while trying to acknowledge IPN: Notification could not be acknowledged due to a network or PayPal issue. PayPal will retry until it succeeds. User Information Subscriber's Username: (paypal assigned user name) Subscriber's Email: (email) Subscription Number: (sub#) Transaction Type: subscr_signup My ISP does not send me error logs, but this shows up in my access logs: [10/Apr/2004:13:21:20 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:21:21 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:23:46 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:21:06 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:21:06 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:26:33 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:31:50 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:23:51 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:13:21:45 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:14:04:00 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:14:46:42 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 64.4.241.140 - - [10/Apr/2004:14:46:37 -0700] "POST /cgi-bin/paypalho.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 - "-" "-" 68.226.102.214 WHen I attach to my site via ftp, I am continually getting these messages posted over and over: REST 0 350 Restarting at 0. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer. | (garbage character???) 500 '|': command not understood. PWD

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[i]Originally posted by mikemc[/i] [br]My ISP does not send me error logs, only access logs. I now know what 500 means (thanks), but still do not know where along the line the problem lies. I'll check with my ISP. Maybe they have error logs they can send me. Mike :(

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[i]Originally posted by PayPal_DiamondDave[/i] [br]Hi mikemc, Each line of the access-log file includes the return code. In your snipit of log, most of the lines contain the code "500", which usually means you have a problem with your script. One line says "404"; that means that a request was made of the server for a file it could not find. Here's an example from a problem script on my system. From the access-log file: 64.4.241.140 - - [09/Apr/2004:14:01:18 -0400] "POST /cgi-bin/Steve/paypal.pl HTTP/1.0" 500 532 "-" "-" The "500" tells me there is a problem, and sure enough, when I look at the error-log: [Fri Apr 9 14:01:18 2004] paypal.pl: syntax error at paypal.pl line 73, near "my " [Fri Apr 9 14:01:18 2004] paypal.pl: Global symbol "@PAYMENT_EMAILS" requires explicit package name at paypal.pl line 73. [Fri Apr 9 14:01:18 2004] paypal.pl: Global symbol "@PAYMENT_EMAILS" requires explicit package name at paypal.pl line 157. [Fri Apr 9 14:01:18 2004] paypal.pl: Execution of paypal.pl aborted due to compilation errors. [Fri Apr 9 14:01:18 2004] [error] [client 64.4.241.140] Premature end of script headers: /home/ppadmin0/paypaltech-www/cgi-bin/Steve/paypal.pl In this case, Perl is complaining about not being able to compile this script, meaning it is not even being executed. But with your script things may be different. Grab the lines of your error-log file that correspond to the appropriate time, such as 07/Apr/2004:14:02:52 -0700], and share them with us. Dave Burchell PayPal Technical Support PayPal, an eBay company

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