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Just FYI, it appears the sandbox endpoint and live endpoint of Paypal's IPN verification system have different encoding needs. This has been discussed at some length here: https://github.com/mike182uk/paypal-ipn-listener/issues/30   If you're using PHP, the solution is to use rawurlencode/decode with sandbox, and urlencode/decode with live. I'll get back to you with a new solution once PP changes things without announcements again and breaks everyone's **bleep**, as usual. ... View more

That's the only one I can think of, yeah, and it's not a pleasant one. Another could maybe be faking the request and sending it from an app like Postman, if you had a request example back from then the simulator still worked. ... View more

Yup, doesn't even try to send a signal. The fact that there's no feedback from PP about this is not surprising. Ever since they bought Braintree, they laid off their entire developer advocacy team and there are now ZERO people doing developer outreach. It's as if they want people to stop using their API. ... View more

@Username555 you say   When using the sandbox, IPN works correctly, and notifies my servers of a purchase   Can you link to some resources on how one can use the sanbox without the simulator? I've been trying to follow this guide: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/lifecycle/sb_calls/ and sure enough, I get success from curl, but how do I tie this in with my server and get the payment notifications to my servers, akin to the IPN simulator? Do I understand you correctly in that you found a way to simulate notifications without using the IPN simulator? If so, I would appreciate any tips on moving in the right direction. ... View more