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Drupal 7, Civicrm 4.1.1
I have configured a group for mass mailing (lets call it TEST NEWSLETTER)
I want when i (as an admin) add a contact to that group - CiviCRM should automatically send that contact's email asking them to confirm their subscription. Until they click the confirmation link in the email, their contact information should appear in CiviCRM with their group subscription set to Pending.
IN GROUP SETTING of test-newsletter - the mailing list option is ticked.
Cron job is set to run every 10 min.
Send Scheduled Mailings is enables under scheduled jobs

Please let me know where i am going wrong

Update:
I also realised when I subscribe using the subscribe link -  confirmation email is not sent.
check this here
http://amable.in/civicrm/mailing/subscribe

However regular email to any contact via civicrm is working fine.
Now contacts  not getting confirmation is problem no 1
And contacts added by admin not gettign confirmation email is prob No 2

looking for guidance

Further update
When i try to send a test email for a group (mass) mailing - i get this error

Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.
mail() returned failure
Error Details
Additional Details:

Array
(
    [callback] => Array
        (
           

• => CRM_Core_Error
[1] => handle
        )

   

=>
    [message] => mail() returned failure
    [mode] => 16
    [debug_info] =>
    [type] => PEAR_Error
    [user_info] =>
    [to_string] => [pear_error: message="mail() returned failure" code=0 mode=callback callback=CRM_Core_Error::handle prefix="" info=""]
)