Help with JS form, PHP Contact Form....

Question

I originally posted this in another area, but had no luck...
I'm having trouble with a template that I downloaded (from Template Monster). My contact form shows "submitted", but I get no email.  I will submit my coding below & see if someone can help... My JS.forms is in a "JS" sub-folder in the main directory and my index.html and MailHandler.php/ashx files are in the main directory.
MailHandler.php --
<?php
    $owner_email = $_POST["owner_email"];
    $headers = 'From:' . $_POST["email"];
    $subject = 'A message from your site visitor ' . $_POST["name"];
    $messageBody = "";
    if($_POST['name']!='nope'){
        $messageBody .= '<p>Visitor: ' . $_POST["name"] . '</p>' . "\n";
        $messageBody .= '<br>' . "\n";
    if($_POST['email']!='nope'){
        $messageBody .= '<p>Email Address: ' . $_POST['email'] . '</p>' . "\n";
        $messageBody .= '<br>' . "\n";
    }else{
        $headers = '';
    if($_POST['state']!='nope'){       
        $messageBody .= '<p>State: ' . $_POST['state'] . '</p>' . "\n";
        $messageBody .= '<br>' . "\n";
    if($_POST['phone']!='nope'){       
        $messageBody .= '<p>Phone Number: ' . $_POST['phone'] . '</p>' . "\n";
        $messageBody .= '<br>' . "\n";
    if($_POST['fax']!='nope'){       
        $messageBody .= '<p>Fax Number: ' . $_POST['fax'] . '</p>' . "\n";
        $messageBody .= '<br>' . "\n";
    if($_POST['message']!='nope'){
        $messageBody .= '<p>Message: ' . $_POST['message'] . '</p>' . "\n";
    if($_POST["stripHTML"] == 'true'){
        $messageBody = strip_tags($messageBody);
    try{
        if(!mail($owner_email, $subject, $messageBody, $headers)){
            throw new Exception('mail failed');
        }else{
            echo 'mail sent';
    }catch(Exception $e){
        echo $e->getMessage() ."\n";
?>
JS Form --
//forms
;(function($){
    $.fn.forms=function(o){
        return this.each(function(){
            var th=$(this)
                ,_=th.data('forms')||{
                    errorCl:'error',
                    emptyCl:'empty',
                    invalidCl:'invalid',
                    notRequiredCl:'notRequired',
                    successCl:'success',
                    successShow:'4000',
                    mailHandlerURL:'MailHandler.php',
                    ownerEmail:'I have Client's Email Here',
                    stripHTML:true,
                    smtpMailServer:'localhost',
                    targets:'input,textarea',
                    controls:'a[data-type=reset],a[data-type=submit]',
                    validate:true,
                    rx:{
                        ".name":{rx:/^[a-zA-Z'][a-zA-Z-' ]+[a-zA-Z']?$/,target:'input'},
                        ".state":{rx:/^[a-zA-Z'][a-zA-Z-' ]+[a-zA-Z']?$/,target:'input'},
                        ".email":{rx:/^(("[\w-\s]+")|([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)|("[\w-\s]+")([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*))(@(( ?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$)|(@\[?((25[0-5]\.|2[0-4][0-9]\.|1 [0-9]{2}\.|[0-9]{1,2}\.))((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\.){2}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][ 0-9]|1[0-9]{2}|[0-9]{1,2})\]?$)/i,target:'input'},
                        ".phone":{rx:/^\+?(\d[\d\-\+\(\) ]{5,}\d$)/,target:'input'},
                        ".fax":{rx:/^\+?(\d[\d\-\+\(\) ]{5,}\d$)/,target:'input'},
                        ".message":{rx:/.{20}/,target:'textarea'}
                    preFu:function(){
                        _.labels.each(function(){
                            var label=$(this),
                                inp=$(_.targets,this),
                                defVal=inp.val(),
                                trueVal=(function(){
                                            var tmp=inp.is('input')?(tmp=label.html().match(/value=['"](.+?)['"].+/),!!tmp&&!!tmp[1]&&tmp [1]):inp.html()
                                            return defVal==''?defVal:tmp
                            trueVal!=defVal
                                &&inp.val(defVal=trueVal||defVal)
                            label.data({defVal:defVal})                               
                            inp
                                .bind('focus',function(){
                                    inp.val()==defVal
                                        &&(inp.val(''),_.hideEmptyFu(label),label.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
                                .bind('blur',function(){
                                    _.validateFu(label)
                                    if(_.isEmpty(label))
                                        inp.val(defVal)
                                        ,_.hideErrorFu(label.removeClass(_.invalidCl))                                           
                                .bind('keyup',function(){
                                    label.hasClass(_.invalidCl)
                                        &&_.validateFu(label)
                            label.find('.'+_.errorCl+',.'+_.emptyCl).css({display:'block'}).hide()
                        _.success=$('.'+_.successCl,_.form).hide()
                    isRequired:function(el){                           
                        return !el.hasClass(_.notRequiredCl)
                    isValid:function(el){                           
                        var ret=true
                        $.each(_.rx,function(k,d){
                            if(el.is(k))
                                ret=d.rx.test(el.find(d.target).val())                                       
                        return ret                           
                    isEmpty:function(el){
                        var tmp
                        return (tmp=el.find(_.targets).val())==''||tmp==el.data('defVal')
                    validateFu:function(el){                           
                        el.each(function(){
                            var th=$(this)
                                ,req=_.isRequired(th)
                                ,empty=_.isEmpty(th)
                                ,valid=_.isValid(th)                               
                            if(empty&&req)
                                _.showEmptyFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))
                            else
                                _.hideEmptyFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
                            if(!empty)
                                if(valid)
                                    _.hideErrorFu(th.removeClass(_.invalidCl))
                                else
                                    _.showErrorFu(th.addClass(_.invalidCl))                               
                    getValFromLabel:function(label){
                        var val=$('input,textarea',label).val()
                            ,defVal=label.data('defVal')                               
                        return label.length?val==defVal?'nope':val:'nope'
                    ,submitFu:function(){
                        _.validateFu(_.labels)                           
                        if(!_.form.has('.'+_.invalidCl).length)
                            $.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url:_.mailHandlerURL,
                                data:{
                                    name:_.getValFromLabel($('.name',_.form)),
                                    email:_.getValFromLabel($('.email',_.form)),
                                    phone:_.getValFromLabel($('.phone',_.form)),
                                    fax:_.getValFromLabel($('.fax',_.form)),
                                    state:_.getValFromLabel($('.state',_.form)),
                                    message:_.getValFromLabel($('.message',_.form)),
                                    owner_email:_.ownerEmail,
                                    stripHTML:_.stripHTML
                                success: function(){
                                    _.showFu()
                    showFu:function(){
                        _.success.slideDown(function(){
                            setTimeout(function(){
                                _.success.slideUp()
                                _.form.trigger('reset')
                            },_.successShow)
                    controlsFu:function(){
                        $(_.controls,_.form).each(function(){
                            var th=$(this)
                            th
                                .bind('click',function(){
                                    _.form.trigger(th.data('type'))
                                    return false
                    showErrorFu:function(label){
                        label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideDown()
                    hideErrorFu:function(label){
                        label.find('.'+_.errorCl).slideUp()
                    showEmptyFu:function(label){
                        label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideDown()
                        _.hideErrorFu(label)
                    hideEmptyFu:function(label){
                        label.find('.'+_.emptyCl).slideUp()
                    init:function(){
                        _.form=_.me                       
                        _.labels=$('label',_.form)
                        _.preFu()
                        _.controlsFu()
                        _.form
                            .bind('submit',function(){
                                if(_.validate)
                                    _.submitFu()
                                else
                                    _.form[0].submit()
                                return false
                            .bind('reset',function(){
                                _.labels.removeClass(_.invalidCl)                                   
                                _.labels.each(function(){
                                    var th=$(this)
                                    _.hideErrorFu(th)
                                    _.hideEmptyFu(th)
                        _.form.trigger('reset')
            _.me||_.init(_.me=th.data({forms:_}))
            typeof o=='object'
                &&$.extend(_,o)
})(jQuery)
$(window).load(function() {   
    $('#ContactForm').forms({
        ownerEmail:'I Have Client's Email Here'
Contact HTML --
<form action="contact.php" method="post" id="ContactForm">
                            <div class="success"> Contact form submitted!<br>
                              <strong>We will be in touch soon.</strong> </div>
                            <fieldset>
                              <div class="wrapper">
                                <span class="col1">Name:</span>
                                <label class="name">
                                  <span class="bg"><input name="cf_name" type="text" class="input"></span>
                                  <span class="error">*This is not a valid name.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
                                  </label>
                                </div>
                              <div class="wrapper">
                                <span class="col1">Email:</span>
                                <label class="email">
                                  <span class="bg"><input name="cf_email" type="text" class="input"></span>
                                  <span class="error">*This is not a valid email address.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
                                  </label>
                                </div>
                              <div class="wrapper">
                                <span class="col1">Phone:</span>
                                <label class="phone">
                                  <span class="bg"><input name="cf_phone" type="text" class="input"></span>
                                  <span class="error">*This is not a valid phone number.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
                                  </label>
                                </div>
                              <div class="wrapper">
                                <span class="col1">Message:</span>
                                <label class="message">
                                  <span class="bg"><textarea name="cf_message" rows="1" cols="1"></textarea></span>
                                  <span class="error">*The message is too short.</span> <span class="empty">*This field is required.</span>
                                  </label>
                                </div>
                              <div class="btns"><a href="#" class="link1" data-type="submit">Send</a><a href="#" class="link1" data-type="reset">Clear</a></div>
                              </fieldset>
                            </form>

Answer 1

If Template Monster supplied you with this code, I think you should contact them about it.
It's not how I would do things.
Nancy O.