Using PHP mail
I am trying to send an email with php. Here is my simple code:
$to = $email; $subject = "subject"; $message = "message"; $header = "From:[email protected] \r\n"; $success= mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header); if( $success== true ) { echo "Message sent"; } else { echo "Message not sent."; }
I get the success message, but I never receive the e-mail. Why don't I get the e-mail?
Have you sent the message from a system that has a mail server running?
The PHP mail() function usually sends via a local mail server, typically fronted by a sendmail binary on Linux, BSD and OS X platforms, however, Windows usually doesn't include a local mail server; PHPMailer's integrated SMTP implementation allows email sending on Windows platforms without a local mail server.
Have a look here for more info PHPMailer/PHPMailer · GitHub
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Jul 9 08:16:51 new-host postfix/smtp[695]: 7A8242EE3C0: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11]:25, delay=27074, delays=27073/0.02/1.1/0, dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] refused to talk to me: 571 Email from 74.102.108.224 is currently blocked by Verizon Online's anti-spam system. The email sender or Email Service Provider may visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block. 100709)
Jul 9 08:16:51 new-host postfix/smtp[697]: C281C2EE3C5: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11]:25, delay=26817, delays=26816/0.02/1.1/0, dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] refused to talk to me: 571 Email from 74.102.108.224 is currently blocked by Verizon Online's anti-spam system. The email sender or Email Service Provider may visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block. 100709)
Jul 9 08:16:51 new-host postfix/smtp[696]: B1C052EE3C4: to=<[email protected]>, relay=relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11]:25, delay=27174, delays=27173/0.01/1.1/0, dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host relay.verizon.net[206.46.232.11] refused to talk to me: 571 Email from 74.102.108.224 is currently blocked by Verizon Online's anti-spam system. The email sender or Email Service Provider may visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block. 100709)
Jul 9 08:17:23 new-host postfix/smtp[694]: connect to mx1.comcast.net[76.96.62.116]: Operation timed out (port 25)
Jul 9 08:17:50 new-host postfix/master[689]: master exit time has arrived
Any other suggestions on how to get this to work? I have also created a simple php file that sends mail without retreiving info from a form and also tried using several different email addresses to send to and from, but still nothingEdited the /etc/postfix/main.cf file and uncommented the #myhostname = ...line and made it "myhostname = localhost" (without quotes) Change that to mail.yourispname.com Then run sudo postfix reload and see if it sends mail. The reason being, is that you don't have a fully qualified domain name.
And make that reflective in your mail() function file/template.
Message was edited by: doug pennington -
Need help with PHP mail script [was: Can someone please help me?]
I'm trying to collect data from a form and email it. I'm using form2mail.php and the problem is that the email is not collecting the form info and it has the same email address in the From: and To: lines. I'm really stuck and would appreciate any help.
Here is the HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Contact Us</title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style1 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif}
.style2 {
font-size: 14px;
color: #000000;
body {
background-color: #FFFFFF;
body,td,th {
color: #CC3300;
.style3 {font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }
.style6 {font-size: 18px}
.style7 {font-size: 16px}
.style8 {font-size: 16px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
.style9 {font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
.style10 {color: #000000}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center"><img src="nav2.jpg" alt="nav bar" width="698" height="91" border="0" usemap="#Map2" />
<map name="Map2" id="Map2">
<area shape="rect" coords="560,9,684,38" href="accessories.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="456,8,548,38" href="contact.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="305,8,435,40" href="photog.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="187,9,283,39" href="services.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="81,10,167,39" href="aboutus.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="5,10,68,39" href="index.html" />
</map>
<map name="Map" id="Map">
<area shape="rect" coords="9,9,69,39" href="index.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="83,11,165,39" href="aboutus.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="182,9,285,38" href="services.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="436,14,560,37" href="contact.html" />
<area shape="rect" coords="563,14,682,38" href="accessories.html" />
</map>
</div>
<p> </p>
<form id="TheForm" name="TheForm" action="form2mail.php" method="post">
<p align="center" class="style2">P<span class="style1">lease fill out form below for a "free no obligation quote" then click submit.</span></p>
<p align="center" class="style3">(*Required Information)</p>
<div align="center">
<pre><strong><span class="style8">*Contact Name</span> </strong><input name="name" type="text" id="name" />
<span class="style8"><strong>
Business Name </strong></span><input name="bn" type="text" id="bn" />
<span class="style8"><strong>*Phone Number <input type="text" name="first" size="3" onFocus="this.value='';"
onKeyup="checkNumber(this.value); autoTab(this, document.TheForm.second);" maxlength="3" value="###" /> - <input type="text" name="second" size="3" onFocus="this.value='';" onKeyup="checkNumber(this.value); autoTab(this, document.TheForm.third);" maxlength="3" value="###" /> - <input type="text" name="third" size="4" onFocus="this.value='';" onKeyup="checkNumber(this.value); autoTab(this, document.TheForm.fourth);" maxlength="4" value="####"/> </strong></span>
<strong><span class="style1">*</span><span class="style8">Email Address</span> <input name="email" type="text" id="email" /> </strong> </pre>
<label><span class="style9">*Re-enter to confirm</span>
<input name="emx" type="text" id="emx" /></label><br /><br /><span class="style9">
<label></label>
</span>
<p><span class="style9">*Best time to call </span>
<select name="name1[]" multiple size="1" >
<option>8am-9am</option>
<option>9am-10am</option>
<option>10am-11am</option>
<option>11am-12pm</option>
<option>12pm-1pm</option>
<option>1pm-2pm</option>
<option>2pm-3pm</option>
<option>3pm-4pm</option>
<option>4pm-5pm</option>
<option>5pm-6pm</option>
<option>6pm-7pm</option>
<option>7pm-8pm</option>
</select>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Type of Location</span>
<select name="name2[]" multiple size="1" >
<option>Residential</option>
<option>Commercial</option>
</select>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style1"><br />
<strong><br />
<span class="style6">*Type of Services Requested:</span></strong><br />
</span><strong><span class="style10">(check all that apply)</span><br />
</strong><br />
<span class="style7"><span class="style1"><strong>Janitorial cleaning</strong></span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
</span><strong><br />
<span class="style8">Mobile Auto Detailing</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox2[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
</strong><span class="style9">Moving/Hauling</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox3[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Pressure washing</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox4[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Window washing</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox5[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Window Tinting</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox6[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Boat cleaning</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox7[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">RV cleaning</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox8[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<span class="style9">Motorcycle cleaning</span>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox9[]" value="checkbox" multiple/>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<input name="SB" type="button" class="style9" value="Submit" onClick="sendOff();">
</p>
</div></label>
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
// (C) 2000 www.CodeLifter.com
// http://www.codelifter.com
// Free for all users, but leave in this header
var good;
function checkEmailAddress(field) {
// Note: The next expression must be all on one line...
// allow no spaces, linefeeds, or carriage returns!
var goodEmail = field.value.match(/\b(^(\S+@).+((\.com)|(\.net)|(\.edu)|(\.mil)|(\.gov)|(\.org) |(\..{2,2}))$)\b/gi);
if (goodEmail){
good = true
} else {
alert('Please enter a valid e-mail address.')
field.focus()
field.select()
good = false
function autoTab(startPoint,endPoint){
if (startPoint.getAttribute&&startPoint.value.length==startPoint.getAttribute("max length"))
endPoint.focus();
function checkNumber(phoneNumber){
var x=phoneNumber;
var phoneNumber=/(^\d+$)|(^\d+\.\d+$)/
if (phoneNumber.test(x))
testResult=true
else{
alert("Please enter a valid number.")
phoneNumber.focus();
phoneNumber.value="";
testResult=false
return (testResult)
function sendOff(){
namecheck = document.TheForm.name.value
if (namecheck.length <1) {
alert('Please enter your name.')
return
good = false
checkEmailAddress(document.TheForm.email)
if ((document.TheForm.email.value ==
document.TheForm.emx.value)&&(good)){
// This is where you put your action
// if name and email addresses are good.
// We show an alert box, here; but you can
// use a window.location= 'http://address'
// to call a subsequent html page,
// or a Perl script, etc.
window.location= 'form2mail.php';
if ((document.TheForm.email.value !=
document.TheForm.emx.value)&&(good)){
alert('Both e-mail address entries must match.')
</script>
</form>
<p> </p>
</body>
</html>
and here is the form2mail.php:
<?php
# You can use this script to submit your forms or to receive orders by email.
$MailToAddress = "[email protected]"; // your email address
$redirectURL = "http://www.chucksmobile.com/thankyou.html"; // the URL of the thank you page.
$MailSubject = "[Customer Contact Info]"; // the subject of the email
$sendHTML = FALSE; //set to "false" to receive Plain TEXT e-mail
$serverCheck = FALSE; // if, for some reason you can't send e-mails, set this to "false"
# copyright 2006 Web4Future.com =================== READ THIS ===================================================
# If you are asking for a name and an email address in your form, you can name the input fields "name" and "email".
# If you do this, the message will apear to come from that email address and you can simply click the reply button to answer it.
# To block an IP, simply add it to the blockip.txt text file.
# CHMOD 777 the blockip.txt file (run "CHMOD 777 blockip.txt", without the double quotes)
# This is needed because the script tries to block the IP that tried to hack it
# If you have a multiple selection box or multiple checkboxes, you MUST name the multiple list box or checkbox as "name[]" instead of just "name"
# you must also add "multiple" at the end of the tag like this: <select name="myselectname[]" multiple>
# you have to do the same with checkboxes
Web4Future Easiest Form2Mail (GPL).
Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Web4Future.com All Rights Reserved.
http://www.Web4Future.com/
This script was written by George L. & Calin S. from Web4Future.com
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING ===================================================
$w4fver = "2.2";
$ip = ($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] == "" ? $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] : $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']);
//function blockIP
function blockip($ip) {
$handle = @fopen("blockip.txt", 'a');
@fwrite($handle, $ip."\n");
@fclose($handle);
$w4fx = stristr(file_get_contents('blockip.txt'),getenv('REMOTE_ADDR'));
if ($serverCheck) {
if (preg_match ("/".str_replace("www.", "", $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"])."/i", $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"])) { $w4fy = TRUE; } else { $w4fy = FALSE; }
} else { $w4fy = TRUE; }
if (($w4fy === TRUE) && ($w4fx === FALSE)) {
$w4fMessage = "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd\"><html>\n<head><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"></head><body><font face=3Dverdana size=3D2>";
if (count($_GET) >0) {
reset($_GET);
while(list($key, $val) = each($_GET)) {
$GLOBALS[$key] = $val;
if (is_array($val)) {
$w4fMessage .= "<b>$key:</b> ";
foreach ($val as $vala) {
$vala =stripslashes($vala);
$vala = htmlspecialchars($vala);
if (trim($vala)) { if (stristr($vala,"Content-Type:") || stristr($vala,"MIME-Version") || stristr($vala,"Content-Transfer-Encoding") || stristr($vala,"bcc:")) { blockip($ip); die("ILLEGAL EXECUTION DETECTED!"); } }
$w4fMessage .= "$vala, ";
$w4fMessage .= "<br>\n";
else {
$val = stripslashes($val);
if (trim($val)) { if (stristr($val,"Content-Type:") || stristr($val,"MIME-Version") || stristr($val,"Content-Transfer-Encoding") || stristr($val,"bcc:")) { blockip($ip); die("ILLEGAL EXECUTION DETECTED!"); } }
if (($key == "Submit") || ($key == "submit")) { }
else { if ($val == "") { $w4fMessage .= "$key: - <br>\n"; }
else { $w4fMessage .= "<b>$key:</b> $val<br>\n"; }
} // end while
}//end if
else {
reset($_POST);
while(list($key, $val) = each($_POST)) {
$GLOBALS[$key] = $val;
if (is_array($val)) {
$w4fMessage .= "<b>$key:</b> ";
foreach ($val as $vala) {
$vala =stripslashes($vala);
$vala = htmlspecialchars($vala);
if (trim($vala)) { if (stristr($vala,"Content-Type:") || stristr($vala,"MIME-Version") || stristr($vala,"Content-Transfer-Encoding") || stristr($vala,"bcc:")) {blockip($ip); die("ILLEGAL EXECUTION DETECTED!"); } }
$w4fMessage .= "$vala, ";
$w4fMessage .= "<br>\n";
else {
$val = stripslashes($val);
if (trim($val)) { if (stristr($val,"Content-Type:") || stristr($val,"MIME-Version") || stristr($val,"Content-Transfer-Encoding") || stristr($val,"bcc:")) {blockip($ip); die("ILLEGAL EXECUTION DETECTED!"); } }
if (($key == "Submit") || ($key == "submit")) { }
else { if ($val == "") { $w4fMessage .= "$key: - <br>\n"; }
else { $w4fMessage .= "<b>$key:</b> $val<br>\n"; }
} // end while
}//end else
$w4fMessage .= "<font size=3D1><br><br>\n Sender IP: ".$ip."</font></font></body></html>";
$w4f_what = array("/To:/i", "/Cc:/i", "/Bcc:/i","/Content-Type:/i","/\n/");
$name = preg_replace($w4f_what, "", $name);
$email = preg_replace($w4f_what, "", $email);
if (!$email) {$email = $MailToAddress;}
$mailHeader = "From: $name <$email>\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "Reply-To: $name <$email>\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "Message-ID: <". md5(rand()."".time()) ."@". ereg_replace("www.","",$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]) .">\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
if ($sendHTML) {
$mailHeader .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative;";
$mailHeader .= " boundary=\"----=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5256B.0AEFE730\"\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "X-Priority: 3\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()."\r\n";
$mailHeader .= "X-MimeOLE: Produced By Web4Future Easiest Form2Mail $w4fver\r\n";
if ($sendHTML) {
$mailMessage = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5256B.0AEFE730\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= trim(strip_tags($w4fMessage))."\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5256B.0AEFE730\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "$w4fMessage\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= "------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C5256B.0AEFE730--\r\n";
if ($sendHTML === FALSE) {
$mailHeader .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\r\n\r\n";
$mailMessage .= trim(strip_tags($w4fMessage))."\r\n\r\n";
if (!mail($MailToAddress, $MailSubject, $mailMessage,$mailHeader)) { echo "Error sending e-mail!";}
else { header("Location: ".$redirectURL); }
} else { echo "<center><font face=verdana size=3 color=red><b>ILLEGAL EXECUTION DETECTED!</b></font></center>";}
?>
Thanks in advance,
Glenn
[Subject line edited by moderator to indicate nature of request]Using PHP to process an online form and send the input by email is very simple. The mail() function takes a minimum of three arguments, namely: the address the mail is being sent to, the subject line, and the body of the email as a single string. The reason some people use scripts like form2mail.php is because they don't have the knowledge or patience to validate the user input to make sure it's safe to send.
Rather than attempt to trawl through your complex form looking for the problems, I would suggest starting with a couple of simple tests.
First of all, create a PHP page called mailtest.php containing the following script:
<?php
$to = '[email protected]'; // use your own email address
$subject = 'PHP mail test';
$message = 'This is a test of the mail() function.';
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message);
if ($sent) {
echo 'Mail was sent';
} else {
echo 'Problem sending mail';
?>
Save the script, upload it to your server, and load it into a browser. If you see "Mail is sent", you're in business. If not, it probably means that the hosting company insists on the fifth argument being supplied to mail(). This is your email address preceded by -f. Change the line of code that sends the mail to this:
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, null, '[email protected]');
Obviously, replace "[email protected]" with your own email address.
If this results in the mail being sent successfully, you will need to adapt the code in form2mail.php to accept the fifth parameter. You need to change the following line, which is a few lines from the end of the script:
if (!mail($MailToAddress, $MailSubject, $mailMessage,$mailHeader))
Change it to this:
if (!mail($MailToAddress, $MailSubject, $mailMessage,$mailHeader, '[email protected]'))
Again, use your own email address instead of "[email protected]".
Once you have determined whether you need the fifth argument, test form2mail.php with a very simple form like this:
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="form2mail.php">
<p>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</p>
<p>
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="options[]" value="boat cleaning" id="options_0" />
Boat cleaning</label>
<br />
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="options[]" value="RV cleaning" id="options_1" />
RV cleaning</label>
<br />
<label>
<input type="checkbox" name="options[]" value="motorcycle cleaning" id="options_2" />
Motorcycle cleaning</label>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="send" id="send" value="Submit" />
</p>
</form>
If that works, you can start to make the form more complex and add back your JavaScript validation. -
Why doesn't JavaMail work, but PHP mailer does?
I am trying to use JavaMail to send emails from my webserver. I've plugged in the host and the addresses are valid, but I am getting 550 errors. I've searched and found that I should change a setting on my mail server to allow relays from my webserver. However, we have a PHP mailer working on our webserver now, so presumably that relay is already in there. Why does the PHP work but the JavaMail doesn't?
Can you turn on session debugging and post the protocol trace that shows the failure?
The error codes alone are not enough, you usually need to look at the message included
with the error code.
Also, have you found the JavaMail FAQ? -
Using PHP to process submitted PDF Form and Upload FDF to Server
Hi All,
I have a PDF form online (created in Acrobat 9.0 Pro, NOT LiveCycle Designer!) that, once a user has filled it out and clicks the submit button, I want two things to happen:
1) I want the data from the form to be submitted to a custom PHP script, which I can do several different things with (store the data in a MySQL database, for example).
2) I would also like to upload/store/save (not sure of the proper vernacular) the filled out form (FDF file) to the web server.
Now what I need from you lovely people, either directly, or point me to where I can find the following:
1) How/What options do I choose for the Submit button in Acrobat 9.0 Pro when I create the PDF?
2) What/Where can I find a PHP code snippet to get the data from fields in the submitted form?
3) I know you can set up an Acrobat form to e-mail a copy of the FDF file to a specified e-mail address. Instead of emailing that FDF file, I want to store it directly to a folder on my web server. However, just setting the URL in the submit button to a folder on my web server doesn't seem to do the trick. So, I guess what I need is to somehow reference the FDF file with my custom PHP script... something like $_POST["fdffile"] ???? Please if anyone knows how to do this, please let me know! Because, if I can reference the FDF file, I can then use PHP's built in FTP functions to upload it to a specific folder on my web server.
Thanks for any input!!!HI All,
can someone please quide me how I can make this code to work for me?
Where and what folder I have to put this PHP script?
What my http will be?( I will use localhost)
What the name of my PDF file(create by LiveCycle Designer)
What the name of the file I will receive and where(folder) will be send it via the server?
I see these name below in the PHP script but I can not make out what....
configuration.php
administrator/xml
administrator/pdf
THANK you -
Email or store submitted PDF form using PHP
I'm using LiveCycle Designer 8.0. I've searched a lot but haven't seen any answers or solutions to submitting the filled out pdf form online and the pdf sending to an email without it having to use an email client on the users computer.
I'd prefer to use php and either save to the server or directly send the pdf as an attachment using the php mail() function. Any language would be fine, I'm just experienced with php.
If anyone would have a solution to this, I am fully capable of editing scripting to send the correct fields for my particular form. I've just not been able to find a way to store and attach in pdf format. Since the LiveCycle has the built-in function to open your default mail client, attach the pdf, and then send - isn't there some way that function could be edited to use the servers php mail feature instead?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. The reason this has become so important is that the new systems at some doctor's offices are requiring pdf's sent in advance that save in a program that allows the use of digital pen signing (like when you sign for a fedex package) of the documents once the patient arrives. And unfortunately, still many of the patients are not going to be avid pc users and will not have an email client program like outlook set up.
Thanks much,
HeatherThank you for your answer. I completely understand how to do all the things you mention, have been able to do them - where I can't seem to understand is posting to the web server. Maybe it's just simple and I'm overthinking it. When I set a url to post to, I've been trying to use a php script, but can't get the call right to save or grab the pdf.
Could you help me with that part? Are you meaning it that way - to post it to a script or am I over-doing it and there's a simpler way?
I appreciate your help very much.
Heather -
How to get PHP mail() function to WORK?
The topic title speaks for itself. I only want the exact following code to actually send an e-mail, just as it does on any external server:
<?php
mail(<i>an e-mail address</i>, <i>a subject</i>, <i>some text</i>);
?>
Is it possible?
I have the sendmail_path set to /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i in php.ini, and MAILSERVER=-YES- in hostconfig.
I would like to avoid using sendmail's -f option if possible (this does not work for all e-mail addresses anyway).
Mac mini Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.7)Hi Neithan,
If, as your profile indicates, you are using Tiger, you are using postfix when you use the "sendmail" command. Sendmail is no longer installed but postfix comes with an "emulator" to keep legacy stuff from breaking. It's still a good command line method for sending mail.
I'm not sure if setting MAILSERVER=-YES- causes postfix to listen on the smtp port or just for local connections. However, I thought that local connections were sufficient to send mail. Try it and if it doesn't work use Postfix Enabler. Just remember that changing the hostconfig file doesn't take effect until the next reboot. (or run of SystemStarter)
Also remember that most ISPs don't accept mail from unrecognized machines anymore.
Gary
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Configure LAMP stack to use internal mail relay without....
Does anybody know of a way i can configure my new LAMP stack to use the companys internal mail relay without having to implement postfix, or sendmail? I did already try to implement send mail recently, and its very confusing to me since i have never set up a mail server, and i tried to implement postfix, SOHO i think was the wiki i used, and that never got done either. It seems incredibly cryptic to someone who even has tons of server experience, just not the email portion. Maybe the wikis are just written for those who have more experience in making SSL certs, and being more versed in MX records, and DNS for email specific things. etc...
Since i have not successfully set up a mail server thus far, i dont have enough general mailer / experience to understand the wikis on setting up Sendmail, etc...
My company asked me if i could just use their internal mail relay instead. I would like to know if i still need to set up sendmail to allow PHP mail() function to send out mail, or if theres some configuration somewhere that i can adjust so it can use the existing internal mail relays.
Note, the only thing im trying to achieve here is to get my apps to send out emails for login password management, and error logs.In my experience an SMTP server is preferable to sendmail/postfix as it is far more portable and robust... (in a web environment) many webhosts, for example, pay no heed to the configuration of sendmail - so code that runs on one host fails on another. PHP mail() can be leveraged to use any backend you like but this typically requires root access (or at least permissions beyond those offered on typical hosting services), and, as said above, does not allow for any useful level of error reporting.
Swiftmailer is (generally) my weapon of choice - unless the particular project has additional PEAR dependencies/requirements that mean it makes sense to stay within the same codebase... not that it (PEAR) is always that consistent anyhow
I can't really offer much in the way of help with cron integration as that is not a route I have taken - it should think it would be pretty trivial (sic )to implement as you build your script... swiftmailer has some pretty neat "live address" checking routines - have a dig through the docs
Last edited by satanselbow (2013-12-17 09:49:13)
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