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Html Mail issue 1

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elf1

elf1

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Jun 6, 2001
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Greetings,

I am having issues with the mail() function when sending an html formatted e-mail.

The code sending the message is:
"
$subject = "New Equipment Posting on XXXXXX.org Website";
$message = '<html><body>Hello, <p>A new item has been added for Sale on the XXXXXXXX.org website. You can view the item <a href=[0].'>here</a>. <p> Thank You</body></html>';
$newLine = "\r\n";

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . $newLine;
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . $newLine;
$headers .=" TO: XXXXXXXXXX.org <XXXXXX@XXXXX.org>" . $newLine;
$headers .= "From: XXXXXXXX.org <XXXXXX@XXXXX.org>" . $newLine;

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
header("Location: thankyou.php");
"

When I receive this e-mail (Using Thunderbird, Hostway SMTP) it comes in formatted correctly.
I also receive this e-mail to my gmail account correctly.
Some recipients are receiving it with no From, and not as html, but text with all the html tags.

I know there is an issue with my header, but I have been unable to discover what it is.

Thanks!
Rick
 
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some clients cannot or do not read html. they will either look for a text multipart or just display the html. look at multipart emails to solve this problem.

I see nothing wrong with you From header although I know that some servers to baulk at the address <name> notation. I would also put the email headers (to and from) before the message headers as different MTA's will doubtless act differently.

but most of all, i'd recommend using phpmailer for this. it will solve all of your problems.
 
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You can also add the from as an actual variable and then put it in the proper position in the mail () function... The header function doesn't always work correctly...

MCP ACA-I CTP
 
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