mail question 2

[ascikey]

I would like to send mail via a php scrip but do I have to install a mail server?

Sorry if this is a silly question. I have already written a simple script but it fails and I think this maybe the reason.

 

[DRJ478]

Yes and no.
More info about your OS would be helpful to answer the question completely.

 

[ascikey]

at the min it is win 32 sorry

 

[ascikey]

sorry i am doing 2 jobs at once it is windows xp

 

[DRJ478]

Windows - quoting the PHP manual at

http://www.php.net/mail

SMTP string

Used under Windows only: DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server PHP should use for mail sent with the mail() function.
smtp_port int

Used under Windows only: Number of the port to connect to the server specified with the SMTP setting when sending mail with mail(); defaults to 25. Only available since PHP 4.3.0.

That sort of makes me belive that you need an SMTP server either somwhere running on your windows box or somwhere else.

 

[ascikey]

thx i will give it a try then

 

[ascikey]

Hi DRJ478, I installed a free smtp server and it worked great thanks.

When the mail was sent the email had the from address that was supplied in the php.ini file, is it possible to alter this address at run time.

I have looked at the

http://www.php.net/mail

page and it seems to be stored in the variable sendmail_from but I don’t know how to access it or even it can be accessed
thanks for you help.

 

[Olavxxx]

<?php
$sendTo = "info@email.com";
$subject = "Message received from the Info Site";

/* header information not including sendTo and Subject
 these all go in one variable.  First, include From:*/
$headers = "From: " . $_POST["name"];
$headers .= "<" . $_POST["email"] .">\r\n";
// next include a Reply-To:
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"];

$message = $_POST["message"];


// send the mail!
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

ps. I did not write this code, I meerly removed some commenting.

I found it in this thread:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=923902

 

[ascikey]

hmm that is similar as the one i am already using but the from i s ignored and the from in the php.ini is used. this is what i am using

<?php
$headers = "from asmtony@ses.co.uk";
$toEmail = "some@yahoo.co.uk";
$myMessage = "Hi  me, Just testing out an email system on my com ";
$mySubject = "Hi T";
mail($toEmail, $mySubject, $myMessage, $headers);
print "<h1> mail has been sent </h1>"; 
?>

but the from asmtony@se.co.uk is not shown the one that is shown is asm@se.co.uk which is in the php.ini file in a var called sendmail_from. but dont know how to access it?

 

[Olavxxx]

your headers are wrong..
try to use the script above.

 

[ascikey]

hmm right.. that worked great DaButcher (strange name lol) thanks, just need to have a look at why but thanks for the script it was really helpful. A * for ur script.

 

[DRJ478]

Here's the explanation why:

According to RFC2822 (Internet Message Format) each of the originator fields has to end with a CRLF (carriage return, line feed):

from = "From:" mailbox-list CRLF

sender = "Sender:" mailbox CRLF

reply-to = "Reply-To:" address-list CRLF

Your code has no CRLF separators, thus the extra headers cannot be interpreted correctly.

 

[ascikey]

I see thank you, that explains it.

 

[Olavxxx]

Thank you for the star
As far as my nick goes, I've had it since I started playing LAN games back in the 90's..

I wanted to change my nick several times, but every time I do, all the people I've known over IRC start whining.

Good luck with your script

Sincerely,
Olav Alexander Mjelde