mail() problem

Anon

Having some trouble with mail() function. It seems to complete with out any errors, however the e-mail never shows up. I have it running on a RaQ3 that is running a mail server. I have checked the php3.ini file and it appears to be set up correctly (sendmail -t) and have even tried to set it up to use a separate mail server (our other RaQ3) but e-mail still doesn't arrive.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

moonie 😉

Anon

Have you checked your error logs? Have you tried telnetting to your SMTP port and seeing if you can send a message yourself? If you can, then there's something weird going on with PHP... If not, then there's something going on with your sendmail, so you should start poking around there.

cqball2000

What does your code look like?

Anon

  $msg = "E-MAIL SENT FROM WWW SITE\n";
  $msg .= "Class Name:    $classname\n";
  $msg .= "Teachers Name: $teachersname\n";
  //$msg .= "Message:          $message\n\n";
  if($field1 != "") {
  $msg .= "$field1        $name1\n";
  }
  if($field2 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field2        $name2\n";
  }
  if($field3 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field3        $name3\n";
  }
  if($field4 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field4        $name4\n";
  }
  if($field5 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field5        $name5\n";
  }
  if($field6 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field6        $name6\n";
  }
  if($field7 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field7        $name7\n";
  }
  if($field8 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field8        $name4\n";
  }
  if($field9 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field9        $name5\n";
  }
  if($field10 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field10        $name6\n";
  }
  if($field11 !="") {
  $msg .= "$field11        $name7\n";
  }

  $to = "tharris@spylan.com";
  $subject = "Web Site Feedback";
  $mailheaders = "From: My Web Site <> \n";
  $mailheaders .= "Reply-To: \n\n";

  mail($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders) or die(error);

  ?>


  <HEAD>
  <TITLE>Simple Feedback Form Sent</TITLE>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY>

  <H1>The following e-mail has been sent:</H1>
  <? echo '<p><strong>To:</strong>'; ?>
  <? echo $to; echo '</p>'; ?>
  <? echo '<P><strong>Classname: </strong><br>'; ?>
  <? echo $classname; echo '</p>'; ?>

  <? echo '<P><strong>Teacher Name </strong><br>'; ?>
  <? echo $teachername; echo '</p>'; ?>

  <? echo '<P><strong>Teachers e-mail </strong><br>'; ?>
  <? echo $teachercontact; echo '</p>'; ?>

  <? if($field1 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field1; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name1; echo '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field2 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field2; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name2; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field3 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field3; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name3; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field4 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field4; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name4; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

   <? if($field5 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field5; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name5; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field6 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field6; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name6; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field7 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field7; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name7; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field8 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field8; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name8; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field9 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field9; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name9; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field10 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field10; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name10; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>

  <? if($field11 =="") {
  echo "";
  } else {
  echo '<p><strong>'; echo $field11; echo ': </strong><br>';
  echo $name11; echo  '</p>' ; } ?>




  </BODY>

This is what it looks like. I have even gone as far as adding the full path to sendmail in the php3.ini (/usr/bin/sendmail -t). This server is handling mail for clients just fine, I really don't understand what the problem is.

ps. PHP4 was supposed to be set up on this server, but judging from the fact that the file is php3.ini instead of php.ini leads me to believe it is PHP3. This, however should affect the script.

moonie 😉

cqball2000

Have you run a simple test w/o all the html code and w/o headers?

$to = "tharris@spylan.com";
$subject = "Web Site Feedback";
$from = "moonie";
//$mailheaders = "From: My Web Site <> \n";
//$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: \n\n";

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $from) or die(error);

Break it down w/o the rest of the code and try different configurations. This will help you determine the culprit. Let me know how it goes.

~Dave