mail() not working

[Anon]

I have a php script with templets that works fine on one server(Verio) but wont work on another server(NtiDesign). I get an error in line 65 of mail.php, which is the actual line that send the mail, on the ntidesign servers, but it works great on verio. you can goto them yourself at (nti)www.thewealthbuildersclub.com/mail.php, and (verio)www.offshore911.com/mail.php. If you could please help me out, that would be great.

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<?php

$ip = getenv("REMOTE_ADDR");
$version = "1.0.1";

if ($action != "sendmail") {
$p = base64_decode('PHAgYWxpZ249ImNlbnRlciI+PGZvbnQgc2l6ZT0iMSI+PGI+UG93ZXJlZCBieSA8YSBocmVmPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNjcmlwdHMyNC5jb20iIHRhcmdldD0iX2JsYW5rIj4yNCBNYWlsPC9hPjwvYj48L2ZvbnQ+PC9wPg==');
include ("templates/mailform.tpl");
exit;
}

if ($action == "sendmail") {
$recnameto = split (",",$recname);
$recemailto = split (",",$recemail);
$count = count ($recemailto);
for ($i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
if ($name == "") {
$nameerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if ($recnameto[$i] == "") {
$nameerror = "1";
$recsend = "no";
}
if (!ereg('^{[-!#$%&\'+\./0-9=?A-Za-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\\/0-9=?A-Z^_a-z{|}~]+.'.'[-!#$%&\'+\./0-9=?A-Za-z{|}~]+$', $email) || ereg("'", $email)) {
$emailerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if (!ereg('^[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_a-z{|}~]+'.'@'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\/0-9=?A-Z_a-z{|}~]+\.'.'[-!#$%&\'*+\\./0-9=?A-Z^_a-z{|}~]+$',} $recemailto[$i]) || ereg("'", $recemailto[$i])) {
$recemailerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if ($subject == "") {
$subjecterror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if ($message == "") {
$messageerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if ($cname == $name && $cemail == $email && $crecname == $recnameto[$i] && $crecemail == $recemailto[$i] && $csubject == $subject && $cmessage == $message && $cip == $ip) {
$cookieerror = "1";
$send = "no";
}
if ($send == "no") {
$error = "1";
include ("templates/mailform.tpl");
exit;
}
}
$message = nl2br($message);
setcookie(cname, $nameto[$i], time()+86400);
setcookie(cemail, $email, time()+86400);
setcookie(crecname, $recname, time()+86400);
setcookie(crecemail, $recemail, time()+86400);
setcookie(csubject, $subject, time()+86400);
setcookie(cmessage, $message, time()+86400);
setcookie(cip, $ip, time()+86400);
$recnameto = split (",",$recname);
$recemailto = split (",",$recemail);
$count = count ($recemailto);
for ($i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {
if ($send != "no") {
$mailheader = "From: $name <$email>\nX-Mailer: 24 Mail v$version by www.scripts24.com\nContent-Type: text/html";
mail("$recnameto[$i] <$recemailto[$i]>","$subject","$message","$mailheader");
}
}
$p = base64_decode('PHAgYWxpZ249ImNlbnRlciI+PGZvbnQgc2l6ZT0iMSI+PGI+UG93ZXJlZCBieSA8YSBocmVmPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNjcmlwdHMyNC5jb20iIHRhcmdldD0iX2JsYW5rIj4yNCBNYWlsPC9hPjwvYj48L2ZvbnQ+PC9wPg==');
include("templates/mailsent.tpl");
exit;
}
?>

[Anon]

Does your host have support for the mail() function? Some providers have disabled it due to spam (people abusing their servers to mass-spam).

[Anon]

Yes they have support, they are the ones that told me to post here, they have looked at it, and they can find nothing wrong with it.

Thanks

[jasoncharette]

Hi there ,

Well, first of all, I have to ask the simple question: are both of these servers duplicates? By that I mean, do they both run the same versions of <insert web server software here>, the same version of PHP, permissions setup the same, etc?

Second, I don't know if you have access to the web server error logs, or if you can use a debugger, but that is definately the place to start looking.

Third, a quote from someone else's post: "I get this sometimes, but it is due to the fact I don't run a mail server on my local machine. It works okay when files are on the production server as it does have a mail server."

As an aside, if the server on which you get the error doesn't have a mail server, edit your php.ini to point to a valid smtp server to which you have permissions...

Don't know if any of this helps or not, but good luck!

J.