how to send mails in php outside the domain

[yogesh_ptg]

Hi,
I am not able to send mails outside the domain. l am doing something like this.

$email = "[e-mail]";
$sub = "test";
$msg = "test";

mail( $email, $sub, $msg );

But it gives server error warning
What could be the reason for this ??

Yogesh

[shareaweb]

First.. make sure your local server has SMTP or sendmail support and that mail is enabled.

Set headers.

SEE BELOW AND YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE 😉
(You can use this code, just have a form with realname, email, message and a hidden form field 'inquiry'.. then post it...

if(isset($POST['inquiry'])) {
//do the mail and echo out the thank you or error
$mailbody = "";
$oktosend = 1;
if(strlen($POST['realname']) < 2){
echo "<p style=\"color:red;\">Sorry, you must supply your name.<br></p>";
$oktosend = 0;
}else{$mailbody .="Name : ".$POST['realname']."\n";}
if(strlen($POST['email']) < 5){
echo "<p style=\"color:red;\">Sorry, the server encountered a problem with your email address.<br>Please try again with another email address.</p>";
$oktosend = 0;
}else{$email=trim($POST['email']);$mailbody.="Reply EMail: ".$email."\n";}
if(strlen($POST['message']) < 5){
echo "<p style=\"color:red;\">Sorry, your message was empty.<br></p>";
$oktosend = 0;
}else{$mailbody.="Message : \n".$POST['message']."\n";}
$mailbody.="---------------\n";
$mailbody.="USER INFO\n";
$mailbody.="---------------\n";
$mailbody.="User Agent :".$SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']."\n";
$mailbody.="IP adress is :".$SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."\n";
$mailbody.="Remote host is : ".$SERVER['REMOTE_HOST']."\n";
$mailbody.="-------------\n";
$date=date("m/d/Y H:i:s");
$mailbody.="SERVER INFO\n";
$mailbody.="Send date/time : ".$date."\n";
$mailbody.="Came From web : ".$SERVER['HTTP_HOST']."\n";
if($oktosend === 1){
@mail("[e-mail]","WebSite Inquiry",$mailbody,"From: ".$POST['email']."\n");
echo "<p><span style='color:green;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;font-family:Courier,Lucinda,Sans-Serif;'>Your inquiry has been sent.<br>You shall receive a reply shortly.<br><i>Thank You!</i></span></p>";
unset($POST['inquiry']);
}else{
echo "<p style=\"color:red;\">Your message was not sent. Please <a href='sharea.php?xpath=contact'>try again</a></p>"; unset($POST['inquiry']);
}

[yogesh_ptg]

the sever error warning is gone but still there is no mail delivered....

[shareaweb]

Did you ask your ISP if your allowed to use sendmail? They might have authentication set-up or not allow outgoing mails, or it is still queued up? If your using the code above, it should send no problem as long as your server is allowed.

We use that code on our production server. 😉

[yogesh_ptg]

Yeah my server is an smtp mail server, it allows to send mails and i can send mails inside my own domain using the mail function of php but the same is not working when i try to send a mail outside my domain like yo a [e-mail] or [e-mail]. And my mail server requiores authentication also. it has a username and password set, but i dont know whether i need to do any modification in php settings for that or not. Do u have any idea ??😕

[shareaweb]

Nope.. php requires no authentication settings.. You must make sure your server is relaying mail properly. Most servers will only accept mail from a set ip address or series or addresses..

We have a merak mail server that runs authentication, and php sends mail just fine.. but you have to make sure your localhost ip (127.0.0.1) is on the relay list.

Thats about the best i could help you out on this one..