[Resolved] SMTP server

[felipe_lopes]

Does anyone had success installing a SMTP server on win98 to work with php?

I've tried using "Advanced SMTP SERVER", but don't know exactly how my php.ini should looks like...Now it is this way:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail]

But i can't send any e-mail....I went to the program admin and it says when I try to use the mail function: "E-mail failed: Could not resolve domain".

Any tips? Any other smtp server that works??

thanx in advance

Here is the error I get on php page when I try to send an e-mail to [e-mail]:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 Invalid recipient: [e-mail] in C:\Arquivos de programas\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\hp\theoneclub\functions.php on line 74

[weekender]

can you post the code where you try to send the mail? invalid recipient sounds like your getting headers mixed up or something

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[felipe_lopes]

Well, I don't think the issue here is my php code because when I used the smtp from my email and I sent an e-mail to myself I received it, but coudn't send to anyone else...

My code:

//formando variaveis para e-mail
$assunto = "Código de validação";
$mensagem = "Usuário: $usuario\nCódigo: $codigo\n";

mail($email, $assunto, $mensagem);

$email comes from the form....There is no problems with globals or something....This code is a part of a long function I've created to validate a registration...

[weekender]

i'm guessing your smtp doesn't like not having a from address. It should default to the one in php.ini, but try putting in a from header

mail($email, $assunto, $mensagem, "From: [email][e-mail][/email]\r\n");

see if that works and let us know

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[felipe_lopes]

Same problem:

SMTP server response: 550 Invalid recipient:

Don't you know any other smtp server?

It would be great if apache has a module to enable smtp server.......

[felipe_lopes]

I tested another smtp server and it worked fine...

thank you for the help!

[shendel101]

i got this error in my log file

SMTP server response: 550 Invalid recipient: [e-mail]

Im trying to do flash form and passed the variable to php and i got this erro please help me anyone

[bradgrafelman]

The issue, more than likely, is that your SMTP server requires authentication before it will allow you to send messages.

Since PHP's internal mail() function can not handle SMTP authentication, you'll have to use a PHP class that does (ex. PHPMailer).

[shendel101]

i found out something.. here is my code..

<?php

$sendTo = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "voxsant form";
$headers = 'From:' . $POST["name"] . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $POST["email"] . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-path: " . $POST["email"];
$message = $POST["message"];
echo $_POST["name"];
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

the php code above is not working.. but every time i add string in
$headers = 'From:' . $_POST["name"] . "\r\n"; section in 'From:' part like this one

$headers = 'From: [e-mail] ' . $_POST["name"] . "\r\n";

the code is working why is it? is that mean that .$_POST["name"] is not getting the variable name from my flash.. thanks..

[bradgrafelman]

No, it means that your SMTP server is doing what it should; rejecting emails with invalid FROM headers. Your FROM header should follow the same format as a TO header should, and the php manual page [man]function.mail[/man] gives a good example of how that should be.

[shendel101]

owkie... I understand now.. it should be same format as $to.. But my mission is to get the email of the sender from the textfield in my flash form not a default email like in $to section... How can get it the value of my textfield then in flash.? are you saying that . $_POST["email"]; is getting the value...

So if i put value in my flash textfield email like [e-mail].. and i create FROM header like this one..

$headers = 'From: [e-mail] ' . $_POST["name"] . "\r\n";

i will get mail like this one
From: [e-mail] [e-mail]
am i ryt?

[bradgrafelman]

That would be what PHP would attempt to use as a header, but that's still an invalid from header - doesn't follow the correct format.

[shendel101]

I would really appreciate if you can give or post correct format of code or example code so that i can study..

thanks men...