mail() problems

[lukeurtnowski]

I'm using the mail() and I have no idea what is wrong with it. It seems to be working as I have an if statement to see if it worked. Althogh it appears to be working, When I test it out I fail to get an email in my inbox at excite. Does anyone know why this is happening, here is my code: thanks,

<?php
          $varMailHeader     = "";
          $varFrom     = "";
          $varTo          = "[e-mail]";
          $varSubject     = "Web Site Comments";
          $msgBody     = "";

      $varFrom     = $_POST['sender_name'];
      $msgBody = "Name:\t".$varFrom."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Email:\t".$_POST['sender_email']."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Message\t".$_POST['message'];

      $varMailHeader     .= "From: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader     .= "Reply-To: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader     .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

      if (mail($varTo, $varSubject, $msgBody, $varMailHeader) == TRUE)
           print "<br>SUCCESS!<br>";
      else
{print "<h2>Did not work</h2><br>";
 print"<h3>Please email your comments to <font color=blue>[e-mail]</font></h3>";
}        

?>

[piersk]

Originally posted by lukeurtnowski

$varMailHeader     .= "From: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
          $varMailHeader     .= "Reply-To: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
          $varMailHeader     .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();       

[/B]

Aren't all the headers supposed to have \r\n after them. Therefore, shouldn't the final line be:

$varMailHeader .= "X-Mailer:PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";

Also, is the last line absolutely necessary? Have you tried it without?

[lukeurtnowski]

<?php
          $varMailHeader     = "";
          $varFrom     = "";
          $varTo          = "[e-mail]";
          $varSubject     = "Web Site Comments";
          $msgBody     = "";

      $varFrom     = $_POST['sender_name'];
      $msgBody = "Name:\t".$varFrom."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Email:\t".$_POST['sender_email']."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Message\t".$_POST['message'];

      $varMailHeader     .= "From: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader     .= "Reply-To: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader .= "X-Mailer:PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";

      if (mail($varTo, $varSubject, $msgBody, $varMailHeader) == TRUE)
           print "<br>SUCCESS!<br>";
      else
print "<h2>Did not work</h2><br>";
?>
        

[piersk]

Yup. Any good?

[lukeurtnowski]

No I made some changes to the script, it does not email me though. Heres the code (php) that I'm using.
to see it in action, if it helps go to http://lukesplace.com/contact.html

<?php
          $varMailHeader     = "";
          $varFrom     = "";
          $varTo          = "[e-mail]";
          $varSubject     = "Web Site Comments";
          $msgBody     = "";

      $varFrom     .= $_POST['sender_name'];
      $msgBody = "Name:\t".$varFrom."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Email:\t".$_POST['sender_email']."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Message\t".$_POST['message'];

      $varMailHeader     .= "From: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader     .= "Reply-To: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader .= "X-Mailer:PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";

mail($varTo, $varSubject, $msgBody, $varMailHeader)

?>   

[piersk]

What version of windows are you using?

Also, have you tried sending the email to addresses other than your excite one?

[lukeurtnowski]

Yea, I pointed it to a new emaill address and that didn't work either. I also called my DNS people that are hosting my web site amd they said they are fully php compatable and the problem most likely lies somewhere in my code, can you let me know if there is something wrong with my code? Thanks soo much.

<?php
          $varMailHeader     = "";
          $varFrom     = "";
          $varTo          = "[e-mail]";
          $varSubject     = "Web Site Comments";
          $msgBody     = "";

      $varFrom     .= $_POST['sender_name'];
      $msgBody = "Name:\t".$varFrom."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Email:\t".$_POST['sender_email']."\n";
      $msgBody .= "Message\t".$_POST['message'];

      $varMailHeader     .= "From: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader     .= "Reply-To: ".$varFrom."\r\n";
      $varMailHeader .= "X-Mailer:PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";

mail($varTo, $varSubject, $msgBody, $varMailHeader)

?> 

thanks

[piersk]

What OS is the web server?