[Resolved] [Resolved] PHP email problems

Tobeon

<?
$ToEmail = "???????@.com";

##$ToName = "Jon";
$ToSubject = "Tobeon Newsletter";
$Address = "??????@????.co.uk";

$updated = $POST["updated"];
$status = $POST["status"];
$mood = $POST["mood"];
$message = $POST["message"];
$Mail = $POST["Mail"];
$newstextpage1 = $POST["newstextpage1"];
$newstextpage2 = $POST["newstextpage2"];
$newstextpage3 = $POST["newstextpage3"];
$newstextpage4 = $_POST["newstextpage4"];

$EmailBody = "Tobeon.co.uk was last updated on $updated\n\n$Mail\n\n$status\n$mood\n$message\n\n$newstextpage1\n\n$newstextpage2\n\n$newstextpage3\n\n$newstextpage4";

$EmailFooter="";

$Message = $EmailBody.$EmailFooter;

mail($ToName." <".$ToEmail.">",$ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".Tom." <".$Address.">");

I have made the above PHP file (note ???? are used to hide real addresses) however it doesnt work!

it seems to work fine at first but it doesnt want to send any emails ot hotmail address or any other one i can think of

(it works sending it to myself and to my friend, both me and him have accounts with the same hosting server (www.tobeon.co.uk www.shepherdnick.co.uk)

can anyone help?

will it just not work because hotmail is arsey? or have i done somthign wrong?

please please please help!
thaaank you!

BuzzLY

Try using the simple email address in your mail command.

Also, is "Tom" a constant?

"From: ".Tom." <".$Address.">"

... or is that supposed to be $Tom?

If you are still having trouble, trying giving the hotmail account time to receive the message. Sometimes it can take a while. If the messages are going to SOME address, then the problem is most likely on the receiving end, and not your mail server.

Tobeon

ack i forgot to post the error message i am getting

Warning: mail(): SMTP server response: 554 <???????@.com>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied in e:\domains\t\tobeon.co.uk\user\htdocs\daveemail.php on line 24

BuzzLY

Relay access denied means that the SMTP server does not allow you to use the email server as a relay. This is to prevent spam. As far as how to resolve the issue... either you need the correct authentication for that server, or you will have to use a different SMTP server to relay your messages.

Remember in the future to be a little more specific about "it doesn't work." If we don't know what the actual error message is, we won't have a clue where to begin troubleshooting. 😉