Detecting if mail() sent.

[Kold]

Hello!

Could someone please tell me how i would find out if the mail() function was successfull?

At the moment i have;

If(Mail(parameters)){
//sent
}else{
//not sent
}

However i am not sure if it is the best way to do it. I dont think so.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

[devinemke]

$mail = mail('[e-mail]', 'subject', 'message');
if ($mail) {echo 'mail send OK';} else {echo 'mail send FAIL';

this will tell you if the mail was successfully sent to your SMTP server. it will not necessarily tell you if the mail was sent. for that you would have to poll your SMTP app.

[Kold]

$mail = mail('[e-mail]', 'subject', 'message');
if ($mail) {echo 'mail send OK';} else {echo 'mail send FAIL';

If(Mail(parameters)){ 
//sent 
}else{ 
//not sent 
}

Wouldn't the two be the same??

Also, if using my method (second one) returned true & went into the //sent code, what reasons would there be as to people not receiving the email??

Thanks!

[devinemke]

Originally posted by Kold
...what reasons would there be as to people not receiving the email??

problems with your SMTP server (which is well beyond the scope of a PHP forum)