another mail() problem

[MatrixGL]

My host disabled sending mails from nobody.

Whenever I send emails using mail() they just bounce back saying the reciptionist's domain could not be traced, or just no error at all.

Since I have no access to php.ini, I did this:

ini_set('sendmail_from','[e-mail]');
ini_set('sendmail_path','/usr/sbin/sendmail -t');

And it still doesnt work. While my phpinfo shows that the sendmail_from variable changed locally to [e-mail], but my sendmail_path have not changed. Its still /usr/sbin/sendmail -t-i instead of /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

So how do I send emails to people using php from my server? Without using a class or editing php.ini?

Thank you very much!

[rehfeld]

if your host has not offered you a solution to this, id get hosting elsewhere.

youd need open a socket and send emails that way. but you said you didnt want to use one of the prewritten classes, so i dunno what to tell you.

[MatrixGL]

well, could you recommand me a simple class then? I just need to be able to send regular emails with activation passwords mostly.

Thank you very much for your reply 🙂

[jazappi]

I searched for that solution today alot, couldn't find it. I suggest switching hosts also. Usually ends up better and cheaper.

[MatrixGL]

can anyone recommand me a good mailing class?

[rehfeld]

i dont have any personal experience using them, but the PEAR stuff is usually pretty nice

http://pear.php.net/package/Mail

ive also heard this one recomended a few times

http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

[MatrixGL]

Thanks, pear worked 🙂

but the only problem is that hotmail treats the email as a junkmail....what header should I add in the email so it'd be delivered to the inbox?

thanks!.

[rehfeld]

X-MSMail-Priority: High

you may also need to specify a From: and Reply-to: header