Two mail() problems.

[Tom_Beers]

Hi, I'm having a bit of trouble with the mail() function:

1. Everything is sent to my Junk mail folder.

2. It sends out 2 messages, 1 is the actual message and the other is an absolutly blank one.

Here is the my PHP:

<?php 
$message = "$fromname sent you the following message:

============================

". $_POST['message'] ."

============================

The users info is:

IP: ". $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ."
Host: ". gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
$fromname = $_POST['name'];
$fromaddress = $_POST['email'];
$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: php\n";
$headers .= "From: \"".$fromname."\" <".$fromaddress.">\n";
?>

<form method="post" action="<?php mail("[e-mail]", $_POST['subject'], $message, $headers); ?>">

Oh and I also wanted it to redirect the user to 'contactsuccess.php' on a successful send and 'contactfail.php' on failure, how would I go about this?

Thanks in advance 🙂.

• Tom Beers

[bpat1434]

Well, I think the reason you get a blank one is because when you initially load the page, there are no post vars, so you get a blank email.

If you're wanting it to post back to itself, do this:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['name']))
{
  $message = $fromname." sent you the following message:

============================

". $_POST['message'] ."

============================

The users info is:

IP: ". $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ."
Host: ". gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);

  $fromname = $_POST['name'];
  $fromaddress = $_POST['email'];

  $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
  $headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
  $headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
  $headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
  //$headers .= "X-Mailer: php\n"; // Not really needed, possibly why it's marked as Junk
  $headers .= "From: \"".$fromname."\" <".$fromaddress.">\n";

  // Dealing with redirecting based upon successful mail()
  if(mail("[e-mail]", $_POST['subject'], $message, $headers))
  {
    // Mail was successfully sent
    header('Location: contactsuccess.php');
  }
  else
  {
    // Mail was not successfully sent
    echo 'Mail was not delivered';
  }
}
else
{
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
  <!-- Form elements here -->
</form>
?>

~Brett

[Tom_Beers]

Hi, that helped alot, it only sends one message and it loads 'contactsuccess.php' properly, but it's still going to the Junk mail folder ;(.

Anyway, thanks alot Brett!

[bpat1434]

Well, most junk-mail is done on client side with different controls. There's no sure-fire way to get your mail to their inbox. You may need to have them add your domain (or just the email) to their "safe senders" or "White" list. That's the only surefire way to have your mail in their inbox.

Anyway, glad I could help.

~Brett

[Tom_Beers]

Oh, ah well, it doesn't really matter the other two things were my main two problems...

Thanks,

• Tom