php amd mail function

[rosy]

Hi,
I am having a mail function on my php

[code=php]
<?php
$to = "[e-mail]";
$from = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Hi Test mail from php";
$body = "Testing  Email using sendmail - exim 3.36 email server(Linux Debian)";
$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "From: $from\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\n";

mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) 
{
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!to $to</p>");

 } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...Can't send email to $to</p>");
 }

?>

[/CODE]

Actually i dint get any error message and i dint receive any mail in my mail box.
when i open /var/mail/{myusername}
i receive the following,
From [e-mail] Wed Nov 01 07:58:39 2006
Return-path: <[e-mail] >
Envelope-to: [e-mail]
Received: from www-data by sandbox with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))
id 1GfFfz-0004ck-00
for <[e-mail] >; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:58:39 -0500
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Hi Test mail from php
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
From:[e-mail]
X-Mailer: PHP/4.3.10-16
Message-Id: <E1GfFfz-0004ck-00@sandbox>
Sender: www-data <[e-mail] >
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:58:39 -0500
Testing Email using sendmail - exim 3.36 email server(Linux Debian)

please help, why i couldnt receive mail in my mail box, do i need to include any files?
Thanks.

[bastien]

it could be the mail from address is causing the email to be seen as spam and therefore filtered by your isp...it is reads as localhost or some similar value

[shmusie]

It's more likely filtered as spam or erroring as you haven't used line terminations. See adaptation of my test file - call in testmail.php or something

<?
//susie_maileau

//set date and to string

$today_date=strtotime(today);
$today_date=date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$today_date);

//set server type eol characters - see php.net etc

if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN')) {
$s_eol = "\r\n";
} elseif (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'MAC')) {
$s_eol = "\r";
} else {
$s_eol = "\n";
}
//echo server type
echo "OS is :: ".PHP_OS;
echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================
//ensure mail is working in basic form to multiple addresses - ALWAYS WORKS

$subject = 'MAIL SENT TEST 1 '.$today_date; $out = 'Hello'."\n".
'This is a test on'.$today_date."\n\n";

echo "out test1=".$out." subject test1=".$subject." <br />";

if (!mail("[e-mail]", $subject, $out)) echo "error with mail<br />"; else echo "$today_date ok!<br />"; echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================
//prove mail working with strings into mail() - WORKS

$subject = 'test2'; $out = 'Hello'."\n".
'This is a test on'.$today_date."\n\n"; $to = "Susie<[e-mail]>, Lisa<[e-mail]>";

echo "out test2=".$out." subject test2=".$subject." to test2=".$to."<br />";

if (!mail($to, $subject, $out))
echo "error with mail<br />";
else
echo "$today_date ok!<br />";
echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================
//prove mail working with strings into mail() - WORKS

$subject = 'test2a'; $out = 'Hello'."\n".
'This is a test on'.$today_date."\n\n"; $to = "[e-mail]";

echo "out test2a=".$out." subject test2a=".$subject." to test2a=".$to."<br />";

if (!mail($to, $subject, $out))
echo "error with mail<br />";
else
echo "$today_date ok!<br />";
echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================
//prove mail working with strings into mail() - WORKS

$subject = 'test2b'; $out = 'Hello'."\n".
'This is a test on'.$today_date."\n\n"; $to = "Susie <[e-mail]>";

echo "out test2b=".$out." subject test2b=".$subject." to test2b=".$to."<br />";

if (!mail($to, $subject, $out))
echo "error with mail<br />";
else
echo "$today_date ok!<br />";
echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================

$subject = 'test3';
$out = 'Hello'."\n".
'This is a test on'.$today_date."\n\n";
$headers = 'From: Your Server<[e-mail]>'.$s_eol.
'X-Sender: Your Server<[e-mail]>'.$s_eol.
'X-Mailer: PHP/'.phpversion().$s_eol.
'Return-Path: Your Server<[e-mail]>'.$s_eol;

echo "out test3=".$out." subject test3=".$subject." headers test3=".$headers."<br />";

if (!mail('Susie<[e-mail]>,Lisa<[e-mail]>',
$subject, $out, $headers))
echo "error with mail<br />";
else
echo "$today_date ok!<br />";
echo "<hr /><br />\n";

//=============================================
//show phpinfo
echo phpinfo();

?>

[shmusie]

Note in the above phpinfo is called and the os of your server.
The additional mail header aid spam filters know you're not spam (hopefully).
Susie.

[rosy]

Hi,
i tried with the above first(basic form) code, and added echo phpinfo(); what i get is,
OS is :: Linux
out test1=Hello This is a test on2006-11-10 08:23:26 subject test1=MAIL SENT TEST 1 2006-11-10 08:23:26
2006-11-10 08:23:26 ok!
and in phpinfo--
System -- Linux sandbox 2.2.20-idepci #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 i686

Configuration File-- (php.ini) Path /etc/php4/apache/php.ini

sendmail_from-- no value no value
sendmail_path-- no value no value
SMTP-- localhost localhost
smtp_port-- 25 25
How do i need to set the sendmail_path or how do i need to configure the file.
or do i need to change or include any file, since i am working on development server and using microsoft outlook 2003 as my mail.
please help. and thanks for the above coding.

[shmusie]

Looks like your server not set up to send mail then - if it's a sandbox test server then it may not allow you to send mail - check your system docs or system administrator
Have a good weekend rosy,
susie

[rosy]

Hi susie,
When i test under my
username@sandbox:~$ mail -s "subject" [e-mail]
test message.
.
Cc:[e-mail]
it sends mail to Junk email.
if i try using another domain like yahoo.com its not delivering?
could you please help me.