mail() will not send email

[REDRICE23]

HTML CODE OF FOURM____
<form action="contact.php" method="request">
<div align="left">
<table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="8" summary="feedback form">

<tr><td width="106">Name:</td>
<td width="173"><p><input type="text" name="name" size="25" />
</p>
<tr><td>Position:</td>
<td><p><input type="text" name="position" size="25" id="position" />
</p>
<tr>
<td>Company:</td>
<td><p><input type="text" name="company" size="25" id="company" />
</p>
<tr><td>Contact Tel:</td>
<td><p><input type="text" name="tel" size="25" id="tel" />
</p></td></tr>
<tr><td>Email address:</td><td><input type="text" name="email" size="25" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="2" colspan="2"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Type of Event:</td>
<td><select name="type" id="type">
<option value="Select One">Select One </option>
<option value="Wedding ">Wedding</option>
<option value="Social Event ">Social Event </option>
<option value="Corporate Event">Corporate Event</option>
<option value="Other">Other</option>
</select>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>Number of Guests::</td>
<td><input type="text" name="guests" size="25" id="guests" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>Event Location:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="location" size="25" id="location" /></td></tr>
<tr>
<td height="2" colspan="2">
Enquiry:<br />
<textarea rows="15" cols="45" name="comments"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="40" colspan="2" align="center">
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
<input type="reset" name="Clear" id="Clear" value="Clear" />
<br /></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>

______PHP SCRIPT

<?php
$name = $REQUEST['name'] ;
$position = $REQUEST['position'] ;
$company = $REQUEST['company'] ;
$tel = $REQUEST['tel'] ;
$email = $REQUEST['email'] ;
$type = $REQUEST['type'] ;
$guests = $REQUEST['guests'] ;
$location = $REQUEST['location'] ;
$comments = $_REQUEST['comments'] ;

mail( "[e-mail]", "Contact Us Form Results",
"Name: $name" .
"Position: $position" .
"Company: $company" .
"Phone Number: $tel" .
"Email: $email" .
"Type of Event: $type" .
"Number of Guests: $guests" .
"Event Location: $location" .
"Comments: $comments" );

header( "Location: http://www.example.com/thankyou.html" );
?>

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Form does not send email reply Can anyone help this is the first script ive ever written i have no clue whehe to go form here?

[sarah]

Is the form submitting? I have never seen method="request" before. You might want to try starting with the bare minimum...getting the basics to work...and then adding stuff until it breaks.

For example, you might try getting rid of everything on contact.php except for something like:

<?
echo "Form submitted to page";
?>

Then, submit the form and see if the message is displayed. If it is, then try making the contact page send a test email without using any information from the form. Or, try making the contact page display all of the request variables. Go until it doesn't work and then you'll have an idea of what is broken.