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Cannot send mail through php

Jun 17th, 2008

Can you take a look at this:

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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
 
<body>
<?php
$emai=$_REQUEST['txtemai'];
$subj=$_REQUEST['txtsubj'];
$mess=$_REQUEST['txtmess'];
if (@mail($emai,$subj,$mess)) {
 echo('<p>Mail sent successfully.</p>');
} else {
 echo('<p>Mail could not be sent.</p>');
} 
?>
</body>
</html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$emai=$_REQUEST['txtemai'];
$subj=$_REQUEST['txtsubj'];
$mess=$_REQUEST['txtmess'];
if (@mail($emai,$subj,$mess)) {
 echo('<p>Mail sent successfully.</p>');
} else {
 echo('<p>Mail could not be sent.</p>');
} 
?>
</body>
</html>

I keep on getting the else statements.

Here's the code from the form page this email page works with:

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      <form method="post" action="Emailed.php">
        <input name="txtemai" type="text" id="textfield" size="75" />
      </p>
      <p> Subject:        </p>
      <p>
        <input name="txtsubj" type="text" id="textfield" size="75" />
                  </p>
      <p>Message:
        <textarea name="txtmess" cols="87" rows="15" id="textarea"></textarea>
 
        <input name="button" id="button" type="submit" value="Send" />
         </form>
      </p>
      <form method="post" action="Emailed.php">
        <input name="txtemai" type="text" id="textfield" size="75" />
      </p>
      <p> Subject:        </p>
      <p>
        <input name="txtsubj" type="text" id="textfield" size="75" />
                  </p>
      <p>Message:
        <textarea name="txtmess" cols="87" rows="15" id="textarea"></textarea>
           
        <input name="button" id="button" type="submit" value="Send" />
         </form>
      </p>

Here is my php.ini in the mail portion of it:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.va.com
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = Admin@va.com

I am using Apache 2.2.8 and Win XP Pro SP2

Can anyone find a solution why I can't send emails to my test address in yahoo.com?

Last edited by Andrew F.; Jun 17th, 2008 at 8:54 am.

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 17th, 2008

Is your smtp.va.com server a different server ? If so, are you sure it supports open relay smtp. Normally you would need to authenticate to able to send email. If it is the same server try localhost instead.

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

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Originally Posted by pritaeas

Is your smtp.va.com server a different server ? If so, are you sure it supports open relay smtp. Normally you would need to authenticate to able to send email. If it is the same server try localhost instead.

I'm very sorry for the confusion but I'm not not yet live so I'm obliged to use localhost but it doesn't work it seems my problem is authentication. How do I solve this?

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

I don't think mail() supports authentication. You can use the PHPMailer package. It's easy to use and well documented. You can find it on SourceForge.

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

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Originally Posted by pritaeas

I don't think mail() supports authentication. You can use the PHPMailer package. It's easy to use and well documented. You can find it on SourceForge.

I tried your suggestion and took the very first code I laid my eyes on:

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<?php
require_once("PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail=new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "localhost";
$mail->From = "****@****.com";
$mail->AddAddress("****@yahoo.com");
 
$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
 
if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>
<?php
require_once("PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail=new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "localhost";
$mail->From = "****@****.com";
$mail->AddAddress("****@yahoo.com");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>

Output: Message was not sent.Mailer error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

I still seem to be encountering the problem I was having with vanilla mail.

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

You may need to add:

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$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "XXX";
$mail->Password = "YYY";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "XXX";
$mail->Password = "YYY";

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

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Originally Posted by pritaeas

You may need to add:
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$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "XXX";
$mail->Password = "YYY";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; $mail->Username = "XXX"; $mail->Password = "YYY";

I added the lines, and just to play on the safe side I used my gmail account

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<?php
require_once("PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail=new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465"; 
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = '****@gmail.com';
$mail->Password = "*****";
$mail->From = "*****s@gmail.com";
$mail->AddAddress("*****@yahoo.com");
 
$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
 
if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>
<?php
require_once("PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail=new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465"; 
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = '****@gmail.com';
$mail->Password = "*****";
$mail->From = "*****s@gmail.com";
$mail->AddAddress("*****@yahoo.com");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>

Output: It didn't output anything!

I checked my test address at yahoo and no emails were added

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 18th, 2008

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

and I think

$mail->Port = 465;

But you'll have to check the manual.

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

Jun 19th, 2008

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Originally Posted by pritaeas

$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";

and I think

$mail->Port = 465;

But you'll have to check the manual.

still nothing. Any ideas? I'm still open for suggestions

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Re: Cannot send mail through php

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Jun 19th, 2008

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$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";

This stuff can all be found by googling for it....
Can you be more specific about the error, perhaps it is something completely different.
Maybe try this one instead: http://www.klenwell.com/is/PhpGmailMailer

Last edited by pritaeas; Jun 19th, 2008 at 9:24 am.

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