Php mail() MIME shows cleartext headers

[Alberto]

I am struggling with the php mail function so to allow a multipart mime
settings where both the message and any set of attachments can be
allowed.
Teorically, I'd know how to do. I build up my headers and pass them as
the fourth argument of the function mail().


Practically, what happens is that whenever I try to test my script
emailing myself, what appears in the email body are the __cleartext__
headers.


ùMaybe you spot in them something wrong, this is what in an email body
appears (and should not) in cleartext:
==============
MIME-Version: 1.0


Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="bound ary1650b42c9440 a87e70180d8f1c 1189b4";


Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


This is a MIME encoded message


--boundary1650b42 c9440a87e70180 d8f1c1189b4


Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"


Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


type your message here


--boundary1650b42 c9440a87e70180 d8f1c1189b4--
============


please note that with
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
or that with
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
nothing would change, all would still appear cleartext in the email
body (testing both eudora and outlook).


tia
Alberto

[Alvaro G Vicario]

Re: Php mail() MIME shows cleartext headers

*** Alberto wrote/escribió (Tue, 17 May 2005 11:33:35 GMT):[color=blue]
> Teorically, I'd know how to do. I build up my headers and pass them as
> the fourth argument of the function mail().[/color]

I've never tried myself but I suppose you just need to create headers for
the first attachment. The headers for the rest of them are embedded in
message body.


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[Alberto]

Re: Php mail() MIME shows cleartext headers

Nope it doesn't work.
Anyone has the url of a decent tutorial abou it? i do not need the
application, I need to understand how it works. Hoever I add headers, they
show up cleartext!
tia


"Alvaro G Vicario" <alvaro_QUITAR_ REMOVE@telecomp uteronline.com> ha scritto
nel messaggio news:1e8p8y7ane 5cm.1papu1ccbwa vt$.dlg@40tude. net...[color=blue]
> *** Alberto wrote/escribió (Tue, 17 May 2005 11:33:35 GMT):[color=green]
>> Teorically, I'd know how to do. I build up my headers and pass them as
>> the fourth argument of the function mail().[/color]
>
> I've never tried myself but I suppose you just need to create headers for
> the first attachment. The headers for the rest of them are embedded in
> message body.
>
>
> --
> -- Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
> -- http://bits.demogracia.com - Mi sitio sobre programación web
> -- Don't e-mail me your questions, post them to the group
> --[/color]

[Tim Roberts]

Re: Php mail() MIME shows cleartext headers

"Alberto" <nospam@nospam. nospam> wrote:[color=blue]
>
>Nope it doesn't work.
>Anyone has the url of a decent tutorial abou it? i do not need the
>application, I need to understand how it works. Hoever I add headers, they
>show up cleartext![/color]

The message headers passed to the API need to say:

MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="bound ary1650b42c9440 a87e70180d8f1c 1189b4"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

EVERYTHING else, including the "This message is MIME encoded" warning, the
boundary markers, and the individual subpart headers, are just part of the
message body. To the e-mail system, they are just text.
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Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: Php mail() MIME shows cleartext headers

Alberto wrote:[color=blue]
> I am struggling with the php mail function so to allow a multipart mime
> settings where both the message and any set of attachments can be
> allowed.
> Teorically, I'd know how to do. I build up my headers and pass them as
> the fourth argument of the function mail().
>
>
> Practically, what happens is that whenever I try to test my script
> emailing myself, what appears in the email body are the __cleartext__
> headers.
>
>
> ùMaybe you spot in them something wrong, this is what in an email body
> appears (and should not) in cleartext:
> ==============
> MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
> boundary="bound ary1650b42c9440 a87e70180d8f1c 1189b4";
>
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>
> This is a MIME encoded message
>
>
> --boundary1650b42 c9440a87e70180 d8f1c1189b4
>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>
> type your message here
>
>
> --boundary1650b42 c9440a87e70180 d8f1c1189b4--
> ============
>
>
> please note that with
> Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
> or that with
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> nothing would change, all would still appear cleartext in the email
> body (testing both eudora and outlook).
>
>
> tia
> Alberto
>
>
>[/color]
Alberto,

Your problem may be the blank lines between header lines. AFAIK, a
blank line indicates the end of that particular header.

Try sending yourself an email with similar attachments (they don't have
to be identical) and look at the source for both the working and failing
messages.

Check your message header, also - ensure it's set up properly. If you
still can't find anything, send me a failing message at the email below
and I'll take a look at it.

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