Why can't I send a mail with PHP

[Stefan Mueller]

I can't send a mail with the following mail header:
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <user@inter. net>\n";

Therefore $headers is set to (echo $header;)
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 From: "User"
<user@inter.net >

The mail has not been delivered and my PHP server says:
[24-Nov-2005 00:37:19] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function. mail'>function. mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132


If I use
$headers .= "From: user@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

[SC]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

Don't use &lt; and &gt;. Use the actual characters < and >.


"Stefan Mueller" <seekware-remove-@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm30pb$1e9 u$1@news.imp.ch ...[color=blue]
>I can't send a mail with the following mail header:
> $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
> $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
> $headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
>
> Therefore $headers is set to (echo $header;)
> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 From:
> "User" <user@inter.net >
>
> The mail has not been delivered and my PHP server says:
> [24-Nov-2005 00:37:19] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
> href='function. mail'>function. mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
> Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132
>
>
> If I use
> $headers .= "From: user@inter.net\n";
> instead of
> $headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
> is works perfect.
>
> What's wrong?
> Stefan
>
>[/color]

[Stefan Mueller]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

[color=blue][color=green]
>> If I use
>> $headers .= "From: user@inter.net\n";
>> instead of
>> $headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
>> is works perfect.
>>
>> What's wrong?
>> Stefan[/color]
>[/color]

I tried the following versions before
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <user@inter.net >";
or
$headers .= "From: 'User' <user@inter.net >";
or
$headers .= "From: User <user@inter.net >";
or
$headers .= 'From: "User" <user@inter.net >';

However, no version works.

Does someone see what's wrong?
Stefan

[Gordon Burditt]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

>>> If I use[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> $headers .= "From: user@inter.net\n";
>>> instead of
>>> $headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
>>> is works perfect.
>>>
>>> What's wrong?
>>> Stefan[/color]
>>[/color]
>
>I tried the following versions before
> $headers .= "From: \"User\" <user@inter.net >";
>or
> $headers .= "From: 'User' <user@inter.net >";
>or
> $headers .= "From: User <user@inter.net >";
>or
> $headers .= 'From: "User" <user@inter.net >';
>
>However, no version works.
>
>Does someone see what's wrong?[/color]

If you don't put a newline at the end of the header, another header
is going to wind up on the same line, and it will break things:

From: User <user@inter.net >Subject: this is not spam

Also, if the envelope-from and/or destination address is not valid,
the mail won't go either, regardless of headers. No HTML allowed
in those, either.

Gordon L. Burditt

[SC]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

Here's an example of proper headers:

$mail_headers = 'From: "Sender Name" <sender@domain. com>' . "\n"
.. 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
.. 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time ())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
.. 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
.. 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
.. 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";



"Stefan Mueller" <seekware-remove-@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm3386$1ej o$1@news.imp.ch ...[color=blue]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> If I use
>>> $headers .= "From: user@inter.net\n";
>>> instead of
>>> $headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;user@inter. net&gt;\n";
>>> is works perfect.
>>>
>>> What's wrong?
>>> Stefan[/color]
>>[/color]
>
> I tried the following versions before
> $headers .= "From: \"User\" <user@inter.net >";
> or
> $headers .= "From: 'User' <user@inter.net >";
> or
> $headers .= "From: User <user@inter.net >";
> or
> $headers .= 'From: "User" <user@inter.net >';
>
> However, no version works.
>
> Does someone see what's wrong?
> Stefan
>
>[/color]

[Stefan Mueller]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

> $mail_headers = 'From: "Sender Name" <sender@domain. com>' . "\n"[color=blue]
> . 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
> . 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time ())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
> . 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
> . 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
> . 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";[/color]

It's really unbelievable. I've tried so many headers and
'From: "Sender Name" <sender@domain. com>'
never works.
That same with your header. PHP says:
[24-Nov-2005 08:00:05] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function. mail'>function. mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132

If I modify your header to
$jt = 'From: sender@domain.c om' . "\n"
. 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
. 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time ())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
. 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
. 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
. 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";
it works perfect again.

But why is
'From: "Sender Name" <sender@domain. com>'
never working.

I'm trying since several days and I'm really loosing hope.
Stefan

[hebiryu@gmail.com]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

i don't really have time to analyze your code. I send you my email
script. and my code
is completely working. i hope it helps for you.


*************** *************** *************** ********
$to = $remail; // fill your email address here
$subject = "Invitation to Patra Friends"; // fill your subject here..
//and the message here..
$message = "

Kami mengundang Anda untuk menjadi member
jaringan alumni Himpunan Teknik Perminyakan ITB

silahkan klik
http://alumni.tm.itb.a c.id/registrasi.php? p=$passp&q=$pas s2
untuk melakukan registrasi

Terimakasih
Admin Patra -- admin@alumni.tm .itb.ac.id

";

$headers .= 'From: *Patra Admin <admin@alumni.t m.itb.ac.id>' .
"\r\n";// this one is to indicate the header..

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);// this is the command

[SC]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

After a little checking I found that many people report that PHP for Windows
does not support the "from" header being anything other than just the e-mail
address.

You apparently can't send a "from" header like 'From: "Sender Name"
<sender@domain. com' under PHP for Windows. This only seems to work with
non-Windows installations of PHP.


"Stefan Mueller" <seekware-remove-@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm3ott$1ll n$1@news.imp.ch ...
[color=blue]
> It's really unbelievable. I've tried so many headers and
> 'From: "Sender Name" <sender@domain. com>'
> never works.
> That same with your header. PHP says:
> [24-Nov-2005 08:00:05] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
> href='function. mail'>function. mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
> Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132
>[/color]

[Stefan Mueller]

Re: Why can't I send a mail with PHP

"SC" <no_spam@thank. you> wrote in message
news:jvhhf.3$t6 3.220@news.uswe st.net...[color=blue]
> After a little checking I found that many people report that PHP for
> Windows does not support the "from" header being anything other than just
> the e-mail address.
>
> You apparently can't send a "from" header like 'From: "Sender Name"
> <sender@domain. com' under PHP for Windows. This only seems to work with
> non-Windows installations of PHP.[/color]

Wow, that's very bad. But now I know why I could read so many PHP mail pages
and it still doesn't work because it's not implemented in my PHP version.
That's a really very bad news. But now I know that I can stop testing and
testing and testing ...

Thanks a lot for telling me that.
I was really loosing the hope.
Stefan