Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

**Rami Elomaa** · Apr 9 '07, 09:35 PM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
configuration error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
>
<?
>
Error_Reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
$subject="from ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
$headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
$message='';
while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
="Your_Email :") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
="i")) {
$message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
$field." ";
}
next($_REQUEST) ;
}
$message.=" ".$_REQUEST['Message:'];
mail($_REQUEST['recipient'], $subject, "
<html>
<head>
<title>Contac t letter</title>
</head>
<body>
 
".$message. "
</body>
</html>" , $headers);
echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>
?>
>

Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:

mail('your_emai l@example.com', 'this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');

And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
wrong.

BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
trick...

--
Rami.Elomaa@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

**Pete Marsh** · Apr 9 '07, 11:45 PM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>
>
>

Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
configuration error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks

>

<?

>

Error_Reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
$subject="from ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
$headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
$message='';
while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
="Your_Email :") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
="i")) {
$message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
$field." ";
}
next($_REQUEST) ;
}
$message.=" ".$_REQUEST['Message:'];
mail($_REQUEST['recipient'], $subject, "
<html>
<head>
<title>Contac t letter</title>
</head>
<body>
 
".$message. "
</body>
</html>" , $headers);
echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");

>

?>

>
Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:
>
mail('your_em.. .@example.com', 'this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');
>
And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
wrong.
>
BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
trick...
>
--
Rami.Elo...@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.

**Rami Elomaa** · Apr 10 '07, 07:55 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>
>>
>>

>>Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
>>configurati on error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
>>maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
>><?
>>Error_Reporti ng(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
>>$subject="fro m ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
>>$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
>> $headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
>> $message='';
>> while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
>> if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>="Your_Email: ") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>="i")) {
>> $message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
>>$field." " ;
>> }
>> next($_REQUEST) ;
>> }
>>$message.="".$_REQUEST['Message:'];
>>mail($_REQUES T['recipient'], $subject, "
>><html>
>><head>
>> <title>Contac t letter</title>
>></head>
>><body>
>> 
>> ".$message. "
>></body>
>></html>" , $headers);
>>echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>>?>

>Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
>out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:
>>
>mail('your_em. ..@example.com' ,'this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');
>>
>And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
>php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
>adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
>wrong.
>>
>BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
>but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
>purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
>see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
>odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
>trick...
>>
>--
>Rami.Elo...@gm ail.com
>"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

>
>
>
hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.
>

Well you could try looking at what the form actually passes to the
script. Put something like this at the very beginning of your mail script:

file_put_conten ts('my_mail_log .txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));

Kinda like trap what it's trying to send and try to figure out if
there's something wrong there, missing parameters or something.

The form being flash explains the colons though... Flash designers...

--
Rami.Elomaa@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

**Pete Marsh** · Apr 10 '07, 10:45 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

On Apr 10, 12:47 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>
>
>

On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

>

>Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
>configuratio n error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
>maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
><?
>Error_Reportin g(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
>$subject="fr om ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
>$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
> $headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
> $message='';
> while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
> if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
>="Your_Email:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
>="i")) {
> $message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
>$field." ";
> }
> next($_REQUEST) ;
> }
>$message.=" ".$_REQUEST['Message:'];
>mail($_REQUE ST['recipient'], $subject, "
><html>
><head>
> <title>Contac t letter</title>
></head>
><body>
> 
> ".$message. "
></body>
></html>" , $headers);
>echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>?>
Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:

>

mail('your_em.. .@example.com', 'this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');

>

And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
wrong.

>

BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
trick...

>

--
Rami.Elo...@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

>

hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.

>
Well you could try looking at what the form actually passes to the
script. Put something like this at the very beginning of your mail script:
>
file_put_conten ts('my_mail_log .txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));
>
Kinda like trap what it's trying to send and try to figure out if
there's something wrong there, missing parameters or something.
>
The form being flash explains the colons though... Flash designers...

Unfortunately, the form is embedded in a flash binary!
I cannot see the source code at this time.
Unbelievable!

**Rami Elomaa** · Apr 10 '07, 10:55 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

On Apr 10, 12:47 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>
>>
>>

>>On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:
>>>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>>>Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
>>>>configurati on error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
>>>>maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
>>>><?
>>>>Error_Repor ting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
>>>>$subject="f rom ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
>>>>$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
>>>> $headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
>>>> $message='';
>>>> while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
>>>> if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>>="Your_Emai l:") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>>="i")) {
>>>> $message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
>>>>$field." ";
>>>> }
>>>> next($_REQUEST) ;
>>>> }
>>>>$message.=" ".$_REQUE ST['Message:'];
>>>>mail($_REQU EST['recipient'], $subject, "
>>>><html>
>>>><head>
>>>> <title>Contac t letter</title>
>>>></head>
>>>><body>
>>>> 
>>>> ".$message. "
>>>></body>
>>>></html>" , $headers);
>>>>echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>>>>?>
>>>Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
>>>out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:
>>>mail('your_e m...@example.co m','this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');
>>>And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
>>>php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
>>>adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
>>>wrong.
>>>BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
>>>but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
>>>purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
>>>see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
>>>odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
>>>trick...
>>>--
>>>Rami.Elo...@ gmail.com
>>>"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."
>>hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
>>it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
>>separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
>>they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
>>and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
>>not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.

>Well you could try looking at what the form actually passes to the
>script. Put something like this at the very beginning of your mail script:
>>
>file_put_conte nts('my_mail_lo g.txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));
>>
>Kinda like trap what it's trying to send and try to figure out if
>there's something wrong there, missing parameters or something.
>>
>The form being flash explains the colons though... Flash designers...

>
>
Unfortunately, the form is embedded in a flash binary!
I cannot see the source code at this time.
Unbelievable!
>

That's quite alright. That's why I told you to check what the form sends
to the mail script. Insert this line at the beginning of the mailer
script so you'll see what the flash form sends to the mailer, even if
you can't see what is happening inside the flash:

file_put_conten ts('my_mail_log .txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));

And then try sending mail from the flash application and study the
results in my_mail_log.txt .

--
Rami.Elomaa@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

**Toby A Inkster** · Apr 10 '07, 04:05 PM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Pete Marsh wrote:

mail($_REQUEST['recipient']

SPAMMER!

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**FFMG** · Apr 10 '07, 07:25 PM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:

Pete Marsh wrote:
>

mail($_REQUEST['recipient']

>
SPAMMER!
>
>

Why do you say that?

FFMG

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**Toby A Inkster** · Apr 10 '07, 11:05 PM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

FFMG wrote:

Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:

>Pete Marsh wrote:
>>

>>mail($_REQUES T['recipient']

>>
>SPAMMER!

>
Why do you say that?

http://pete-marsh.example.com/script.php?recipient=innocent-victim@example.net

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**FFMG** · Apr 11 '07, 04:15 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Toby A Inkster;60073 Wrote:

FFMG wrote:

Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:

Pete Marsh wrote:
>
>mail($_REQUE ST['recipient']
>
SPAMMER!

Why do you say that?

>
http://tinyurl.com/365y5x
>
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>
* = I'm getting there!

Yes, that makes it a bad script.
But it does not make him a spammer.

Or maybe I am not understanding your cryptic replies, add a few more
words to make your point clearer.

FFMG

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**Pete Marsh** · Apr 11 '07, 05:05 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

On Apr 10, 3:27 pm, Toby A Inkster <usenet200...@t obyinkster.co.u k>
wrote:

FFMG wrote:

Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:

Pete Marsh wrote:

>

>mail($_REQUE ST['recipient']

>

SPAMMER!

>

Why do you say that?

>

http://pete-marsh.example.com/script.php?recipient=innocent-vic...@example.net

>
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>
* = I'm getting there!

you're getting nowhere, you are an idiot.
I just inherited this script, I didn't write it.
probably you wrote it, which is why it's so bad.

**Pete Marsh** · Apr 11 '07, 05:05 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

On Apr 10, 3:51 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>
>
>

On Apr 10, 12:47 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

>

>On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:
>>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>>Wondering if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
>>>configuratio n error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
>>>maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
>>><?
>>>Error_Report ing(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
>>>$subject="fr om ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
>>>$headers= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
>>> $headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
>>> $message='';
>>> while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
>>> if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>="Your_Email :") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>="i")) {
>>> $message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
>>>$field." ";
>>> }
>>> next($_REQUEST) ;
>>> }
>>>$message.=" ".$_REQUEST['Message:'];
>>>mail($_REQUE ST['recipient'], $subject, "
>>><html>
>>><head>
>>> <title>Contac t letter</title>
>>></head>
>>><body>
>>> 
>>> ".$message. "
>>></body>
>>></html>" , $headers);
>>>echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>>>?>
>>Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
>>out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:
>>mail('your_em ...@example.com ','this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');
>>And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
>>php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
>>adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
>>wrong.
>>BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
>>but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
>>purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
>>see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
>>odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
>>trick...
>>--
>>Rami.Elo...@g mail.com
>>"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."
>hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
>it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
>separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
>they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
>and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
>not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.
Well you could try looking at what the form actually passes to the
script. Put something like this at the very beginning of your mail script:

>

file_put_conten ts('my_mail_log .txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));

>

Kinda like trap what it's trying to send and try to figure out if
there's something wrong there, missing parameters or something.

>

The form being flash explains the colons though... Flash designers...

>

Unfortunately, the form is embedded in a flash binary!
I cannot see the source code at this time.
Unbelievable!

>
That's quite alright. That's why I told you to check what the form sends
to the mail script. Insert this line at the beginning of the mailer
script so you'll see what the flash form sends to the mailer, even if
you can't see what is happening inside the flash:
>
file_put_conten ts('my_mail_log .txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));
>
And then try sending mail from the flash application and study the
results in my_mail_log.txt .

Thanks for these interesting replies.

The script is so bad, I think I'm goign to have to do it again.
The flash part isn't even done right either, so I have to make a test
form in any case.

Can you recommend a good generic php form parser?
Simpler the better.

**Pete Marsh** · Apr 11 '07, 05:15 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

On Apr 10, 9:05 pm, FFMG <FFMG.2ou...@ no-mx.httppoint.co mwrote:

Toby A Inkster;60073 Wrote:
>
>
>

FFMG wrote:

Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:
>Pete Marsh wrote:

>

>>mail($_REQUES T['recipient']

>

>SPAMMER!

>

Why do you say that?

>

http://tinyurl.com/365y5x

>

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Contact Me ~http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact
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>

* = I'm getting there!

>
Yes, that makes it a bad script.
But it does not make him a spammer.
>
Or maybe I am not understanding your cryptic replies, add a few more
words to make your point clearer.

Some people just like to make a lot of noise.

**Rami Elomaa** · Apr 11 '07, 05:25 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Toby A Inkster kirjoitti:

FFMG wrote:

>Toby A Inkster;60036 Wrote:

>>Pete Marsh wrote:
>>>
>>>mail($_REQUE ST['recipient']
>>SPAMMER!

>Why do you say that?

>

http://pete-marsh.example.com/script.php?recipient=innocent-victim@example.net

>

Yeah, but that's a Flash aplication he's working with. A Flash
application in my opinion is much more difficult to exploit than your
regular formmail. And for pity's sake, he wouldn't be the spammer here,
just a web developer who's not completly aware of spammer tactics.
Instead of accusing him for something he's not guilty, you could educate
him.

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**Rami Elomaa** · Apr 11 '07, 05:25 AM

Re: Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Pete Marsh kirjoitti:

On Apr 10, 3:51 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:

>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>
>>
>>

>>On Apr 10, 12:47 am, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:
>>>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>>>On Apr 9, 2:34 pm, Rami Elomaa <rami.elo...@gm ail.comwrote:
>>>>>Pete Marsh kirjoitti:
>>>>>>Wonderi ng if anyone can see an error with this script. I get a server
>>>>>>configura tion error. THat could mean a module is not being loaded, but
>>>>>>maybe there's a syntax error here, can anyone spot it? Thanks
>>>>>><?
>>>>>>Error_Rep orting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
>>>>>>$subject= "from ".$_REQUEST['Your_Name:'] ;
>>>>>>$header s= "From: ".$_REQUEST['Your_Email:'] ."\n";
>>>>>> $headers.='Cont ent-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1';
>>>>>> $message='';
>>>>>> while ($field = current($_REQUE ST)) {
>>>>>> if ((key($_REQUEST )!="Your_Name:" ) && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>>>>="Your_Em ail:") && (key($_REQUEST) !="Message:") && (key($_REQUEST) !
>>>>>>="i")) {
>>>>>> $message.="<str ong>".key($_REQ UEST)." &n bsp; ".
>>>>>>$field." ";
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> next($_REQUEST) ;
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>$message. =" ".$_REQUE ST['Message:'];
>>>>>>mail($_RE QUEST['recipient'], $subject, "
>>>>>><html>
>>>>>><head>
>>>>>> <title>Contac t letter</title>
>>>>>></head>
>>>>>><body>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ".$message. "
>>>>>></body>
>>>>>></html>" , $headers);
>>>>>>echo ("Your message was successfully sent!");
>>>>>>?>
>>>>>Have you tried with the very simplest possible mail? I mean just leave
>>>>>out all the form shit and custom headers and such and just try:
>>>>>mail('your _em...@example. com','this is a test', 'Hello Kitty!');
>>>>>And if you get a server configuration error with that, then it's not a
>>>>>php problem, it's a configuration problem. If not, you can slowly start
>>>>>adding the stuff you have above to your mail and then see where it goes
>>>>>wrong.
>>>>>BTW. It's not against the law or anything to have colons in field names,
>>>>>but just to be on the safe side, I wouldn't use them. They serve no
>>>>>purpouse and it's just not customary to do so. I actually had to test to
>>>>>see if they really really work, and yes they do, but it's still quite
>>>>>odd to do so. I was thinking the old "dots are converted to undescores"
>>>>>trick...
>>>>>--
>>>>>Rami.Elo.. .@gmail.com
>>>>>"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."
>>>>hi yes your basic mail works, so it's something else.
>>>>it's a very weird set up I've inherited. They have the actual form
>>>>separated out and embeded in a flash app, so I can't even see it! Then
>>>>they ahve two separate php scripts, one to handle the form processing,
>>>>and this one to handle to email respone. but the form processor does
>>>>not seem to point to this email script. What a mess.
>>>Well you could try looking at what the form actually passes to the
>>>script. Put something like this at the very beginning of your mail script:
>>>file_put_con tents('my_mail_ log.txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));
>>>Kinda like trap what it's trying to send and try to figure out if
>>>there's something wrong there, missing parameters or something.
>>>The form being flash explains the colons though... Flash designers...
>>Unfortunately , the form is embedded in a flash binary!
>>I cannot see the source code at this time.
>>Unbelievabl e!

>That's quite alright. That's why I told you to check what the form sends
>to the mail script. Insert this line at the beginning of the mailer
>script so you'll see what the flash form sends to the mailer, even if
>you can't see what is happening inside the flash:
>>
>file_put_conte nts('my_mail_lo g.txt', print_r($_REQUE ST, 1));
>>
>And then try sending mail from the flash application and study the
>results in my_mail_log.txt .

>
>
Thanks for these interesting replies.
>
The script is so bad, I think I'm goign to have to do it again.
The flash part isn't even done right either, so I have to make a test
form in any case.

That might just be the best solution :)

--
Rami.Elomaa@gma il.com
"Olemme apinoiden planeetalla."

Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

Can anyone see a problem with this email script?

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