php mail? 3

[jefargrafx]

I've been ask to write a script that will send an email message to a user account on an imap server.

I've look through the php manual without any help, I did find a simple example but when I try to run the example I get an error, smtp relay (smomething or other)

my question, where can I find a good turtorial on php mail with using imap that explain the mail backend as well.

I'm totally lost here?

any help

jef

 

[danielhozac]

AFAIK, IMAP is only used to retrieve mails, not send them.

//Daniel

 

[jefargrafx]

okay that good to know,


so smpt will send the mail, if I have my php.ini setting for win32 (ei localhost)

is there anythign else I need to do to the server for smpt?

let me know

jef

 

[sleipnir214]

SMTP will work with a Win32 setting of "localhost" if and only if your machine is running a mail server.

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[jefargrafx]

okay Thanks...that help bunches, (not know squat about mail server)

I'm getting close now,

what's up with my statement below

been at it over 12 hours now and my brain is dead


<?php
mail( echo &quot;$HTTP_GET_VARS['full_name']&quot;, &quot;My Subject&quot;, &quot;Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3&quot;
?>


just want to get the email address from the pervious page?

let me know


jef

 

[DRJ478]

You are mixing up PHP and HTML.
To use a variable in PHP you need not echo it, just use the varname.
[code[
<?php
# wrong
mail( echo &quot;$HTTP_GET_VARS['full_name']&quot;, &quot;My Subject&quot;, &quot;Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3&quot;
# right
<?php
mail($HTTP_GET_VARS['full_name'], &quot;My Subject&quot;, &quot;Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3&quot;
?>
[/code]
?>

 

[sleipnir214]

I don't know how PHP will behave with that invokation of &quot;echo&quot; inside your mail statement.

Why not:

<?php
mail( $HTTP_GET_VARS['full_name'], &quot;My Subject&quot;, &quot;Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3&quot;);
?>

Or if your version of PHP is 4.1.0 or newer

<?php
mail( $_GET['full_name'], &quot;My Subject&quot;, &quot;Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3&quot;);
?>

This will work provided that you enter an email address in the &quot;full_name&quot; field of your form. And it has to be just an email address, not something like &quot;Joe Blow <jblow@foo.com>&quot;

Have you read, by the way, the PHP online manual on mail()? (

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php)

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[jefargrafx]

yep!

that's the trick

works like a charm

now and can go forward and pass al the stuuf I need to in my script

thanks again for all yall help


jef

 

[JustKIDn]

There's also some nice faq's about mail like this one faq434-2681

sleipnir, I may have to create a page in the very near future that will have to send results to an email address. Your post looks like it will help a lot.

I think you should get a star!
What do you think?

tgus

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[sleipnir214]

Should the day come that you want to send complex emails (HTML emails, attachments, etc.), check out PHPMailer:

http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net

PHPMailer's complex enough to be slightly daunting at first, but well worth the time to get to know it.

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