Edward Diener wrote:
I have a PHP script which uses the PHP 'mail' function. When the
script's 'to' address is an AT&T address, such as my own as an AT&T ISP
customer, the mail never gets to me. If the 'to' address is anything
other than an AT&T address, the mail gets to the recipient. The PHP code
for sending the mail is essentially:
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: Some From Name <somefromname.com>';
$to = 'mybellsouthaddress.net';
$subject = 'Some Subject';
$msg = 'Some Message';
if(mail($to,$subject,$msg."\r\n\r\n",$headers))
echo "good";
else
echo "bad";
In the actual PHP script the $to, $subject, and $msg are successfully
passed to the script from the client side as $_POST, $_POST and $_FILES
parameters respectively. I have just filled them in above so that they
can be seen as if they were part of the script. The script always
returns "good", so the mail function must be successful.
In my project, testing has reported that any attempt to use the 'mail'
function on the server to send to an AT&T address fails to reach the
recipient, while all other addresses used in the testing succeed in
reaching the recipient. I can assert this to be the case with my own
AT&T address also. I have also checked my AT&T mailbox online to make
sure the mail is not being received as Spam.
Does anybody have an idea why using the 'mail' function succeeds with
all but AT&T $to addresses ? Naturally in the client-server application
on which I am working, sending mail from the server must work for all
$to addresses.
Try using SMTP as your mail server. Increasingly, incoming mail servers are requiring secure email.
This means logging into your outgoing server. Also, I've starting using Domain Keys and SPF on all
my emails, including text to cellphones.
Here is my code function, it works with AT&T just fine. Note the use of Pear mail
function pearEmailSend($recipient, $emailSubj, $emailText, $applicEmailAddr)
{
$emailTo = $recipient;
$headers['From'] = $applicEmailAddr;
$headers['To'] = $emailTo;
if(!empty($emailCC)) $headers['Cc'] = $emailCC;
$headers['Return-Path'] = $applicEmailAddr; //or can use SMTP_USER; bounces are sent to applic
address
$headers['Reply-To'] = $applicEmailAddr;
$headers['X-miniReg'] = APPLIC_NAME;
$headers['Date'] = date('r');
$headers['Subject'] = $emailSubj;
$params['debug'] = SMTP_DEBUG; //Careful, do not leave on, creates a nasty message for admins
$params['host'] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$params['auth'] = SMTP_AUTH; //binary, set in config; some servers require auth
$params["username"] = SMTP_USER; //If auth true, must have value
$params["password"] = SMTP_PW; //If auth true, must have value
$params["localhost"] = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$params['persist'] = true; //Default true
$mail_object = &Mail::factory('smtp', $params);
if(!ENABLE_SEND)
{
echo("<br />pearEmailSend; sending is inhibited. This is the stuff. <br
/>Recipient=>$recipient<br />Text=>$emailText");
echo printArray($headers) . '<br />';
return;
}
$result = $mail_object->send($recipient, $headers, $emailText);
if (PEAR::isError($result))
{
throw new Exception("The email SMTP login does not work, check the config settings. <br
/>Tech support required. Error found in pearEmailSend()" . $result->getMessage());
}
return true;
}
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