RE: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
True. I had the attachment outside of the function (encoding once) but this
is a leftover of debugging and trying to get it to work. I hadn't thought of
Bcc-ing everybody. I'll try that, thanks. Still doesn't solve the problem,
though. Maybe a socket is the answer.
-Original Message-
From: TD - Sales International Holland B.V. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 12 November 2001 04:15
To: Rudolf Visagie
Subject: Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
If you send the same message over and over wouldn't it be a LOT wiser to BCC
the rest of the people? This way you are MIME-encoding the attachment over
and over which consumes a lot of resources. MIME-encoding a 10MB file will
suck up a P-III 600 for 20 to 30 secs or so depending on other background
processes and diskspeed. MIME encoding the same attachment a 1000 times
doesn't appear really fast to me. Also, with all the headers you use, you
could just as well open a socket to the SMTP service, then you could have
additional error checking I guess...
Just some thoughts..
regards
On Monday 12 November 2001 13:47, you wrote:
Hi All,
While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I
use mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one
gets
sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
inside of the message body. Here's the function:
function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from,
$attachment,
$filename) {
/*
This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
standard
PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
content with
filename $filename.
*/
$boundary = b.md5(uniqid(time()));
$mime = From: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Reply-To: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n;
$mime .= X-Sender: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Content-type: multipart/mixed; ;
$mime .= boundary = $boundary\n\n;
$mime .= This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n;
// First the regular message
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64;
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($message)).\n;
// Now the attachment
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n;
$mime .= Content-Disposition: attachment; ;
$mime .= filename = .chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment)).\n;
$mime .= --$boundary--;
mail ($to, $subject, , $mime);
}
and here's the loop in which it gets called:
$i = 0;
while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], URGENT Communication,
$message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
$i++;
}
Does anybody have any ideas?
Rudolf Visagie
Principal Software Developer
Digital Healthcare Solutions
Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
Rudolph,
Mail() is v.finicky!
Windows machines need more than the \n - what are you running?
Have you tried putting some string of characters into the (text) msg body?
Can you send us a copy of the actual email msg showing the headers etc (output as
received at the POP/IMAP
server) - after clipping all/most of the encoded contents please?
=dn
- Original Message -
From: Rudolf Visagie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: TD - Sales International Holland B.V. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 13 November 2001 08:40
Subject: RE: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
True. I had the attachment outside of the function (encoding once) but this
is a leftover of debugging and trying to get it to work. I hadn't thought of
Bcc-ing everybody. I'll try that, thanks. Still doesn't solve the problem,
though. Maybe a socket is the answer.
-Original Message-
From: TD - Sales International Holland B.V. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 12 November 2001 04:15
To: Rudolf Visagie
Subject: Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
If you send the same message over and over wouldn't it be a LOT wiser to BCC
the rest of the people? This way you are MIME-encoding the attachment over
and over which consumes a lot of resources. MIME-encoding a 10MB file will
suck up a P-III 600 for 20 to 30 secs or so depending on other background
processes and diskspeed. MIME encoding the same attachment a 1000 times
doesn't appear really fast to me. Also, with all the headers you use, you
could just as well open a socket to the SMTP service, then you could have
additional error checking I guess...
Just some thoughts..
regards
On Monday 12 November 2001 13:47, you wrote:
Hi All,
While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I
use mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one
gets
sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
inside of the message body. Here's the function:
function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from,
$attachment,
$filename) {
/*
This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
standard
PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
content with
filename $filename.
*/
$boundary = b.md5(uniqid(time()));
$mime = From: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Reply-To: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n;
$mime .= X-Sender: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Content-type: multipart/mixed; ;
$mime .= boundary = $boundary\n\n;
$mime .= This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n;
// First the regular message
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64;
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($message)).\n;
// Now the attachment
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n;
$mime .= Content-Disposition: attachment; ;
$mime .= filename = .chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment)).\n;
$mime .= --$boundary--;
mail ($to, $subject, , $mime);
}
and here's the loop in which it gets called:
$i = 0;
while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], URGENT Communication,
$message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
$i++;
}
Does anybody have any ideas?
Rudolf Visagie
Principal Software Developer
Digital Healthcare Solutions
Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
Hi All,
While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I use
mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one gets
sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
inside of the message body. Here's the function:
function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from, $attachment,
$filename) {
/*
This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
standard
PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
content with
filename $filename.
*/
$boundary = b.md5(uniqid(time()));
$mime = From: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Reply-To: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n;
$mime .= X-Sender: $addr_from\n;
$mime .= Content-type: multipart/mixed; ;
$mime .= boundary = $boundary\n\n;
$mime .= This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n;
// First the regular message
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64;
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($message)).\n;
// Now the attachment
$mime .= --$boundary\n;
$mime .= Content-type: text/plain\n;
$mime .= Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n;
$mime .= Content-Disposition: attachment; ;
$mime .= filename = .chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
$mime .= \n\n.chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment)).\n;
$mime .= --$boundary--;
mail ($to, $subject, , $mime);
}
and here's the loop in which it gets called:
$i = 0;
while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], URGENT Communication,
$message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
$i++;
}
Does anybody have any ideas?
Rudolf Visagie
Principal Software Developer
Digital Healthcare Solutions
Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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