[PHP] Re: PHP SMTP Mailers
King Coffee wrote: Hi, I'm executing a third-parity standard PHP application on a Windows IIS 7 shared hosting server. I need to convert, or use, a SMTP mailer service. I found two SMTP PHP scripts - I think may work. The sourceforge.net PHPMailer project and the pear.php.net (Mail, Net_SMTP) project. Can any body please help me choose one and probably give a code snip of useage? Currently, I'm leaning forward the PHPMailer, with little to base the decision on. Hi, I'd take a look at http://www.phpguru.org/static/smtp.html It doesn't make the mistake of muddling the differnece between the message envelope and the message body, so you can set the recipients directly and different from the messages to/cc/bcc headers. It has a fairly sane design, based on the smtp protocol. And finally it uses exceptions in a sane way. Oh, and its a fairly small and straightforward piece of code, easy to include in any application. There's one problem in it when using it for bulk-mail. If you add many recipients and one of them is incorrect, it will fail the entire message. It's not free for commercial use, but the one-time license fee is more than worth it. regards, Auke van Slooten Muze (And no, I'm not affiliated with the author, just a happy customer). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP SMTP Mailers
King Coffee wrote:
Hi,
I'm executing a third-parity standard PHP application on a Windows IIS 7
shared hosting server.
I need to convert, or use, a SMTP mailer service. I found two SMTP PHP
scripts - I think may work.
The sourceforge.net PHPMailer project and the pear.php.net (Mail,
Net_SMTP) project.
Can any body please help me choose one and probably give a code snip of
useage?
Currently, I'm leaning forward the PHPMailer, with little to base the
decision on.
Thanks in advanced,
King Coffee
I use phpmailer and find it to be painless and consistent.
I extend the class and call the extended class:
?php
require(class.phpmailer.php);
class MyMailer extends PHPMailer {
// Set default variables for all new objects
var $From = zon...@shastaherps.org;
var $FromName = Lampro P. Eltis;
var $ReplyTo = mpet...@mac.com;
var $Host = localhost;
var $Mailer = smtp; // Alternative to IsSMTP()
var $WordWrap = 75;
}
?
Then when I want to use it -
$mail = new MyMailer();
$mail-Subject = Some Subject;
$mail-Body = Some content;
if($mail-Send()) {
// it was successfully sent, code on success here
} else {
// there was an error, error code here
}
I never send HTML mail or attachments or bulk mail, but I believe it is
capable of doing them quite easily.
Tip: Whatever solution you use, set the wordwrap to something that works
well on an 80 char display. Some clients do not autowrap unwrapped
messages and other clients wrap for display but when replying, it
doesn't wrap.
I use 75 because it gives a little room for the that accompanies a
reply.
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP SMTP Mailers
Thanks, I try it and had not problems! King -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP SMTP Mailers
Thanks Jan G. B., You got me over the first hump.
I'm having programs installing pear on my VISTA localhost...
So, I uploaded the Mail folder and Mail.php file to my
Shared Hosting ISP. I do not think pear is provided.
The Testing is as follows:
?php
require_once Mail.php;
// SSL HOST
$host = ssl://smtp.gmail.com;
$port = 587;
$username = sen...@gmail.com;
$password = Password;
$from = King Coffee sen...@gmail.com;
$to = Bill recipi...@hotmail.com;
$subject = PHP Mail Test;
$body = This is a simple mail test!;
$headers = array('From' = $from,
'To' = $to,
'Subject' = $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array('host' = $host,
'port' = $port,
'auth' = true,
'username' = $username,
'password' = $password));
$mail = $smtp-send($to, $header, $body);
if(PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo( p . $mail-getMessage() . /p);
} else {
echo(pMessage successfully sent/p);
}
?
html
head
titlePHP EMAIL TESTER/title
h1This is a test/h1
?php Echo Hi King; ?
/head
/html
When I run the server page, The following error is displayed:
Warning: require_once(PEAR.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open
stream: No such file or directory in D:\Hosting\ID#\html\auction\Mail.php on
line 46
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
'PEAR.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in
D:\Hosting\ID#\html\auction\Mail.php on line 46
I will be still trying the get pear installed in VISA, but meanwhile, how
can I obtain the PEAR.php and supporting files to upload?
Thanks,
King
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP SMTP Mailers
Hi, I'm executing a third-parity standard PHP application on a Windows IIS 7 shared hosting server. I need to convert, or use, a SMTP mailer service. I found two SMTP PHP scripts - I think may work. The sourceforge.net PHPMailer project and the pear.php.net (Mail, Net_SMTP) project. Can any body please help me choose one and probably give a code snip of useage? Currently, I'm leaning forward the PHPMailer, with little to base the decision on. Thanks in advanced, King Coffee -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP SMTP Mailers
2010/3/20 King Coffee kcof...@hotmail.com Hi, I'm executing a third-parity standard PHP application on a Windows IIS 7 shared hosting server. I need to convert, or use, a SMTP mailer service. I found two SMTP PHP scripts - I think may work. The sourceforge.net PHPMailer project and the pear.php.net (Mail, Net_SMTP) project. Can any body please help me choose one and probably give a code snip of useage? Currently, I'm leaning forward the PHPMailer, with little to base the decision on. Thanks in advanced, King Coffee Hi. I'd stick to a PEAR module as long as it exists, because you can update it easily. Check out the examples in the PEAR Documentation. http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.intro.php There's also a full detail example here: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.send.php Bye
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Hi, As I know that php did't setting user name and password. So, just install any smtp server with authenticaton set to no authentication Much list IIS smtp server. Eric, Regards, On 1/16/10, Andy Shellam andy-li...@networkmail.eu wrote: Hi, Also http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html which vikash mentioned works through outlook settings. Anyways the below will help- http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ Personally, I always found hMailServer to be perfectly reliable as a relay on Windows - just install it and SMTP to localhost - nothing more, nothing less. Andy
[PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Hi All, Ash, Angelo, Any ideas how to send an email in PHP on windows platform/xp on local development machine. System Configuration PHP 5.2 Apache 2 No ISS NO SMTP Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and how to set it up with php to send an email? Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work for me as this requires authentication/credentials etc.. Thanks, Gaurav Kumar blog.oswebstudio.com
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Hi Gaurav Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54: NO SMTP Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and how to set it up with php to send an email? Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work for me as this requires authentication/credentials etc.. Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail through. -- Kind regards Kim Emax - masterminds.dk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Sorry Kim, don't want to use phpmailer script or manually setting user accounts u/p in the script. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kim Madsen php@emax.dk wrote: Hi Gaurav Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54: NO SMTP Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and how to set it up with php to send an email? Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work for me as this requires authentication/credentials etc.. Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail through. -- Kind regards Kim Emax - masterminds.dk
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
You can install any smtp server on your windows machine and the mail() will work with default settings. You can check this out: http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html Thanks, Vikash Kumar http://vika.sh On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Gaurav Kumar kumargauravjuke...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry Kim, don't want to use phpmailer script or manually setting user accounts u/p in the script. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kim Madsen php@emax.dk wrote: Hi Gaurav Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54: NO SMTP Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and how to set it up with php to send an email? Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work for me as this requires authentication/credentials etc.. Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail through. -- Kind regards Kim Emax - masterminds.dk
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
2010/1/15 vikash.i...@gmail.com:
You can install any smtp server on your windows machine and the mail() will
work with default settings. You can check this out:
http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html
Thanks,
Vikash Kumar
http://vika.sh
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Gaurav Kumar
kumargauravjuke...@gmail.comwrote:
Sorry Kim, don't want to use phpmailer script or manually setting user
accounts u/p in the script.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kim Madsen php@emax.dk wrote:
Hi Gaurav
Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54:
NO SMTP
Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and
how
to
set it up with php to send an email?
Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work for
me
as this requires authentication/credentials etc..
Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail
through.
--
Kind regards
Kim Emax - masterminds.dk
You only need a local SMTP server if you want to hold and relay mail.
If you want to send mail directly to the recipients SMTP server you
can do that with standard PHP.
getmxrr() is your friend here.
You provide it with the domain of the recipient and you get back the
SMTP server(s) associated with that domain.
Now, you can send the message to THEIR smtp server ...
ini_set('SMTP', );
where is one of the servers returned from getmxrr().
No authentication required.
--
-
Richard Quadling
Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!
EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498r=213474731
ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Hi Richard, The problem is that if I am using any open source software or
any other pre-built software then I will not be able to manage through
ini_set.
Also http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html which vikash mentioned works
through outlook settings.
Anyways the below will help-
http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php
http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
Thanks,
Gaurav Kumar
blog.oswebstudio.com
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Richard Quadling
rquadl...@googlemail.comwrote:
2010/1/15 vikash.i...@gmail.com:
You can install any smtp server on your windows machine and the mail()
will
work with default settings. You can check this out:
http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html
Thanks,
Vikash Kumar
http://vika.sh
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Gaurav Kumar
kumargauravjuke...@gmail.comwrote:
Sorry Kim, don't want to use phpmailer script or manually setting user
accounts u/p in the script.
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kim Madsen php@emax.dk wrote:
Hi Gaurav
Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54:
NO SMTP
Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and
how
to
set it up with php to send an email?
Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work
for
me
as this requires authentication/credentials etc..
Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail
through.
--
Kind regards
Kim Emax - masterminds.dk
You only need a local SMTP server if you want to hold and relay mail.
If you want to send mail directly to the recipients SMTP server you
can do that with standard PHP.
getmxrr() is your friend here.
You provide it with the domain of the recipient and you get back the
SMTP server(s) associated with that domain.
Now, you can send the message to THEIR smtp server ...
ini_set('SMTP', );
where is one of the servers returned from getmxrr().
No authentication required.
--
-
Richard Quadling
Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!
EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html
Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498r=213474731
ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling
Re: [PHP] SMTP Local development to Send email in PHP; Windows Platform/ XP with no IIS
Hi, Also http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html which vikash mentioned works through outlook settings. Anyways the below will help- http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ Personally, I always found hMailServer to be perfectly reliable as a relay on Windows - just install it and SMTP to localhost - nothing more, nothing less. Andy
[PHP] smtp mail question
Anyone see a problem if I login into the smtp server with Username different than the Return-Path? It seems to work OK; but, I know from experience using the mail servers that increasingly everything must be exactly right to prevent recipient mail servers from rejecting emails. So, I started using authenticated smtp exclusively. Reason I'm asking is that I'm developing an application that will have several pages and each one will have a different Return-Path and Reply-To. It will make things simpler if I can login to the smtp server with just one username/password. Al. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp mail question
Al wrote: Anyone see a problem if I login into the smtp server with Username different than the Return-Path? It seems to work OK; but, I know from experience using the mail servers that increasingly everything must be exactly right to prevent recipient mail servers from rejecting emails. All the email servers I have worked with only care about the proper authentication credentials and accept any valid email address for From: Reply-to and so on. Free services, like Googlemail.com, may differ. The receiving server on the other hand will usually do a domain validation of the From: field to ensure that the domain exists, validate the SPF record and do a few other anti spam tricks. -- John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP mail server
How do I specify an actual SMTP server? (Like mail.host.com) This is what I have so far: mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers); I was to http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php and saw this syntax: mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ) Ronhttp://
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
Ron Piggott wrote: How do I specify an actual SMTP server? (Like mail.host.com) This is what I have so far: mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers); I was to http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php and saw this syntax: mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ) Ronhttp:// http://www.php.net/manual/en/mail.configuration.php looks like you can edit php.ini and change SMTP=localhost to something else and restart apache (if needed) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
if u cant change the configuration settings of php.ini use http://pear.php.net/package/Mail alternatively u can also hav ini_set on top of every page. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
I am on a shared web site hosting company. They are asking me to edit my PHP script to specify the SMTP using $aditional_parameters on the URL below. If this can't be achieved then I need to confirm this. Ron On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 20:04 -0500, Adam Williams wrote: Ron Piggott wrote: How do I specify an actual SMTP server? (Like mail.host.com) This is what I have so far: mail($email, $subject, $message, $headers); I was to http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php and saw this syntax: mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] ) Ronhttp:// http://www.php.net/manual/en/mail.configuration.php looks like you can edit php.ini and change SMTP=localhost to something else and restart apache (if needed)
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
I am needing to put this into one specific PHP script. What would the ini_set look like? Ron On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 06:43 +0530, kranthi wrote: if u cant change the configuration settings of php.ini use http://pear.php.net/package/Mail alternatively u can also hav ini_set on top of every page.
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
ini_set(SMTP, mail.host.com); ini_set(smtp_port, 25); http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/mail.configuration.php http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP mail server
Hello, on 04/24/2009 10:17 PM Ron Piggott said the following: I am on a shared web site hosting company. They are asking me to edit my PHP script to specify the SMTP using $aditional_parameters on the URL below. If this can't be achieved then I need to confirm this. No, AFAIK you cannot configure the SMTP server that way, unless your Web hosting company hacked the mail function. Otherwise, I think they have no idea how to do it and are wild guessing. The fact is that you do not need to use an SMTP server, especially if your web host is run on Linux or any Unix like system. In Linux the mail function just injects the message in the local mail server queue and from then on the mail server sends the message to the remote recipient domain SMTP server so it reaches the destination mailbox. You may want to watch this slide presentation that has a slide that explains exactly how mail messages are routed. Take a look at slide 13. http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/video/3/package/9.html -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Find and post PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/jobs/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP
Hi Ray, in my php.ini i have : SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 sendmail_from = [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my website (testing machine) is on localhost (which has also the IP 195.126.5.1) i think the problem is not in php.ini but more on SMTP server side (in settings, maybe password for authentication). A. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Ray Hauge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alain Roger wrote: Hi, i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to get a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine. basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform. So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4. now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as my emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS. so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but running on windows XP ? if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my emails are sent ? i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to test email sending... i would like to test it locally. thanks for your feedback. I could be wrong, but I thought that you had to specify the SMTP server in the php.ini file. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#ini.smtp now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. Maybe that means you already did that. The second issue might be that your SMTP server is MS Exchange, and it requires authentication. If that is the case, then search for php SMTP authentication: http://www.google.com/search?q=php+smtp+authenticationie=utf-8oe=utf-8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-US:officialclient=firefox-a -- Ray Hauge www.primateapplications.com -- Alain Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008
RE: [PHP] SMTP
-Original Message- From: Alain Roger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 3:16 AM To: Ray Hauge Cc: PHP General List Subject: Re: [PHP] SMTP Hi Ray, in my php.ini i have : SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 sendmail_from = [EMAIL PROTECTED] but my website (testing machine) is on localhost (which has also the IP 195.126.5.1) i think the problem is not in php.ini but more on SMTP server side (in settings, maybe password for authentication). A. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Ray Hauge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alain Roger wrote: Hi, i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to get a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine. basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform. So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4. now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as my emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS. so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but running on windows XP ? if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my emails are sent ? i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to test email sending... i would like to test it locally. thanks for your feedback. I could be wrong, but I thought that you had to specify the SMTP server in the php.ini file. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#ini.smtp now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. Maybe that means you already did that. The second issue might be that your SMTP server is MS Exchange, and it requires authentication. If that is the case, then search for php SMTP authentication: http://www.google.com/search?q=php+smtp+authenticationie=utf-8oe=utf- 8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-US:officialclient=firefox-a -- Ray Hauge www.primateapplications.com -- Alain Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008 I'm curious what's the error you get when you use the mail function? Also, if you have SMTP running on port 25 you should be able to telnet localhost 25 and run some SMTP commands (EHLO, etc). Beware as well that some ISPs block port 25 so you may need to use their SMPT server instead of yours, if you can telnet your SMTP server but not send emails, then you either: 1 - Need to authenticate yourself against your SMTP server, or 2 - You have port 25 blocked, and need to use your ISP's server, or an external SMTP server that you can talk to on a port other than 25. Regards, Rob Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION 5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 | TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MSN Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | SKYPE: bestplace | Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Alain Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to get
a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine.
basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform.
So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4.
now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my
php.ini file and it seems ok.
i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as my
emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS.
So which HTTP server are you using? You stated earlier that you
have Apache 2.24 on there, but here you say that you're using IIS. If
you're using Apache, the IIS web server configuration will have
nothing to do with anything.
so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but running
on windows XP ?
I may be incorrect on this, but I'm pretty sure that
Win2K/XP/Vista have Microsoft Exchange bundled in for SMTP. Check in
Add/Remove Programs Windows Components Internet Information
Services (I think, but I'm guessing I really don't use Windows
that often). Even though it has the same name (IIS), in this case,
it's the category for all Internet services. There should be
something mentioning SMTP there.
if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my
emails are sent ?
Check the logs for Exchange/SMTP or whatever other MTA you decide
to use and see if there's anything mentioned about the problem. It
could be an authentication/negotiation issue. Also, check your
Windows firewall (or third-party software) to ensure that you can
connect to localhost:25. The easiest way to test this is as follows:
Start Run
Type: cmd
Type: telnet localhost 25
If it connects, type: HELO localhost
Note the response.
You can then try sending a message through the server manually, if
you'd like. While still connected via Telnet as shown above, type the
following (replacing things as necessary):
MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DATA
Subject: Testing Email from Telnet
This is a test.
.
Always end with a period on a line of its own. That should show
you what, if any, error messages are being kicked out by your SMTP
server.
--
/Dan
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP
Hi Ray,
we tested it with telnet and it seems that it works... but my mail client
does not receive it. :-(
php mail function just tells me that email can not be delivered.
here is the function:
if (mail($to, $subject, $body))
{
echo(pMessage successfully sent!/p);
}
else
{
echo(pMessage delivery failed.../p);
}
and it returns false... so message delivery failed.
and i use on the same local PC so no ISP. server is used.
Al.
I'm curious what's the error you get when you use the mail function?
Also, if you have SMTP running on port 25 you should be able to telnet
localhost 25 and run some SMTP commands (EHLO, etc).
Beware as well that some ISPs block port 25 so you may need to use their
SMPT
server instead of yours, if you can telnet your SMTP server but not send
emails,
then you either:
1 - Need to authenticate yourself against your SMTP server, or
2 - You have port 25 blocked, and need to use your ISP's server, or an
external
SMTP server that you can talk to on a port other than 25.
Regards,
Rob
Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION
5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL
33308 |
TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 |
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MSN Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | SKYPE:
bestplace |
Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com
--
Alain
Windows XP SP2
PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005
Apache 2.2.4
PHP 5.2.4
C# 2005-2008
Re: [PHP] SMTP
Ok, thanks for info, i've downloaded the MailEnable SW for free and i was
able to check that my PHP mail function really send correctly emails :-)
thanks a lot,
A.
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Alain Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need
to get
a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine.
basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform.
So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4.
now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked
my
php.ini file and it seems ok.
i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as
my
emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS.
So which HTTP server are you using? You stated earlier that you
have Apache 2.24 on there, but here you say that you're using IIS. If
you're using Apache, the IIS web server configuration will have
nothing to do with anything.
so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but
running
on windows XP ?
I may be incorrect on this, but I'm pretty sure that
Win2K/XP/Vista have Microsoft Exchange bundled in for SMTP. Check in
Add/Remove Programs Windows Components Internet Information
Services (I think, but I'm guessing I really don't use Windows
that often). Even though it has the same name (IIS), in this case,
it's the category for all Internet services. There should be
something mentioning SMTP there.
if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure
my
emails are sent ?
Check the logs for Exchange/SMTP or whatever other MTA you decide
to use and see if there's anything mentioned about the problem. It
could be an authentication/negotiation issue. Also, check your
Windows firewall (or third-party software) to ensure that you can
connect to localhost:25. The easiest way to test this is as follows:
Start Run
Type: cmd
Type: telnet localhost 25
If it connects, type: HELO localhost
Note the response.
You can then try sending a message through the server manually, if
you'd like. While still connected via Telnet as shown above, type the
following (replacing things as necessary):
MAIL FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DATA
Subject: Testing Email from Telnet
This is a test.
.
Always end with a period on a line of its own. That should show
you what, if any, error messages are being kicked out by your SMTP
server.
--
/Dan
Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?
--
Alain
Windows XP SP2
PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005
Apache 2.2.4
PHP 5.2.4
C# 2005-2008
[PHP] SMTP
Hi, i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to get a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine. basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform. So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4. now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as my emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS. so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but running on windows XP ? if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my emails are sent ? i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to test email sending... i would like to test it locally. thanks for your feedback. -- Alain Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008
Re: [PHP] SMTP
Alain Roger wrote: Hi, i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to get a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine. basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform. So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4. now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as my emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS. so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but running on windows XP ? if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my emails are sent ? i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to test email sending... i would like to test it locally. thanks for your feedback. I could be wrong, but I thought that you had to specify the SMTP server in the php.ini file. http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#ini.smtp now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked my php.ini file and it seems ok. Maybe that means you already did that. The second issue might be that your SMTP server is MS Exchange, and it requires authentication. If that is the case, then search for php SMTP authentication: http://www.google.com/search?q=php+smtp+authenticationie=utf-8oe=utf-8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-US:officialclient=firefox-a -- Ray Hauge www.primateapplications.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] SMTP
-Original Message-
From: Ray Hauge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:17 PM
To: Alain Roger
Cc: PHP General List
Subject: Re: [PHP] SMTP
Alain Roger wrote:
Hi,
i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to
get
a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine.
basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform.
So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4.
now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked
my
php.ini file and it seems ok.
i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as
my
emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS.
so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but
running
on windows XP ?
if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure my
emails are sent ?
i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to test
email sending...
i would like to test it locally.
thanks for your feedback.
I could be wrong, but I thought that you had to specify the SMTP server
in the php.ini file.
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#ini.smtp
now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've
checked my
php.ini file and it seems ok.
Maybe that means you already did that. The second issue might be that
your SMTP server is MS Exchange, and it requires authentication.
If that is the case, then search for php SMTP authentication:
http://www.google.com/search?q=php+smtp+authenticationie=utf-8oe=utf-
8aq=trls=org.mozilla:en-US:officialclient=firefox-a
--
Ray Hauge
www.primateapplications.com
Hi Alain,
I think you have two options:
1 - Install a MTA in your windows box, such as Mercury Mail (if you install
XAMPP, you get Apache, PHP, MySQL, Filezilla FTP Server and Mercury Mail - use
google to know what XAMPP is). To use the mail function on windows, you will
NEED a MTA (correct me if I'm wrong, but sendmail is not available in PHP for
Windows, the mail function will try to reach an MTA on port 25 or the port
you have set up in your php.ini).
2 - Use SMTP Authentication to send out emails on behalf of an existing
authenticated email box (or a relay server if you find one).
If you choose the second option (SMTP authentication) you will likely also use
PHPMailer (or PEAR_Mail, or any of the featured classes at
http://www.phpclasses.org that support SMTP authentication) unless you are
willing to write your own class for SMTP stuff through sockets. So let's say you
have an email box with the following information:
User: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Password: mypassword
SMTP Server: smtp.mydomain.com
Your PHPMailer code will look like:
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail-Mailer = 'smtp';
$mail-SMTPAuth = true;
$mail-Username = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
$mail-Password = 'mypassword';
$mail-Host = 'smtp.mydomain.com';
$mail-From = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
$mail-FromName = 'My beautiful website';
$mail-Subject = 'You know what this is';
$mail-Body = 'Your email message';
$mail-AddAddress('[EMAIL PROTECTED]', 'Mr X-Man');
$mail-AddReplyTo('[EMAIL PROTECTED]', 'My Beautiful Website');
$mail-Send();
Hope this helps. This issue drove me crazy on my first month with PHP... what is
worse, I asked in the office I worked for at that time. They said it was not
possible (great I don't work there anymore). As The Rock said... NEVER SAY
NO :).
Cheers,
Rob(inet)
Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION
5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 |
TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 |
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MSN Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | SKYPE: bestplace |
Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
You can easily make a mail queue in php yourself with a daemon that checks the queue and sends waiting mail in batches of say 200 per minute. (provided you have access to the cli on the server) Why when there MTAs? -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Mailing list management service allowing you to reach your Customers and increase your sales. ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Thu, January 17, 2008 3:50 am, Richard Heyes wrote: You can easily make a mail queue in php yourself with a daemon that checks the queue and sends waiting mail in batches of say 200 per minute. (provided you have access to the cli on the server) Why when there MTAs? Your shared host may provide no access to config an MTA, but will shut you down automatically if you send either more then 75 emails per minute, or more than 1000 per hour. I worked on such a setup, and crafted a PHP DB queue of emails to make 100% sure their mailing list never got their site shut down. I am confident other examples abound. -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Hello, on 01/17/2008 06:57 PM Richard Lynch said the following: On Thu, January 17, 2008 3:50 am, Richard Heyes wrote: You can easily make a mail queue in php yourself with a daemon that checks the queue and sends waiting mail in batches of say 200 per minute. (provided you have access to the cli on the server) Why when there MTAs? Your shared host may provide no access to config an MTA, but will shut you down automatically if you send either more then 75 emails per minute, or more than 1000 per hour. I worked on such a setup, and crafted a PHP DB queue of emails to make 100% sure their mailing list never got their site shut down. I am confident other examples abound. You are right. After all that is an MTA too. It is an awkward solution but tt least you will be able work around your ISP constraints. Some time ago an user published a class that does precisely that: http://www.phpclasses.org/newsletter In the past, I used also an unsual solution to send newsletters to the PHPClasses site users. Instead of a database, I used to send e-mail messages that contained newsletter contents and subscriber addresses. Then I used my desktop machine to pop the messages and distribute the newsletters. When it exceeded my ISP limits, I used servers borrowed from kind users, until I finally used a VPS. The distribution system via e-mail still exists and works as a charm, although for now it is not needed to work distributedly. In this blog post you can read all the details. http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/post/65-8-defensive-programming-best-practices-to-prevent-breaking-your-sites.html -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
You can easily make a mail queue in php yourself with a daemon that checks the queue and sends waiting mail in batches of say 200 per minute. (provided you have access to the cli on the server) Black http://rssphp.net a85020316bb687648d6f73c4eb3bec93 :msg::id Chris wrote: Manuel Lemos wrote: Hello, on 01/15/2008 07:16 AM Per Jessen said the following: If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... The MTA will always queue the messages - well, that is certainly the case for postfix. qmail too. Sendmail can be configured to just queue the messages too but that is not its default configuration. This is all getting way OT for php. All except exim will queue the message AND have a process that looks at the queue at the same time. exim has an option called 'queue_only' which then tells it to just store the message and there is no process trying to actually send the emails until it hits another option which tells it when to run the queue. If you run 'mailq' (or qmail-qstat) while you are sending lots of emails, the numbers and emails will change as emails are incoming and outgoing at the same time. You won't see emails sitting at the top of the send queue for very long because another process is picking it up and sending it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Lynch wrote: If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... The MTA will always queue the messages - well, that is certainly the case for postfix. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
i can vouch. postfix rocks. i send it non-stop 30,000+ emails at a time (a loop from a database that does a popen(/usr/sbin/sendmail) on the local machine (also postfix) which then relays it to my actual public smtp server (running postfix) - and it just throws it all into the queue and chews on that for a while... On 1/15/08, Per Jessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... The MTA will always queue the messages - well, that is certainly the case for postfix. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Hello, on 01/15/2008 07:16 AM Per Jessen said the following: If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... The MTA will always queue the messages - well, that is certainly the case for postfix. qmail too. Sendmail can be configured to just queue the messages too but that is not its default configuration. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Manuel Lemos wrote: Hello, on 01/15/2008 07:16 AM Per Jessen said the following: If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... The MTA will always queue the messages - well, that is certainly the case for postfix. qmail too. Sendmail can be configured to just queue the messages too but that is not its default configuration. This is all getting way OT for php. All except exim will queue the message AND have a process that looks at the queue at the same time. exim has an option called 'queue_only' which then tells it to just store the message and there is no process trying to actually send the emails until it hits another option which tells it when to run the queue. If you run 'mailq' (or qmail-qstat) while you are sending lots of emails, the numbers and emails will change as emails are incoming and outgoing at the same time. You won't see emails sitting at the top of the send queue for very long because another process is picking it up and sending it. -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Sat, January 12, 2008 4:28 am, Richard Heyes wrote: Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? For the amount of email I'm looking at (1000s, growing), yes. Hmm, that's not quite what I was thinking of. The amount of emails to be delivered does not in my opinion affect how fast it needs to happen. Your local MTA will take a while to deliver those emails anyway, so the time from script to user is mostly dependent on that, which means you're left with reducing the time from script to MTA. If you need to finish the script fast (in order for some user-intercation to continue perhaps), I would would just detach the script and carry on. Sorry, yes the time of delivery is not so important as the time to pump the messages to the MTA. As long as the MTA has them and they get delivered in a reasonable time frame I'm happy. The application is all about mail delivery and the script has to return immediately, so I'll be launching a separate process to insert the addresses into a minimal mail_queue table in my db, and then a 5 minutely cron script which will pass them to the MTA. If there's any way to re-configure the MTA to queue the messages for later sending, that would save you a lot of overhead on the PHP end... -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Heyes wrote: Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? For the amount of email I'm looking at (1000s, growing), yes. Hmm, that's not quite what I was thinking of. The amount of emails to be delivered does not in my opinion affect how fast it needs to happen. Your local MTA will take a while to deliver those emails anyway, so the time from script to user is mostly dependent on that, which means you're left with reducing the time from script to MTA. If you need to finish the script fast (in order for some user-intercation to continue perhaps), I would would just detach the script and carry on. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? For the amount of email I'm looking at (1000s, growing), yes. Hmm, that's not quite what I was thinking of. The amount of emails to be delivered does not in my opinion affect how fast it needs to happen. Your local MTA will take a while to deliver those emails anyway, so the time from script to user is mostly dependent on that, which means you're left with reducing the time from script to MTA. If you need to finish the script fast (in order for some user-intercation to continue perhaps), I would would just detach the script and carry on. Sorry, yes the time of delivery is not so important as the time to pump the messages to the MTA. As long as the MTA has them and they get delivered in a reasonable time frame I'm happy. The application is all about mail delivery and the script has to return immediately, so I'll be launching a separate process to insert the addresses into a minimal mail_queue table in my db, and then a 5 minutely cron script which will pass them to the MTA. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? I've done some rough benchmarking - 1. Using mail(), same email sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 200ms (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 6s. 2. Using mail(), same email sent to 1 users (in blocks of 1000 recipients). Script finished in 2.6s (1 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 4m20s. 3. Using mail(), but individual emails sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 59s (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 60s. 4. I didn't bother with 1 individual emails. 5. Repeat case 3, but actual calls of mail() forked using pcntl_fork. 50ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA, but I estimate the same as in case 3. 6. Same email to 1000 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 60ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. 7. Same email to 1 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 230ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. 8. Same email to 10 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 2.4s. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. Hardware was a plain P4, 2.4GHz running openSUSE. You might be able to beat cases 6-7-8 by doing direct SMTP, but I doubt if it'll be worth your effort. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
1. Using mail(), same email sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 200ms (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 6s. That settles it then. The mail() command will be more than fast enough for my needs. Thanks. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Heyes wrote: 1. Using mail(), same email sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 200ms (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 6s. That settles it then. The mail() command will be more than fast enough for my needs. Thanks. Note - this was one call to mail(): mail(user1,user2,user3 ..,subject,text); /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Note - this was one call to mail(): mail(user1,user2,user3 ..,subject,text); Granted, but as long as the email stays the same size when you compare mail() and something like SMTP, I wouldn't imagine the relative speeds varying significantly. Or maybe they would, I'll compare and see. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Per Jessen wrote: Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? I've done some rough benchmarking - 1. Using mail(), same email sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 200ms (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 6s. 2. Using mail(), same email sent to 1 users (in blocks of 1000 recipients). Script finished in 2.6s (1 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 4m20s. 3. Using mail(), but individual emails sent to 1000 users. Script finished in 59s (1000 emails delivered to local MTA). Delivery to target MTA over 100Mbit LAN took about 60s. 4. I didn't bother with 1 individual emails. 5. Repeat case 3, but actual calls of mail() forked using pcntl_fork. 50ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA, but I estimate the same as in case 3. 6. Same email to 1000 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 60ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. 7. Same email to 1 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 230ms. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. 8. Same email to 10 users sent by piping to sendmail -oi -t 2.4s. I didn't bother timing the delivery to target MTA. Hardware was a plain P4, 2.4GHz running openSUSE. You might be able to beat cases 6-7-8 by doing direct SMTP, but I doubt if it'll be worth your effort. /Per Jessen, Zürich Per's results were pretty much as i'd expected :)
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Jan 11, 2008 1:22 PM, Jochem Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric Butera schreef: On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd emails sent. I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. Weird! I've never heard of that but I really don't doubt it. Working with e-mail is the least favorite part of my work. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Jan 11, 2008 11:36 AM, Richard Heyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Thanks. Obviously, it will also make a huge difference between a local SMTP and remote SMTP. -- /Dan Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek and #1 Rated Year's Coolest Guy By Self Since Nineteen-Seventy-[mumble]. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Thanks. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Jan 11, 2008 1:33 PM, Richard Heyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. IIRC htmlMimeMail use the PHP built in function to do quoted printable encoding. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** There is no such thing. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. IIRC htmlMimeMail use the PHP built in function to do quoted printable encoding. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Eric Butera schreef: On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd emails sent. I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On 1/11/08, Richard Heyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? For the amount of email I'm looking at (1000s, growing), yes. one word: phpmailer (http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com/). seems like the best option. supports everything under the sun. even phplist (which itself seems awesome) uses it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Hello, on 01/11/2008 04:22 PM Jochem Maas said the following: Eric Butera schreef: On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd emails sent. That is one more reason to not use SMTP connections for queueing many messages. If you use sendmail or equivalent and the MTA is properly configured, there will be no SMTP disconnect and reconnects to deal with. Using SMTP is simply a bad idea unless your MTA is in a separate machine. Personally I use qmail. It never establishes SMTP connections when you are queueing messages. When I want to deliver messages to many recipients I call the qmail-inject program directly, instead of Qmail sendmail wrapper that is used by the mail function by default. Actually I use the MIME message package that comes with drivers specialize in qmail, sendmail, SMTP and mail. Each driver carries its bag of tricks to optimize deliveries among other options to speedup bulk-mailing in general. http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? For the amount of email I'm looking at (1000s, growing), yes. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
There is no such thing. :) Perhaps not then... :-) -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Hello, on 01/11/2008 02:33 PM Stut said the following: Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. That is not true. SMTP connections are much slower than calling the sendmail program because calling sendmail uses pipes to communicate and SMTP requires an TCP connection, even if it is to the same machine. Your problem is that you have sendmail in the default configuration, which makes it attempt to deliver the messages when you call it. That is why it was taking too long to send all your messages. You need to configure it to queue the messages locally, instead of attempting to deliver right away. One solution is to use a better MTA like qmail or postfix. If you are stuck with sendmail and you cannot change its default configuration, there are some options to configure it per delivery. Take a look at this message composing and sending package class. It provides some options to optimize the message delivery back end to speed up message queueing. The sendmail backend takes great advantage of these options. Take a look in particular at the script test_personalized_bulk_mail.php . http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. I used to use htmlMimeMail, but now I use Zend_Mail as it has a better API and is also faster in regards to the quoted printable encoding. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Hi, Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? Thanks. -- Richard Heyes http://www.websupportsolutions.co.uk Knowledge Base and HelpDesk software that can cut the cost of online support ** NOW OFFERING FREE ACCOUNTS TO CHARITIES AND NON-PROFITS ** -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? Assuming you're talking delivery to a local MTA (which will subsequently do the remote delivery), is speed really important? /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. -Stut -- http://stut.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Jan 11, 2008 1:26 PM, Eric Butera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weird! I've never heard of that but I really don't doubt it. Working with e-mail is the least favorite part of my work. he said, via email. -- /Dan Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek and #1 Rated Year's Coolest Guy By Self Since Nineteen-Seventy-[mumble]. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Fri, January 11, 2008 12:22 pm, Jochem Maas wrote: Eric Butera schreef: On Jan 11, 2008 11:33 AM, Stut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No brainer, SMTP will almost certainly be faster. My mailing list system (written in PHP obviously) can dump 600k customised emails to the local SMTP server in a couple of hours. Doing the same with the mail command took over 24 hours. How much slower will depend a lot on how you have configured sendmail, but it's never going to be faster than a socket connection to the local SMTP server. Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd emails sent. SMTP software can be configured that way, or not. But it SHOULD be sending proper response codes when it decides to quit on you, and your code *SHOULD* be ready to deal sensibly with those codes, and any others defined in the SMTP spec. -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
On Fri, January 11, 2008 10:29 am, Richard Heyes wrote: Bearing in mind I haven't yet done any benchmarks, which do you think is faster - SMTP with multiple RCPT commands or the PHP mail() function (with it launching a separate sendmail process for each mail() function call)? If mail() is faster, prepare for the second coming... :-) mail() fires up the send mail binary. For each call. SMTP opens up a socket connection and then you just keep spewing data at it and getting OK back (hopefully). You'd have to have a dog-slow SMTP box and a very souped-up sendmail box to get them on the same footing, almost for sure. -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs mail()
Also don't forget the part where you shouldn't disconnect and reconnect between mails sent. indeed but I have experienced situations where the SMTP server refuses more than X number of messages on any one connection ... which meant having to get the script to disconnect/reconnect every 200 (iirc) odd emails sent. Yep - exim by default has a setting of 100 emails per smtp connection. Try to send more than that and you'll get errors. -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP unable to relay
I have tried settiing my php.ini to SMTP = localhost as well as using the SMTP of my regular mail, and I keep on getting this. Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\intranet\test.php on line 11 -- Diana Castillo Tsanalytics S.A. Tel: 34 913 595 436 Fax: 34 913 595 439 Mov: 34 609 954 536 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tsanalytics.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP
I dont know what I did but now I get this message Failed to connect to mailserver at localhost port 25, verify your SMTP -- Diana Castillo Tsanalytics S.A. Tel: 34 913 595 436 Fax: 34 913 595 439 Mov: 34 609 954 536 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tsanalytics.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP unable to relay
As previously posted, you need to work with your mail server admin. sendmail is not normally on WinDoze boxes, so do some googling for the setup you have, and talk with your admins to see what you need to do to get it set up to work correctly. Wolf Diana wrote: I have tried settiing my php.ini to SMTP = localhost as well as using the SMTP of my regular mail, and I keep on getting this. Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for [EMAIL PROTECTED] in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\intranet\test.php on line 11 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP PHP: Spam Tagging Problem
Hi, I am having a problem with my system when sending e-mails to yahoo accounts, and it has been baffling me for the last couple of days, actually I should say it is driving me crazy... As I mentioned, I have a cpanel and have 2 domains/sites with dedicated IP addresses on my system. The base account has domain name: host.mydomain.com with IP address, let's say is x.x.x.x, the first domain first.com is x.x.x.[x+1], the second domain second.com is x.x.x.[x+2]. And, as you know, all e-mails for both domains are sent from host.mydomain.com with source IP as x.x.x.x Now, I wrote a php script, and placed it on both sites. It is exactly the same script, with only one difference, from address, reply-to address, etc. are set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the first domain and [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the second domain. When I execute this script, it sends an e-mail to a yahoo address. The problem is: the e-mail sent from first.com is sent fine meaning it reaches the recipient Yahoo INBOX, but the one sent from second.com is dropping into Yahoo's Bulk Folder... For the second domain, I tried sending e-mail for that domain from another hosting service, and that one got into the INBOX, not Bulk... Both first.com and second.com have proper A records and MX records. host.mydomain.com has an A record setup, and mydomain.com has an MX record setup (pointing to some other mail server)... Now, this is very confusing because: 1. If my hosts IP address (x.x.x.x) was blocked, then both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] should be blocked, but one of them is reaching its destination, while the second one is tagged as SPAM. 2. If there was a problem with the way SMTP is configured, again both should not have been dispatched. In fact, EHLO domain (host.mydomain.com) is resolving to source IP (x.x.x.x) and source IP (x.x.x.x) is resolving to the EHLO domain (again host.mydomain.com)... And, two headers are almost same (other than return-path, etc. of course) 3. If [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or the whole domain second.com for that matter) e-mail address(es) was/were blocked, then both mail sent from x.x.x.x and other hosting service should have been blocked. But, as I mentioned, other hosting services e-mail goes thru fine! Can someone please shead a light onto this before I lost my sanity E-MAIL HEADER AS RECEIVED BY YAHOO: [IT IS ALMOST THE SAME FOR SECOND.COM, just replace FIRST.COM with SECOND.COM] X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] via 68.142.228.52; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:54:48 -0700 X-YahooFilteredBulk: x.x.x.x X-Originating-IP: [x.x.x.x] Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Authentication-Results: mta295.mail.scd.yahoo.com from=first.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) Received: from x.x.x.x (EHLO host.mydomain.com) (x.x.x.x) by mta295.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:54:47 -0700 Received: from nobody by host.mydomain.com with local (Exim 4.52) id XXX for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:54:44 +0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TESTING MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-9 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:54:44 +0300 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host.mydomain.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yahoo.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [99 99] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - first.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Length: 12 PHP CODE USED FOR SENDING E-MAIL: ?php $fromMail = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $to = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $subject = TESTING; $msg = TEST MESSAGE; $headers = MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n; $headers .= Return-Path: $fromMail\r\n; $headers .= Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-9\r\n; $headers .= From: $fromMail\r\n; print h1TEST: . mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers, -f$fromMail) . /h1; ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP PHP: Spam Tagging Problem
On Tue, October 25, 2005 3:27 am, Cabbar Duzayak wrote: I am having a problem with my system when sending e-mails to yahoo accounts, and it has been baffling me for the last couple of days, actually I should say it is driving me crazy... As I mentioned, I have a cpanel and have 2 domains/sites with dedicated IP addresses on my system. The base account has domain name: host.mydomain.com with IP address, let's say is x.x.x.x, the first domain first.com is x.x.x.[x+1], the second domain second.com is x.x.x.[x+2]. And, as you know, all e-mails for both domains are sent from host.mydomain.com with source IP as x.x.x.x Something to consider: What if, in Yahoo, the SECOND exact same email is tagged as spam BECAUSE it is a duplicate. Change up the email subject and body significantly to test this. Now, I wrote a php script, and placed it on both sites. It is exactly the same script, with only one difference, from address, reply-to address, etc. are set to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the first domain and [EMAIL PROTECTED] for the second domain. When I execute this script, it sends an e-mail to a yahoo address. The problem is: the e-mail sent from first.com is sent fine meaning it reaches the recipient Yahoo INBOX, but the one sent from second.com is dropping into Yahoo's Bulk Folder... You'll never truly know what Yahoo's spam-filtering algorithm is. You have to live with the fact that some percentage of real email will end up in Bulk, and some percentage of junk will get through into INBOX. Unless the user is allowed to whitelist specific addresses or domains, that's just how it is. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] smtp server
Hi there.. I´m trying to use the mail function but I have a problem. I´m working in a LAN with more or less 30 pcs, that places inside a huge network, and I just can´t use the enterprise smtp server. How can i set a valid smtp server? I thought about installing some good-free smtp server on my own pc, and then use it for the mail function. What do you think of this idea? Would you recommend any free smtp server currently available? That largely depends on your OS. If you're on Windows, there's a TON of free SMTP servers. I just use IIS because it's as easy as popping in the Windows CD and I know well enough to lock down the SMTP settings as to not have an open relay. If you're on any of the *nix'es, it's hard to go wrong with sendmail. -M -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp server
On Thursday 16 December 2004 23:00, Mike wrote: If you're on any of the *nix'es, it's hard to go wrong with sendmail. I think you mean it's hard not to go wrong with sendmail ;-) -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* This isn't brain surgery; it's just television. - David Letterman */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp server
Jason Wong wrote: On Thursday 16 December 2004 23:00, Mike wrote: If you're on any of the *nix'es, it's hard to go wrong with sendmail. I think you mean it's hard not to go wrong with sendmail ;-) no, that means it's easy to go wrong with sendmail... I think Mike did mean that it's hard to go wrong with it ;) (IMHO) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp server
Le jeu 16/12/2004 à 14:43, Pablo D Marotta a écrit : Hi there.. I´m trying to use the mail function but I have a problem. I´m working in a LAN with more or less 30 pcs, that places inside a huge network, and I just can´t use the enterprise smtp server. How can i set a valid smtp server? You can use PEAR::Mail class to send e-mails via an external SMTP server (an account you have elsewhere), provided your smtp call isn't stopped by any firewall. Yannick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] smtp server
Hi there.. I´m trying to use the mail function but I have a problem. I´m working in a LAN with more or less 30 pcs, that places inside a huge network, and I just can´t use the enterprise smtp server. How can i set a valid smtp server? I thought about installing some good-free smtp server on my own pc, and then use it for the mail function. What do you think of this idea? Would you recommend any free smtp server currently available? Thanks! Pablo Marotta American Express made the following annotations on 12/16/04 07:43:19 -- ** This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you. ** == -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp server
On Thursday 16 December 2004 22:43, Pablo D Marotta wrote: Please note that this has nothing to do with PHP. I´m trying to use the mail function but I have a problem. I´m working in a LAN with more or less 30 pcs, that places inside a huge network, and I just can´t use the enterprise smtp server. Why? Company policy? Technicality? You don't know how? Or? NB you don't *have* to setup an SMTP server to be able to send mail using PHP, look on www.phpclasses.org for some code. How can i set a valid smtp server? I thought about installing some good-free smtp server on my own pc, and then use it for the mail function. What do you think of this idea? Would you recommend any free smtp server currently available? Google should have some good answers for you if you ask nicely. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* Don't you wish you had more energy... or less ambition? */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] smtp server
Pablo D Marotta wrote: Hi there.. I´m trying to use the mail function but I have a problem. I´m working in a LAN with more or less 30 pcs, that places inside a huge network, and I just can´t use the enterprise smtp server. How can i set a valid smtp server? If you have Microsoft licensing for them, one would assume their SMTP server is valid... Well, as valid as any MS product. :-) I thought about installing some good-free smtp server on my own pc, and then use it for the mail function. Ah. good-free... Google for Windows OpenSource SMTP What do you think of this idea? Would you recommend any free smtp server currently available? Depending on how much email you have to move, it may be easier to install something like Pegasus mail client, which works from command line, and use http://php.net/exec to invoke it. Or so other Windows users have told me. This will probably not be good to handle HEAVY loads of email, but if you just need to send out the occasional update/newsletter to a small number of recipients, it should be fine. You may want to try the PHP Windows mailing list, assuming that's still around and active. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] SMTP and changing the character set
Todd, Is there a way to specify a character set in a SMTP email? I've found that SMTP is really, really very particular about how you apply spacing and carriage returns when passing a content type header from PHP. In the PHP mail() function, you want to add the content type header like so: ?php $contentType = \r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; mail($toaddress, $subject, $mailcontent, $contentType); ? In particular, take note of the space before \r\n. Without it, the content type header would not work. I had to do a lot of experimenting before I discovered this. You may have to some experimenting as well, as I'm not sure if all servers behave the same on this issue. Hope that helps. -- Yoroshiku! Dave G [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP and changing the character set
Thank you both for the help. One more question: can SMPT use the Asian character set since it is 16 bits? Todd Dave G wrote: Todd, Is there a way to specify a character set in a SMTP email? I've found that SMTP is really, really very particular about how you apply spacing and carriage returns when passing a content type header from PHP. In the PHP mail() function, you want to add the content type header like so: ?php $contentType = \r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; mail($toaddress, $subject, $mailcontent, $contentType); ? In particular, take note of the space before \r\n. Without it, the content type header would not work. I had to do a lot of experimenting before I discovered this. You may have to some experimenting as well, as I'm not sure if all servers behave the same on this issue. Hope that helps. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP and changing the character set
Is there a way to specify a character set in a SMTP email? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] SMTP and changing the character set
SMTP, just like HTTP, uses the Content-Type header. So you can do something like this: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Just add that to the header argument of the mail function, if that's what you're using. Chris -Original Message- From: Todd Cary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Kim Wagner; Brian Feifarek; Gus Scherer Subject: [PHP] SMTP and changing the character set Is there a way to specify a character set in a SMTP email? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP and GroupWise
Todd Cary wrote: My client is using GroupWise to relay *without* having relay turned on and it needs/uses an authenication that is different from the regular SMTP. Here is a trace of a message that went through: [ snipped POP before SMTP authentication ] Does anyone know of a class that can provide this type of authenication? I don't know of a class, but phpprojekt 4.1 has this functionality built in. You could look at that code and get some ideas. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP and GroupWise
My client is using GroupWise to relay *without* having relay turned on and it needs/uses an authenication that is different from the regular SMTP. Here is a trace of a message that went through: 02/11/2004 06:55:27 SMTP to rcpt: Al Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server ready 02/11/2004 06:55:29 USER scan01 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 PASS *** 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server signing off 02/11/2004 06:55:29 Authenticated at POP Host: mailman.cd-hq.com 02/11/2004 06:55:31 220 mailman.cd-hq.com GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Copyright (c) 1993-2003 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. Ready 02/11/2004 06:55:31 HELO FDM 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 mailman.cd-hq.com Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 DATA 02/11/2004 06:55:31 354 Enter mail, end with . on a line by itself 02/11/2004 06:55:31 . 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 Rcpt: Al Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1 file(s) sent 02/11/2004 06:55:31 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:31 221 mailman.cd-hq.com Closing transmission channel Does anyone know of a class that can provide this type of authenication? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP and GroupWise
That's just basic pop before smtp. A common way of authenticating. Just make a connection to the pop server after the hello and before sending the email. Most mail servers cache this info for a certain amount of time so you may not have to do it every time you send. I know that http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/docs/ supports this you may want to look at their code. -Dave At 02:47 PM 4/22/2004, Todd Cary wrote: My client is using GroupWise to relay *without* having relay turned on and it needs/uses an authenication that is different from the regular SMTP. Here is a trace of a message that went through: 02/11/2004 06:55:27 SMTP to rcpt: Al Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server ready 02/11/2004 06:55:29 USER scan01 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 PASS *** 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server signing off 02/11/2004 06:55:29 Authenticated at POP Host: mailman.cd-hq.com 02/11/2004 06:55:31 220 mailman.cd-hq.com GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Copyright (c) 1993-2003 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. Ready 02/11/2004 06:55:31 HELO FDM 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 mailman.cd-hq.com Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 DATA 02/11/2004 06:55:31 354 Enter mail, end with . on a line by itself 02/11/2004 06:55:31 . 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 Rcpt: Al Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1 file(s) sent 02/11/2004 06:55:31 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:31 221 mailman.cd-hq.com Closing transmission channel Does anyone know of a class that can provide this type of authenication? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php David G. O'Brien Web Services Coordinator / Systems Administrator NACCRRA The Nation's Network of Child Care Resource Referral 1319 F Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 393-5501 ext. 113 (202) 393-1109 fax -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP and GroupWise
David - I am using the phpmailer class, and I do not see mention of using the POP3 for authentication. Am I missing something? Todd David O'Brien wrote: That's just basic pop before smtp. A common way of authenticating. Just make a connection to the pop server after the hello and before sending the email. Most mail servers cache this info for a certain amount of time so you may not have to do it every time you send. I know that http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/docs/ supports this you may want to look at their code. -Dave At 02:47 PM 4/22/2004, Todd Cary wrote: My client is using GroupWise to relay *without* having relay turned on and it needs/uses an authenication that is different from the regular SMTP. Here is a trace of a message that went through: 02/11/2004 06:55:27 SMTP to rcpt: Al Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server ready 02/11/2004 06:55:29 USER scan01 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 PASS *** 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK 02/11/2004 06:55:29 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:29 +OK GroupWise POP3 server signing off 02/11/2004 06:55:29 Authenticated at POP Host: mailman.cd-hq.com 02/11/2004 06:55:31 220 mailman.cd-hq.com GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Copyright (c) 1993-2003 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved. Ready 02/11/2004 06:55:31 HELO FDM 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 mailman.cd-hq.com Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 MAIL FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 RCPT TO:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 DATA 02/11/2004 06:55:31 354 Enter mail, end with . on a line by itself 02/11/2004 06:55:31 . 02/11/2004 06:55:31 250 Ok 02/11/2004 06:55:31 Rcpt: Al Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 1 file(s) sent 02/11/2004 06:55:31 QUIT 02/11/2004 06:55:31 221 mailman.cd-hq.com Closing transmission channel Does anyone know of a class that can provide this type of authenication? Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php David G. O'Brien Web Services Coordinator / Systems Administrator NACCRRA The Nation's Network of Child Care Resource Referral 1319 F Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 393-5501 ext. 113 (202) 393-1109 fax -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP and GroupWise
On Friday 23 April 2004 03:27, Todd Cary wrote: I am using the phpmailer class, and I do not see mention of using the POP3 for authentication. Am I missing something? I don't think it supports POP-before-relay last time I looked - which was quite a while ago. What you need to do is login correctly to the POP server (any valid account will do) before you send your mail. manual IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail ever clinking. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP Authentication with PHP
My SMTP server requires authentication when sending mail. How do I send SMTP authentication information when using the PHP mail() function? Thank you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP Authentication
Hi, How would I set up PHP to use SMTP authentication when I send an email. For example, in MS Outlook I have authentication set to use the same settings as my incoming mail. I have searched around but haven't found anything that deals with this. Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP ERROR
When i try to send a mail i receive the followin error Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 503 Comando o secuencia de comandos inesperados in E:\wwwroot\helpdesk_imagine\classes\helpdesk.class.php on line 1054 But the mail is sent, it occurs sometimes not always. Thanks, Carlos A. Castillo. Ingeniero de desarrollo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Su Aliado Efectivo en Internet www.imagine.com.co (57 1)2182064 - (57 1)6163218 Bogotá - Colombia - Soluciones web para Internet e Intranet - Soluciones para redes - Licenciamiento de Software - Asesoría y Soporte Técnico -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP vs POP3
I have this code to send email via STMP server $msg = this is a test - ojpp - mail function; $senderFrom = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $receiverTo = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $subject = test of the mail function; $mailHeaders = From: $senderFrom\n; $mailHeaders .= Reply-to: $senderFrom\n; $mailHeaders .= Message-Id: 16295644\n; mail($receiverTo, $subject, $msg, $mailHeaders); What is the function to receive email via POP server?, anyone could give me a simple example, thanks for any help, bye. Is it possible to retrieve via POP server, only part of the email information?, thanks for any help, bye.
[PHP] SMTP vs POP3
I have this code to send email via STMP server $msg = this is a test - ojpp - mail function; $senderFrom = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $receiverTo = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $subject = test of the mail function; $mailHeaders = From: $senderFrom\n; $mailHeaders .= Reply-to: $senderFrom\n; $mailHeaders .= Message-Id: 16295644\n; mail($receiverTo, $subject, $msg, $mailHeaders); What is the function to receive email via POP server?, anyone could give me a simple example, thanks for any help, bye. Is it possible to retrieve via POP server, only part of the email information?, thanks for any help, bye. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP vs POP3
Read the online manual - IMAP functions, they support almost everything. Simon Toth mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kerberos.knows.it -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] smtp mail sending on unix
Hi, I am running apache in a chrooted enviorment on solaris and trying to get mail() to work over smtp rather than sendmail, but unsuccessfully. php.ini states that this is for win32 only. Is there any solution to that? It seems quite awkward to have the code for smtp but no option to run it. thanks, Jaanus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] smtp mail sending on unix
Try a class to send emails by smtps, like phpmailer: http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ -Mensaje original- De: Jaanus Torp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: miércoles, 08 de octubre de 2003 11:29 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: [PHP] smtp mail sending on unix Importancia: Baja Hi, I am running apache in a chrooted enviorment on solaris and trying to get mail() to work over smtp rather than sendmail, but unsuccessfully. php.ini states that this is for win32 only. Is there any solution to that? It seems quite awkward to have the code for smtp but no option to run it. thanks, Jaanus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for
Àlex Camps mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:04 PM said: i have windows xp with apache,php and argomail but i cant send emails from php why? According to your subject it looks like the computer you are trying to use to send the email does not allow relaying. thaks. Thaks? Nah, I prefer chocolate milk. hth, Chris. -- 3:38pm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for
i have windows xp with apache,php and argomail but i cant send emails from php why? thaks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] SMTP - Authorization?
Hey all! glad to bea here! got alot to learn! k, basically i am sending out a mailing list to customers, - using a PHP script, however the SMTP i am using needs to have Authorization to log into the outgoing SMTP - i HAVE to use this authentication no if's and ot butt's., otherwise i will be blocked by Yahooo / AOL and some other provider for running a relay SMTP as they see it and contirbuting to spammers by allow anon acces to my smtp. I know i can put my SMTP server on an internal ip so the outside world can not see if but that is a bandaid fix for me - i want to know if PHP can use an SMTP server that requires authotization to use it? HELP! me searches for this have turned up no results or people simply not knowing what i need to get done. Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] SMTP - Authorization?
Hello, On 08/25/2003 09:34 PM, Mathiau wrote: basically i am sending out a mailing list to customers, - using a PHP script, however the SMTP i am using needs to have Authorization to log into the outgoing SMTP - i HAVE to use this authentication no if's and ot butt's., otherwise i will be blocked by Yahooo / AOL and some other provider for running a relay SMTP as they see it and contirbuting to spammers by allow anon acces to my smtp. I know i can put my SMTP server on an internal ip so the outside world can not see if but that is a bandaid fix for me - i want to know if PHP can use an SMTP server that requires authotization to use it? HELP! me searches for this have turned up no results or people simply not knowing what i need to get done. The mail() function does not support authentication. You may want to try this SMTP class that lets you send messages via a server that requires authentication. http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass Use it in conjunction with this other class that lets you compose and send properly formatted messages: http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] SMTP - Authorization?
Another life saver! This news group is great! Thnx. -Original Message- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:09 AM To: Mathiau Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] SMTP - Authorization? Hello, On 08/25/2003 09:34 PM, Mathiau wrote: basically i am sending out a mailing list to customers, - using a PHP script, however the SMTP i am using needs to have Authorization to log into the outgoing SMTP - i HAVE to use this authentication no if's and ot butt's., otherwise i will be blocked by Yahooo / AOL and some other provider for running a relay SMTP as they see it and contirbuting to spammers by allow anon acces to my smtp. I know i can put my SMTP server on an internal ip so the outside world can not see if but that is a bandaid fix for me - i want to know if PHP can use an SMTP server that requires authotization to use it? HELP! me searches for this have turned up no results or people simply not knowing what i need to get done. The mail() function does not support authentication. You may want to try this SMTP class that lets you send messages via a server that requires authentication. http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass Use it in conjunction with this other class that lets you compose and send properly formatted messages: http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
