I usually use SendGrid (or something similar). Mail/spam/blacklist/etc just isn't worth dealing with :)
--j On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Peter Lehrer <pleh...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, Thanks. I installed sendmail on my local machine and got it to > work. However, when I send it to my gmail account, it goes into spam. > This is probably due to the reason Chris enumerated. > > Peter > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Chris Snyder <chsny...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Peter Lehrer <pleh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I am trying to get the php mail function to work. I have a website >>> running Apache2 and PHP Version 5.3.3-7+squeeze8 on Debian. I tried to >>> get a test email message working. Here is my code: >>> >>> <?php >>> $to = "pleh...@gmail.com"; >>> $subject = "Test mail"; >>> $message = "Hello! This is a simple email message."; >>> $from = "pleh...@me.outlook.com"; >>> $headers = "From:" . $from; >>> mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers); >>> echo "Mail Sent."; >>> ?> >>> >>> Can anybody help me? >>> >> >> Best way to debug mailing issues is to view the mail log and see if >> there are any clues as to what went wrong. On Debian, it is at >> /var/log/mail.log >> >> Very often mail problems have to do with anti-spam controls in >> receiving systems. Most big email companies will only accept mail from >> servers with a reverse-DNS record that maps the IP address to a real >> name. Also, you may be running up against SPF records created by >> outlook.com that prevent forging mail from that address. >> >> One thing I notice in your script is a missing space after the colon in >> "From:". >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation -- http://justinhileman.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
