Why can't I send a mail with PHP

[Stefan Mueller]

I can't send a mail with the following mail header:
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <us**@inter.net>\n";

Therefore $headers is set to (echo $header;)
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 From: "User"
<us**@inter.net>

The mail has not been delivered and my PHP server says:
[24-Nov-2005 00:37:19] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132
If I use
$headers .= "From: us**@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

[SC]

Don't use &lt; and &gt;. Use the actual characters < and >.
"Stefan Mueller" <se**************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm***********@news.imp.ch...

I can't send a mail with the following mail header:
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";

Therefore $headers is set to (echo $header;)
MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 From:
"User" <us**@inter.net>

The mail has not been delivered and my PHP server says:
[24-Nov-2005 00:37:19] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132
If I use
$headers .= "From: us**@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

[Stefan Mueller]

If I use
$headers .= "From: us**@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

I tried the following versions before
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: 'User' <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: User <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= 'From: "User" <us**@inter.net>';

However, no version works.

Does someone see what's wrong?
Stefan

[Gordon Burditt]

>>> If I use

$headers .= "From: us**@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

I tried the following versions before
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: 'User' <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: User <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= 'From: "User" <us**@inter.net>';

However, no version works.

Does someone see what's wrong?

If you don't put a newline at the end of the header, another header
is going to wind up on the same line, and it will break things:

From: User <us**@inter.net>Subject: this is not spam

Also, if the envelope-from and/or destination address is not valid,
the mail won't go either, regardless of headers. No HTML allowed
in those, either.

Gordon L. Burditt

[SC]

Here's an example of proper headers:

$mail_headers = 'From: "Sender Name" <se****@domain.com>' . "\n"
.. 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
.. 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
.. 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
.. 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
.. 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";

"Stefan Mueller" <se**************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm***********@news.imp.ch...

If I use
$headers .= "From: us**@inter.net\n";
instead of
$headers .= "From: \"User\" &lt;us**@inter.net&gt;\n";
is works perfect.

What's wrong?
Stefan

I tried the following versions before
$headers .= "From: \"User\" <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: 'User' <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= "From: User <us**@inter.net>";
or
$headers .= 'From: "User" <us**@inter.net>';

However, no version works.

Does someone see what's wrong?
Stefan

[Stefan Mueller]

> $mail_headers = 'From: "Sender Name" <se****@domain.com>' . "\n"

. 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
. 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
. 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
. 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
. 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";

It's really unbelievable. I've tried so many headers and
'From: "Sender Name" <se****@domain.com>'
never works.
That same with your header. PHP says:
[24-Nov-2005 08:00:05] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132

If I modify your header to
$jt = 'From: se****@domain.com' . "\n"
. 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\n"
. 'Message-ID: <' . md5(uniqid(time())) . '@domain.com>' . "\n"
. 'Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"' . "\n"
. 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit' . "\n"
. 'Importance: Normal' . "\n";
it works perfect again.

But why is
'From: "Sender Name" <se****@domain.com>'
never working.

I'm trying since several days and I'm really loosing hope.
Stefan

[hebiryu]

i don't really have time to analyze your code. I send you my email
script. and my code
is completely working. i hope it helps for you.
************************************************** ***
$to = $remail; // fill your email address here
$subject = "Invitation to Patra Friends"; // fill your subject here..
//and the message here..
$message = "

Kami mengundang Anda untuk menjadi member
jaringan alumni Himpunan Teknik Perminyakan ITB

silahkan klik
http://alumni.tm.itb.ac.id/registrasi.php?p=$passp&q=$pass2
untuk melakukan registrasi

Terimakasih
Admin Patra -- ad***@alumni.tm.itb.ac.id

";

$headers .= 'From: *Patra Admin <ad***@alumni.tm.itb.ac.id>' .
"\r\n";// this one is to indicate the header..

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);// this is the command

[SC]

After a little checking I found that many people report that PHP for Windows
does not support the "from" header being anything other than just the e-mail
address.

You apparently can't send a "from" header like 'From: "Sender Name"
<se****@domain.com' under PHP for Windows. This only seems to work with
non-Windows installations of PHP.
"Stefan Mueller" <se**************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dm***********@news.imp.ch...

It's really unbelievable. I've tried so many headers and
'From: "Sender Name" <se****@domain.com>'
never works.
That same with your header. PHP says:
[24-Nov-2005 08:00:05] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4
Invalid Address in C:\PHP\file.php on line 132

[Stefan Mueller]

"SC" <no*****@thank.you> wrote in message
news:jv*************@news.uswest.net...

After a little checking I found that many people report that PHP for
Windows does not support the "from" header being anything other than just
the e-mail address.

You apparently can't send a "from" header like 'From: "Sender Name"
<se****@domain.com' under PHP for Windows. This only seems to work with
non-Windows installations of PHP.

Wow, that's very bad. But now I know why I could read so many PHP mail pages
and it still doesn't work because it's not implemented in my PHP version.
That's a really very bad news. But now I know that I can stop testing and
testing and testing ...

Thanks a lot for telling me that.
I was really loosing the hope.
Stefan