email sent by php script has empty content in Thunderbird

[rukkie]

Hi,

I have here some strange behaviour, when sending a mail out from my
php script. The mail is perfectly readable in MS Outlook, but has an
empty body when reading the mail with Thunderbird (version 1.5.0.12).
Using "View>Message source", one can see the body ...

The script used is :

************************************************** *********************************
$to="xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx";

$link="http://www.yyy.zzz/test.html";

$from="xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx";
$subject= "Test" ;
$message = "Test Test." ."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";

$message .="Link Test" .$link."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";

$headers = "From: " . $from . "\n" ;

// $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
// $headers .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; charset=iso-8859-1\r
\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
************************************************** *******************************************
Can it be that it has something to do with the MIME or content-type ?
Or is there something wrong in the Thunderbird settings ?

Any information is more than welcome ...

[C.]

On 22 Jun, 11:01, rukkie <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I have here some strange behaviour, when sending a mail out from my
php script. The mail is perfectly readable in MS Outlook, but has an
empty body when reading the mail with Thunderbird (version 1.5.0.12).
Using "View>Message source", one can see the body ...

<snip>

Can it be that it has something to do with the MIME or content-type ?
Or is there something wrong in the Thunderbird settings ?

Any information is more than welcome ...

I think you'll probably find its something wrong with MS Outlook -
you're not delimiting the sections of the body nor using an inline
disposition. Try sending an Email with attachments FROM thunderbird
and view the source.

C.

[shimmyshack]

On Jun 22, 11:01 am, rukkie <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I have here some strange behaviour, when sending a mail out from my
php script. The mail is perfectly readable in MS Outlook, but has an
empty body when reading the mail with Thunderbird (version 1.5.0.12).
Using "View>Message source", one can see the body ...

The script used is :

************************************************** *********************************
$to="xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx";

$link="http://www.yyy.zzz/test.html";

$from="xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx";
$subject= "Test" ;
$message = "Test Test." ."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";

$message .="Link Test" .$link."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";
$message .=" " ."\n";

$headers = "From: " . $from . "\n" ;

// $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
// $headers .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; charset=iso-8859-1\r
\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
************************************************** *******************************************
Can it be that it has something to do with the MIME or content-type ?
Or is there something wrong in the Thunderbird settings ?

Any information is more than welcome ...

Outlook is probably ignoring your headers, and rendering a default, TB
does tend to trip up on oddly formatted emails.
Are you sending attachments, is there more code than you've posted?
Try removing the mime and content-type, leaving only the From or
decide if you are sending plain text, and use that instead.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME#Mixed for more.
Have you considered using the class phpmailer or another prewritten
(make sure its modern and has a good rep for security) class to
prepare and send mail of different kinds?

[rukkie]

Thanks,

removing the MIME and content-type is the solution ...