mail() -> doesn't work; complains "Recipient names must be specified"

[OldGuy]

Hi All

Sendmail 8.12.11
php 4.3.9

Sendmail is installed and works properly.
php is NOT in safemode

from the command line; mail us**@domain.com < testmsg works fine.

Here is the code that I am trying.. Ideas?

$f***************@soundwifi.net';
$t*******@yesterdayspc.com';
$subject='Test';
$body=`cat welcome.txt`;

# mail($to, $subject, $body, $from);
# print "$result\n";
mail("to**@yesterdayspc.com","junk","This is the body", \
"From: wi********@soundwifi.net");

Please note that I have tried BOTH mail() functions above with the same
results...

[Ken Robinson]

OldGuy wrote:

Hi All

Sendmail 8.12.11
php 4.3.9

Sendmail is installed and works properly.
php is NOT in safemode

from the command line; mail us**@domain.com < testmsg works fine.

Here is the code that I am trying.. Ideas?

$f***************@soundwifi.net';
$t*******@yesterdayspc.com';
$subject='Test';
$body=`cat welcome.txt`;

# mail($to, $subject, $body, $from);
# print "$result\n";
mail("to**@yesterdayspc.com","junk","This is the body", \
"From: wi********@soundwifi.net");

Try:

$to = '<to**@yesterdayspc.com>';
$from = 'From: <wi********@soundwifi.net>';
mail($to,'Junk','Body lines',$from);
I believe you need the angle brackets around the addresses.

Ken

[OldGuy]

Try:

$to = '<to**@yesterdayspc.com>';
$from = 'From: <wi********@soundwifi.net>';
mail($to,'Junk','Body lines',$from);
I believe you need the angle brackets around the addresses.

Ken

Nope, mail($to,'junk','body lines',$from); still comes up with the
..subject complaint.

I think that I have tried all forms of variables:
"to: todh ...
"todh@ ...
'to: todh ...
'todh@ ... and it still complains about not having reciepents... I
believe that sendmail is complaining as I get:

Dec 13 08:57:24 yesterdays1 sendmail[17638]: iBDGvO59017638: from=root,
size=89, class=0, nrcpts=0,
msgid=<20*************************@yesterdays1.sou ndwifi.net>,
relay=root@localhost

Looks like the function is NOT passing arguments correctly?

todh

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

OldGuy wrote:

Sendmail 8.12.11
php 4.3.9

Sendmail is installed and works properly.
php is NOT in safemode

from the command line; mail us**@domain.com < testmsg works fine.

Here is the code that I am trying.. Ideas?

$f***************@soundwifi.net';
$t*******@yesterdayspc.com';
$subject='Test';
$body=`cat welcome.txt`;

# mail($to, $subject, $body, $from);
# print "$result\n";
mail("to**@yesterdayspc.com","junk","This is the body", \
"From: wi********@soundwifi.net");

Please note that I have tried BOTH mail() functions above with the same
results...

I think your message is sent but bounced to your root account. Check
your machine root mailbox and you will see.

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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[OldGuy]

Nope, box is empty. The sendmail log line ( only one ) shows that we
*tried* to send, but it wasn't accepted. ( status sent) is not shown.

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello,

OldGuy wrote:

Sendmail 8.12.11
php 4.3.9

Sendmail is installed and works properly.
php is NOT in safemode

from the command line; mail us**@domain.com < testmsg works fine.

Here is the code that I am trying.. Ideas?

$f***************@soundwifi.net';
$t*******@yesterdayspc.com';
$subject='Test';
$body=`cat welcome.txt`;

# mail($to, $subject, $body, $from);
# print "$result\n";
mail("to**@yesterdayspc.com","junk","This is the body", \
"From: wi********@soundwifi.net");

Please note that I have tried BOTH mail() functions above with the
same results...

I think your message is sent but bounced to your root account. Check
your machine root mailbox and you will see.

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

OldGuy wrote:

Nope, box is empty. The sendmail log line ( only one ) shows that we
*tried* to send, but it wasn't accepted. ( status sent) is not shown.

If it didn't bounce it is because it is still in the queue for a later
retry.

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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http://www.phpclasses.org/

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[OldGuy]

Nope, Queue is empty as is root's mail box. Complete strange.

I am gonna try on another php enabled box just to see if it does the
same stuff..

Will post

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello,

OldGuy wrote:

Nope, box is empty. The sendmail log line ( only one ) shows that we
*tried* to send, but it wasn't accepted. ( status sent) is not shown.

If it didn't bounce it is because it is still in the queue for a later
retry.

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

OldGuy said the following on 12/14/2004 05:07 PM:

Nope, Queue is empty as is root's mail box. Complete strange.

The only circumstance when that happens is when the return address does
not correspond to a valid deliverable mailbox. I think it is set to to
root@localhost by default. You need to change that to an usable address.

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

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[OldGuy]

Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail 8.12.10,
php 5.0.0

here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays is
not spelled correctly.

<?php

session_start();

$MailTo = "to**@yestrdayspc.com";
$MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
$Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country.";

mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );

print "And the other\n";

mail("to**@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
?>

Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this time
I got some other stuff from php...

Recipient names must be specified
Recipient names must be specified
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/

I must be doing something really st00pid?

Manuel Lemos wrote:
[snip]

The only circumstance when that happens is when the return address does
not correspond to a valid deliverable mailbox. I think it is set to to
root@localhost by default. You need to change that to an usable address.

root@localhost is a valid address. When sendmail encounters an invalid
sender AND the message bounces for some reason or another, postmaster is
notified and then forwarded to whom ever the alias points to ( root in
this case )

todh

[Sun]

Hi,

I had some problem with PHP 5 on Solaris 8 OS. it reads the php.ini
file, but its not using the config variable.

finally I used PEAR mail module to sent e-mail.
you can find the sample code in php documet web site.

-SR

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:

Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail 8.12.10,
php 5.0.0

here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays is
not spelled correctly.

<?php

session_start();

$MailTo = "to**@yestrdayspc.com";
$MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
$Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country.";

mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );

print "And the other\n";

mail("to**@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
?>

Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this time
I got some other stuff from php...

Recipient names must be specified
Recipient names must be specified
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/

I must be doing something really st00pid?

You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.

Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
correctly if possible in your setup.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:

Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail 8.12.10,
php 5.0.0

here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays is
not spelled correctly.

<?php

session_start();

$MailTo = "to**@yestrdayspc.com";
$MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
$Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country.";

mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );

print "And the other\n";

mail("to**@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
?>

Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this time
I got some other stuff from php...

Recipient names must be specified
Recipient names must be specified
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/

I must be doing something really st00pid?

You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.

Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
correctly if possible in your setup.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

PHP Reviews - Reviews of PHP books and other products
http://www.phpclasses.org/reviews/

Metastorage - Data object relational mapping layer generator
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[OldGuy]

Thanks Manuel

Just for your information I checked another box. I also have PHP
installed on another web server -> 4.3.8 with Apache 1.3.31 which works
with the below script. Real head scratcher now isn't it. Note that it
didn't matter if I had $Vars in the mail() structure, or the actual data
in quotes, mail went out as I expected.

The funny thing is that I have installed php, apache, sendmail ... etc
on multiple machines with no problems. When I get something working
properly, I continue with that exact config/install...etc until
something else is tested and working. Well, ok, until now with the
mail() issue.

I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like
maybe work?

I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
work for me.

todh

Manuel Lemos wrote:

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:

Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail
8.12.10, php 5.0.0

here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays
is not spelled correctly.

<?php

session_start();

$MailTo = "to**@yestrdayspc.com";
$MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
$Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
their country.";

mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );

print "And the other\n";

mail("to**@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
?>

Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this
time I got some other stuff from php...

Recipient names must be specified
Recipient names must be specified
Content-type: text/html
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/

I must be doing something really st00pid?

You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.

Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
correctly if possible in your setup.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 11:28 PM OldGuy said the following:

I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like
maybe work?

I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
work for me.

I think you making blind guesses of what is your problem. What you need
to do is to somehow set the return path address of the messages to an
address with a valid e-mail account. Once you figure that you will be
able to see why messages may be bouncing and figure your real problem.

That class will help you figuring how to set the return path address but
all it does is using plain PHP code.

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

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[Gordon Burditt]

>> I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like

maybe work?

I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
work for me.

I think you making blind guesses of what is your problem. What you need
to do is to somehow set the return path address of the messages to an
address with a valid e-mail account.

There are a lot of servers that will not accept an email with an
invalid return address. Some of them go to the effort to check the
return address by starting to send a bounce message to the server
referred to by the return address, stopping short of sending a
message body. If that fails, your message will not be accepted.

Also, if you have set your server to not accept bounce messages
(return envelope address of "<>"), your outgoing messages may
not be accepted.

Gordon L. Burditt