Email Problem

[obrienkev]

Hi all,

Why won't this send an email. SMTP is running.

 $headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n"; 
 $headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n"; 
 $headers .= "From: Training Department\n"; 
 $subject  = ucwords('hello'); 
 $content  = "From: ".ucwords($name)."\n"
                     ."Message: \n Hi all \n"
                     .$note."Regards, \n"
                     .ucwords($name);
 
 foreach ($email as $key => $value) 
 {
                  $value .= '@yahoo.com';
                 echo $key .'=>'. $value.'<br />';
                 
                 mail($value, $subject, $content, $headers);
 } 

[ASLICEOFPIE]

$value should be who the email is to, not from. The first thing in a mail syntax is always the recepients email.

[obrienkev]

Yes. I know that. $value is who the email should be sent to.

[bokehman]

What trouble are you having? Sends ok for me!

[obrienkev]

It doesn't seem to send the email.

Here's my php.ini settings:

 ; For Win32 only.
 SMTP = localhost
 smtp_port = 25
 
 ; For Win32 only.
 sendmail_from = me@mysite.com 

What could be wrong?

[bokehman]

Have you ever managed to send mail through this server? Obviously the webserver and mailserver are running on the same machine, right?

[obrienkev]

The webserver is on this machine.
For the mail server all I did was get the SMTP service running on the same computer. (Using Windows)

Anything else I should have done?

[bokehman]

Have you solved this yet? If not I have a solution.

[bjcffnet]

Check your isp, and see if they disable port 25. (Mine does, so I can't send mail)

[Div By Zero]

Or check your SMTP log to see if at least he try to send the email, even if the ISP block port 25 the SMTP on localhost should log the attempt to send the email

[AussieJohn]

You might want to try and check the logs of your SMTP server.
At home I use 'PostCast Server' - a free SMTP server for windows to test mail scripts. (http://www.postcastserver.com).

It has to option to only 'manually' send the mail (so you have the chance to open up the admin program and see what mails are waiting to get sent out).

I would also suggest you try:

 <?php
$date =  date('Y-h-d H:i:s');
if (mail('sometest@account.com', 'Test', 'This is a test mail - at ' . $date)) {
  print 'Mail was sent...'; 
}
else {
  print 'Mail was not sent - check any error output that might be printed.';
}
?>

This will help you establish wether or not php's mail function is actually working on your box.

Hope this helps ...

[bokehman]

Of course it's not working. He is not sending authentication, which on a windows server is impossible with mail(). There are only two choices: 1) configure the mailserver not to require authentication from localhost or 2) use fsockopen and send authentication. I have written a function that does number 2 and there is also php mailer or the pear module.

So if you want to be able to use mail() only option is configure the mailserver to allow it.

[obrienkev]

Hi bokehman. How do I configure the mailserver? or how do I use option 2? fsockopen and authentication?

Thanks.

Kevin.

[bokehman]

Option 2.

Change your mail() command to win_mail and then put the function I am posting at the bottom of your script or in an external file and require() it. Don't forget to fill in your username and pasword in the first line of the function. Tell me how you get on.

<?php
function win_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers = NULL, $username = 'your username here', $password = 'your password here', $mailserver = NULL)
{    
    function error($error, $connect = NULL)
    {
        if(isset($_GET['debug']))print $error; // comment this out once you get the script working
        if(!empty($connect)){
            fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
            fclose($connect);
        }
        return FALSE;
    } // end function error()
    
    if(isset($headers)){
        foreach(explode("\n", $headers) as $v){
            if(eregi('from:', $v) and eregi('@', $v)){
                $from = TRUE;
                $mail_from = $v;
                if(preg_match('/<(.+?)>/', $mail_from, $match)){
                    $mail_from = $match['1'];
                }else{
                    $mail_from = trim(trim(strstr($mail_from, ':'), ':'));
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from = ini_get('sendmail_from');
    if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from ='php-mailer@'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
    if(empty($from)) {$from = "From: $mail_from\n";}else{$from = NULL;}
    if(empty($headers))$headers = '';
    $message = "Date: ".date('D, d M Y H:i:s O')."\n".$from."To: ".$to."\nSubject: ".$subject."\n".$headers."\n\n".$message;
    if(!isset($mailserver))$mailserver = ini_get('SMTP');
    if(!$connect = @fsockopen($mailserver, 25, $errno, $errstr, 5)) return(error('Could not connect to mail server'));
    stream_set_timeout($connect, 10);
    if (!ereg("^220", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 220', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "EHLO [127.0.0.1]\r\n");
    $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
    while(!ereg('^250', $out)&&(!empty($out))){
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);    
        $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
    }
    for($tries = 15; $tries > 0; $tries--){
        if(ereg('^250', $out)){
            if(eregi('AUTH=LOGIN|AUTH LOGIN', $out))$auth_login = TRUE;
            $for_loop_hop = $out;
        }elseif(empty($out)){
            usleep(100000);
        } 
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);
        $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
    }
    if(!ereg('^250', $for_loop_hop))return(error('No 250', $connect));
    if(!isset($auth_login))return(error('No AUTH LOGIN'));
    fputs ($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^334", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 334 (username)', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^334", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 334 (password)', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^235", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 235 (not authenticated)', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "MAIL FROM: <{$mail_from}>\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 250 (after MAIL FROM:)', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "RCPT TO: <{$to}>\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 250 (after RCPT TO:)', $connect));
    fputs($connect,"DATA\r\n");
    stream_set_timeout($connect,20);
    if (!ereg("^354", fgets($connect,512)))return(error('No 354 (Enter mail)', $connect));
    fputs($connect, "$message\r\n.\r\n");
    if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect,512)))return(error('No 250 (End of mail)', $connect));
    fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
    fclose($connect);
    return TRUE;
}
?>

[obrienkev]

Hi Bokehman. No luck yet. I must have a semi-colon or ' missing somewhere as all I get is a blank page...

Any ideas?

 <?php
 $to = 'myname@yahoo.ie';
 $message = 'hello';
 $subject = 'News';
 
 win_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
 
 
 function win_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers = NULL, $username = 'uname', $password = 'pword', $mailserver = NULL)
 {    
     function error($error, $connect = NULL)
     {
         if(isset($_GET['debug']))print $error; // comment this out once you get the script working
         if(!empty($connect)){
             fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
             fclose($connect);
         }
         return FALSE;
     } // end function error()
     
     if(isset($headers)){
         foreach(explode("\n", $headers) as $v){
             if(eregi('from:', $v) and eregi('@', $v)){
                 $from = TRUE;
                 $mail_from = $v;
                 if(preg_match('/<(.+?)>/', $mail_from, $match)){
                     $mail_from = $match['1'];
                 }else{
                     $mail_from = trim(trim(strstr($mail_from, ':'), ':'));
                 }
             }
         }
     }
     if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from = ini_get('sendmail_from');
     if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from ='php-mailer@'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
     if(empty($from)) {$from = "From: $mail_from\n";}else{$from = NULL;}
     if(empty($headers))$headers = '';
     $message = "Date: ".date('D, d M Y H:i:s O')."\n".$from."To: ".$to."\nSubject: ".$subject."\n".$headers."\n\n".$message;
     if(!isset($mailserver))$mailserver = ini_get('SMTP');
     if(!$connect = @fsockopen($mailserver, 25, $errno, $errstr, 5)) return(error('Could not connect to mail server'));
     stream_set_timeout($connect, 10);
     if (!ereg("^220", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 220', $connect));
     fputs ($connect, "EHLO [127.0.0.1]\r\n");
     $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
     while(!ereg('^250', $out)&&(!empty($out)))
         {
         stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);    
         $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
         stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
     }
     for($tries = 15; $tries > 0; $tries--)
         {
         if(ereg('^250', $out))
                 {
             if(eregi('AUTH=LOGIN|AUTH LOGIN', $out))$auth_login = TRUE;
             $for_loop_hop = $out;
         }elseif(empty($out))
                 {
             usleep(100000);
         }
         stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);
         $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
         stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
     }
     if(!ereg('^250', $for_loop_hop))return(error('No 250', $connect));
     if(!isset($auth_login))return(error('No AUTH LOGIN'));
     fputs ($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^334", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 334 (username)', $connect));
     fputs ($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^334", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 334 (password)', $connect));
     fputs ($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^235", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 235 (not authenticated)', $connect));
     fputs ($connect, "MAIL FROM: <{$mail_from}>\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 250 (after MAIL FROM:)', $connect));
     fputs ($connect, "RCPT TO: <{$to}>\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 250 (after RCPT TO:)', $connect));
     fputs($connect,"DATA\r\n");
     stream_set_timeout($connect,20);
     if (!ereg("^354", fgets($connect,512)))return(error('No 354 (Enter mail)', $connect));
     fputs($connect, "$message\r\n.\r\n");
     if (!ereg("^250", fgets($connect,512)))return(error('No 250 (End of mail)', $connect));
     fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
     fclose($connect);
     return TRUE;
 }
 ?>

[bokehman]

I must have a semi-colon or ' missing somewhere as all I get is a blank page...

Of course it doesn't print anything... the doesn't contain any print or echo's. It sends ok for me using the code you posted. Try the following to see some output. If it returns mail not sent add ?debug at the end of the URL to see where it crashes.

$to = 'myname@yahoo.ie';
$message = 'hello';
$subject = 'News';

if(win_mail($to, $subject, $message)){
    echo 'mail sent';
}else{
    echo 'mail not sent';
} 

[obrienkev]

Bokehman, it still doesn't return anything. Just blank page. And tried adding ?debug but same story.

[bokehman]

put this at the top:

ini_set('display_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL); 

[obrienkev]

Found missing } at end of else clause.

Now it displays 'mail not sent'

[bokehman]

Change the function to the following and use ?debug at the end of your URL so it prints the error the mailserver returns.

function win_mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers = NULL, $username = 'user', $password = 'pass', $mailserver = NULL)
{    
    function error($error, $connect = NULL)
    {
        if(isset($_GET['debug']))print $error; // comment this out once you get the script working
        if(!empty($connect)){
            fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
            fclose($connect);
        }
        return FALSE;
    } // end function error()
    
    if(isset($headers)){
        foreach(explode("\n", $headers) as $v){
            if(eregi('from:', $v) and eregi('@', $v)){
                $from = TRUE;
                $mail_from = $v;
                if(preg_match('/<(.+?)>/', $mail_from, $match)){
                    $mail_from = $match['1'];
                }else{
                    $mail_from = trim(trim(strstr($mail_from, ':'), ':'));
                }
            }
        }
    }
    if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from = ini_get('sendmail_from');
    if(empty($mail_from)) $mail_from ='php-mailer@'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
    if(empty($from)) {$from = "From: $mail_from\n";}else{$from = NULL;}
    if(empty($headers))$headers = '';
    $message = "Date: ".date('D, d M Y H:i:s O')."\n".$from."To: ".$to."\nSubject: ".$subject."\n".$headers."\n\n".$message;
    if(!isset($mailserver))$mailserver = ini_get('SMTP');
    if(!$connect = @fsockopen($mailserver, 25, $errno, $errstr, 5)) return(error('Could not connect to mail server'));
    stream_set_timeout($connect, 10);
    if (!ereg("^220", fgets($connect, 1024)))return(error('No 220', $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "EHLO [127.0.0.1]\r\n");
    $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
    while(!ereg('^250', $out)&&(!empty($out))){
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);    
        $out = fgets ( $connect, 1024 );
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
    }
    for($tries = 15; $tries > 0; $tries--){
        if(ereg('^250', $out)){
            if(eregi('AUTH=LOGIN|AUTH LOGIN', $out))$auth_login = TRUE;
            $for_loop_hop = $out;
        }elseif(empty($out)){
            usleep(100000);
        } 
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 0, 5000);
        $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
        stream_set_timeout($connect, 5);
    }
    if(!ereg('^250', $for_loop_hop))return(error('No 250 Remote: '.$for_loop_hop, $connect));
    if(!isset($auth_login))return(error('No AUTH LOGIN'));
    fputs ($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^334", $out))return(error('No 334 (username) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs ($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^334", $out))return(error('No 334 (password) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs ($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^235", $out))return(error('No 235 (not authenticated) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "MAIL FROM: <{$mail_from}>\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^250", $out))return(error('No 250 (after MAIL FROM:) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs ($connect, "RCPT TO: <{$to}>\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^250", $out))return(error('No 250 (after RCPT TO:) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs($connect,"DATA\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^354", $out))return(error('No 354 (Enter mail) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs($connect, "$message\r\n.\r\n");
    $out = fgets($connect, 1024);
    if (!ereg("^250", $out))return(error('No 250 (End of mail) Remote: '.$out, $connect));
    fputs($connect,"QUIT\r\n");
    fclose($connect);
    return TRUE;
} 

[obrienkev]

I get: No AUTH LOGIN mail not sent

So I guess pword/username wrong. I log onto the server from my own computer(internal server) Use my own login details.

So what should I use for $username and $password?

[bokehman]

No. Its not that!

Go to the dos command prompt and type in

telnet localhost 25

then press enter. It will return some lines starting 220. Then enter

EHLO [127.0.0.1]

then press enter. It should return some lines that start with 250. Copy those lines here so I can see them. Easiest way might be a screen grab.

[obrienkev]

Get this...

250 - Webservertest.cte.com Hello [127.0.0.1]
250 - Turn
250 - Size 2097152
250 - DSN
250 - VRFY
250 - OK

[bokehman]

OK! Well for my code to work it needs to return AUTH LOGIN which 99% of mailservers do. Let me think how to bypass this.

[obrienkev]

Any more ideas on this? Still no solution.

Thanks.

Kevin.