#18723 [Opn->Bgs]: what does mail() function return?

ID: 18723 Updated by: sander@php.net Reported By: asif@evoknow.com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: windows2K PHP Version: 4.2.2 New Comment: This is what the manual says, and that's correct: "mail() returns TRUE if the mail was successfully accepted for delivery, FALSE otherwise." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-04 07:45:57] asif@evoknow.com If that is the case, Don't you think that the manual should be updated that says: "mail() returns TRUE if the mail is successfully sent, FALSE otherwise."? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-03 09:17:46] sander@php.net It should return FALSE if the mailserver, for any reason, doesn't accept the message. If the mailserver accepts the message but bounces it, PHP can't do anything about it. Is this the case? (BTW: you probably want to try a non-STABLE snapshot from snaps.php.net, there were many changes to the mail handling stuff on Windows) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-03 08:13:43] asif@evoknow.com The mail() function is supposed to return FALSE if it can't send the mail. But in reality it doesn't do so. It always returns TRUE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18723&edit=1