#18798 [Opn->Csd]: Mail doesn't sent to "Mary <mary@example.com>" this format

ID: 18798 Updated by: sander@php.net Reported By: karel@publihost.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows 2k Server SP2 PHP Version: 4.2.3-dev New Comment: You need to enable php_imap.dll in your php.ini, and use imap_mail(). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-14 08:01:55] karel@publihost.com Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail_mail() in d:\www\mail.publihost.com\htdocs\test.phtml on line 5 The imap_mail() function is not supported on the Win32 version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-13 20:27:09] kalowsky@php.net This bug has been fixed in CVS. You can grab a snapshot of the CVS version at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-11 08:15:25] mfischer@php.net This is a limitation of the mail() command. Adresses in the form of "Something <someone@somewhere.com>" are NOT support by the mail() command. The technical issue is that mail() does not parsing and while tlaking to the MTA it simple puts the email addresse in '<' and '>' brackets which will then look something like "<Karel <karel@publihost.com>>" which of course doesn't work. You have a two options to me knowledge: 1) trim down the $to field to the user@host.tld part and use the From: custom header 2) Try if the imap_mail() command works for you, afaik it does email address parsing. Reclassifying as documentation problem for mail() on win32. The page should also mention imap_mail(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 08:33:11] karel@publihost.com The problem remains I installed the latest snap: - php4-win32-latest.zip - 08-Aug-2002 03:26 5.3M If you like I can give you ftp-access to the server. Then you can try the mail routine yourself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-08-08 08:25:40] sander@php.net Sorry, should have said that earlier: please try a _non_ STABLE snapshot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/18798 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18798&edit=1