Bug #17322 Updated: mail() fails (501 Syntax Error) under latest CVS

ID: 17322 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: chris@dvdplaza.com.au -Status: Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.0CVS-2002-05-20 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: mfischer New Comment: The win32/mail() implementation suffers some inherent problems. I'll see what I can do, but being busy right now, this can take until next weekend. Assigning to me. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 18:40:38] chris@dvdplaza.com.au Interesting, I downgraded to PHP 4.2.1 again since the mail failing is causing us a lot of grief (scripts randomly fail after this occurrs) and have discovered that the mail doesn't work properly there either! That said when you initially restart Apache the mail does work for a short while, must be what caught me out when I tested it last night, and THEN it stops working. The mail function being screwy in PHP 4.2.1 must have been a problem for us before, as a form that sends me e-mails has been generating hundreds less e-mails per day than I would have expected and I had formerly written it off as lack of interest (even though the Apache logs showed otherwise), so looks like it's not specific to PHP 4.3.dev but instead either PHP 4.2.1 or PHP 4.2.0 (don't have the time right at the moment to double check this). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 06:50:38] chris@dvdplaza.com.au Downgrade to PHP 4.2.1 mail works, upgrade back to PHP 4.3.dev mail fails. Reservedly restarted whole server, no change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 05:22:20] chris@dvdplaza.com.au Please delete duplicate posts, refreshed wrong window - SORRY :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 05:20:14] chris@dvdplaza.com.au We've beeen using the mail command in that fashion without problem since 4.0.6??? This is the first time I've had to touch the mail commands?!?!? It was working fine under 4.2.1, problem only started the second I upgraded to php 4.3.dev (which was purely for the cookie fix). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-21 05:18:58] chris@dvdplaza.com.au We've beeen using the mail command in that fashion without problem since 4.0.6??? This is the first time I've had to touch the mail commands?!?!? It was working fine under 4.2.1, problem only started the second I upgraded to php 4.3.dev (which was purely for the cookie fix). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/17322 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17322&edit=1