RE: [PHP-DB] Mail() Not working

From: Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:46:42 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Mail() Not working
Groups: php.db 
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It should look like: $email = "/bin/sendmail"; $to = "kmaynard@mac.com"; $subj = "A test message"; $body = "This is the body of the message"; $hdr = "Reply-to: me@qwerty.com"; mail ($email, $to, $subj, $body, $hdr); -----Original Message----- From: Kevin J. Maynard [mailto:kmaynard@mac.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:33 AM To: PHP List; Rick Emery Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Mail() Not working On Wednesday, December 12, 2001, at 06:12 AM, Rick Emery wrote: > The mail() function works fine. $email must be set to you email > program, > NOT an email server. > > Should be something like "/bin/sendmail". If you don't have access to > this > function, then you cannot send mail. So where would the To: address go if not $email? I thought the proper syntax was: mail(Email_Address_of_Recipient, Title_of_Email, Body_of_Email, Headers); Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin J. Maynard [mailto:kmaynard@mac.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 10:18 PM > To: PHP List > Subject: [PHP-DB] Mail() Not working > > > I have been unable to get the mail() function to work. > > my php.ini file has the following line in it: > SMTP = mail.attbi.com > > my php script is as follows: > <? > $email = "to_email"; > $from = "from_email"; > $mesg = "This is a test email. \r\n"; > > if (mail($email, "Test", $mesg, $from)) > echo "Mail Sent!"; > else > echo "Mail could not be sent..."; > ?> > > Every time I run this script, I receive "Mail could not be sent..."

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