Re: mail() problem

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, AJDIN BRANDIC wrote: > Hi, > I am using mail function which sends an email to a client who then > processes the body part. The body message should be of a specific format > (one line with no blanck lines before or after it, and no white spaces > before it). My message adds one (perhaps two) blank lines at the top of > the message and I don't know why. Has anyone had a same problem before. > The code is: > > > $email = "me@here.ac.uk"; > $mailsubject = "CALL ME"; > $mailheaders = "From: us@there.com\n"; > $mailheaders .= "Cc: david@aswell.co.uk\n"; > $mailheaders .= "Bcc: \n"; > $mailheaders .= "Reply-To: someone@blah.co.uk\n"; > $mailheaders .= "X-Mailer: PHP3 Mail Function on Apache/BSD\n"; > $msg="REQUEST:$somevar:$anothervar"; > > //Send the mail > if (mail($email,$mailsubject,$msg,$mailheaders)) { > > } > else { > print("Error: The message could not be sent.\n"); > } > > > Thanks, > > Ajdin I think that this is in accordance with the standard for mail messages - the space is required between the headers and the body of the message so that the two can be differentiated. From RFC 822: B.2. SEMANTICS Headers occur before the message body and are terminated by a null line (i.e., two contiguous CRLFs). and message = fields *( CRLF *text ) ; Everything after ; first null line ; is message body -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA