RE: [PHP] Unreliable mail delivery through PHP
| From: | Chris W. Parker | Date: | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:27:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Unreliable mail delivery through PHP | ||
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Richard Lynch <mailto:ceo@l-i-e.com>
on Monday, December 13, 2004 4:09 PM said:
>> mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
>
> The mail() function returns true/false upon success/failure in
> injecting the email into the mail queue.
>
> You should be grabbing and checking the return value.
>
> It's probably not the culprit here, but is Good Programming Practice.
Good idea.
> Perhaps the other emails are still "coming"?
Actually, I know this to not be the case as this has been a recurring
annoyance for some time and I've yet to see a email show up late. So far
it's been on time or not at all.
And thanks for the other good suggestions!
Chris.