RE: [PHP] defending PHP mail function

I've just been watching the posts regarding this issue. I can see the following: You SHOULD test it on *nix JUST to narrow down the problem. You ask for help from all the *VERY NICE* people on this list, and then WILL not do what they say will help??? If you do not like the php smtp implementation, then read RFC821 and implement a better one. Regards, -Jason Garber IonZoft.com At 12:08 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, Matthew Luchak wrote:

OK. here's why I think it's in PHP's SMTP support: There is an address that fails in 4.06 yet functions in 4.04 - exactly the same code, same SMTP server, same .ini, everything the same. I wouldn't question the class if I hadn't tested my own code and settings first. I've been trying to track this down for the past two weeks and have already been advised by someone on this list that PHP's SMTP support is not the greatest: SMTP code in PHP is not good enough. It needs to be rewritten. <snip> Yasuo Ohgaki It doesn't do much good to test on a nix box because what I'm looking for is a solution to a PHP/SMTP problem. ____________________________ Matthew Luchak Webmaster Kaydara Inc. mluchak@kaydara.com -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Lieber [mailto:php@kirpatrick.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:57 AM To: PHP General List Subject: Re: [PHP] defending PHP mail function On Wednesday 31 October 2001 08:40 am, you wrote: for now it's PHP that's in question AFAIK, this is the first I've ever heard of probelms with mail() not sending to perfectly valid email addresses. Scalability issues and other performance problems, sure, but that's a different animal. Given the number of people that use PHP (and use mail(), especially) I would certainly think this problem would have been reported before if it were a real bug. So, to be blunt, you probably have a problem with your code, your SMTP server, the way you've configured PHP, or something other than mail(). It's easy to blame it on mail() and/or PHP, but I think you're barking up the wrong tree. Find a forgiving customer who reported the problem, ask for their help in troubleshooting it and then send some test emails from a completely different server, preferably on a *nix platform. (not because *nix is better than windows, but because *nix PHP doesn't use smtp for mail delivery) --kurt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net