Re: PHP Mail 501 error

> Hello, > > > > We are running MediaWiki on PHP 5.2.6 with Apache for Windows. > > > > Every time we try to use an IIS mail server as an MTA we receive a 501 > error. When we use a Unix postfix based MTA it works fine. > > > > Could anyone please tell me what I need to do to modify my PHP.ini to > get this to work? > > > > We have tried the workaround for Exchange 2003 as described in this > article by Microsoft: > Hi > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291828 > > > > But this fixes a 501 in the HELO. The problem here is the rcpt to. It > comes up as the following: > > > > 2008-06-23 17:39:58 10.1.100.80 xxx SMTPSVC1 xxxx xxxxxxxx 0 RCPT - > +TO:<DanMashal+<dmashal@intertrust.com>> 501 0 27 44 0 SMTP - - - - > Could anyone please provide me with some much needed insight on this > problem? I have been searching the web and have found a few workarounds > but none that actually work. From the mail() documentation: Note: The Windows implementation of mail() differs in many ways from the Unix implementation. First, it doesn't use a local binary for composing messages but only operates on direct sockets which means a MTA is needed listening on a network socket (which can either on the localhost or a remote machine). Second, the custom headers like From:, Cc:, Bcc: and Date: are not interpreted by the MTA in the first place, but are parsed by PHP. As such, the to parameter should not be an address in the form of "Something <someone@example.com>". The mail command may not parse this properly while talking with the MTA. From the example you show, it seems your problem is the last two sentences. i.e. "DanMashal <dmashal@intertrust.com>" is not valid on windows. HTH -- Niel Archer