mail() -> doesn't work; complains "Recipient names must be specified"

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:
> Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail 8.12.10,
> php 5.0.0
>
> here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays is
> not spelled correctly.
>
> <?php
>
> session_start();
>
> $MailTo = "todh@yestrdayspc.com";
> $MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
> $Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their country.";
>
> mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );
>
> print "And the other\n";
>
> mail("todh@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
> ?>
>
> Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this time
> I got some other stuff from php...
>
> Recipient names must be specified
> Recipient names must be specified
> Content-type: text/html
> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
> Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/
>
> I must be doing something really st00pid?

You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.

Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
correctly if possible in your setup.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage


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Hello,

on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:
> Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail 8.12.10,
> php 5.0.0
>
> here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays is
> not spelled correctly.
>
> <?php
>
> session_start();
>
> $MailTo = "todh@yestrdayspc.com";
> $MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
> $Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their country.";
>
> mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );
>
> print "And the other\n";
>
> mail("todh@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
> ?>
>
> Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this time
> I got some other stuff from php...
>
> Recipient names must be specified
> Recipient names must be specified
> Content-type: text/html
> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
> Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/
>
> I must be doing something really st00pid?

You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.

Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
correctly if possible in your setup.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage


--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

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Thanks Manuel

Just for your information I checked another box. I also have PHP
installed on another web server -> 4.3.8 with Apache 1.3.31 which works
with the below script. Real head scratcher now isn't it. Note that it
didn't matter if I had $Vars in the mail() structure, or the actual data
in quotes, mail went out as I expected.

The funny thing is that I have installed php, apache, sendmail ... etc
on multiple machines with no problems. When I get something working
properly, I continue with that exact config/install...etc until
something else is tested and working. Well, ok, until now with the
mail() issue.

I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like
maybe work?

I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
work for me.

todh

Manuel Lemos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> on 12/15/2004 12:09 PM OldGuy said the following:
>
>> Ok, tried the 'other box' -> RedHat 9 [ 2.4.20-30.9 ], sendmail
>> 8.12.10, php 5.0.0
>>
>> here is the script ( linewraps -> be careful ) and I know yesterdays
>> is not spelled correctly.
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> session_start();
>>
>> $MailTo = "todh@yestrdayspc.com";
>> $MailSub = "Test'n from DaBackup";
>> $Message = "NOW is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
>> their country.";
>>
>> mail($MailTo, $MailSub, $Message );
>>
>> print "And the other\n";
>>
>> mail("todh@yestrdayspc.com","Test from DaBackup","Now is the time...");
>> ?>
>>
>> Does the same thing for BOTH of the mail() functions. Except this
>> time I got some other stuff from php...
>>
>> Recipient names must be specified
>> Recipient names must be specified
>> Content-type: text/html
>> X-Powered-By: PHP/5.0.0
>> Set-Cookie: PPSESSION=[insert ye favorite mumbojumbo here]: path=/
>>
>> I must be doing something really st00pid?
>
>
> You are missing the headers of the message. These are really not
> optional. You also need to set the return path address which is what
> defines to where your messages should be bounced when they can't be
> delivered. Message bounces often reveal problems in your system.
>
> Have you tried this class? It can send messages correctly as needed so
> you can confirm what is the problem as it sets the return path address
> correctly if possible in your setup.
>
> http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
>
>

Hello,

on 12/15/2004 11:28 PM OldGuy said the following:
> I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like
> maybe work?
>
> I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
> work for me.

I think you making blind guesses of what is your problem. What you need
to do is to somehow set the return path address of the messages to an
address with a valid e-mail account. Once you figure that you will be
able to see why messages may be bouncing and figure your real problem.

That class will help you figuring how to set the return path address but
all it does is using plain PHP code.

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Manuel Lemos

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>> I am going to give 4.3.10 a try to see if that does something else; like
>> maybe work?
>>
>> I downloaded your class, will give it a try if PHP4.3.10 version doesn't
>> work for me.
>
>I think you making blind guesses of what is your problem. What you need
>to do is to somehow set the return path address of the messages to an
>address with a valid e-mail account.

There are a lot of servers that will not accept an email with an
invalid return address. Some of them go to the effort to check the
return address by starting to send a bounce message to the server
referred to by the return address, stopping short of sending a
message body. If that fails, your message will not be accepted.

Also, if you have set your server to not accept bounce messages
(return envelope address of "<>"), your outgoing messages may
not be accepted.

Gordon L. Burditt