Posted by e_matthes on 06/05/07 17:41

On Jun 5, 8:53 am, "Tom" <t...@to.com> wrote:
> <e_matt...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1181061914.124630.303680@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
>
> > I am trying to use the mail() function to send a simple, text-only
> > message. I have two websites hosted by the same company, on different
> > servers. One is old and established, one I am currently developing.
> > I am testing the mail functionality by sending a test message to an
> > email account associated with my old website, and to my hotmail
> > account. The message seems to be sent to both accounts, and I receive
> > the message on my website's email account, but it never reaches my
> > hotmail account.
>
> > Are there any special headers required for hotmail? I've looked
> > around a bit, and can't seem to figure it out. I've even tried
> > including several different headers, but always with the same results
> > - reaches my website's email account, but not my hotmail account. The
> > code I am using to test is:
>
> > <?php
>
> > $body = 'Hello from the internet mail tubes!';
> > $subject = 'Test message';
> > $address = 'working_address@other_domain.com';
> > $address2 = 'working_addr...@hotmail.com';
> > $headers = "From: working_address@this_domain.com";
>
> > mail($address, $subject, $body, $headers) or print "Can not deliver
> > to $address.";
> > print "Done with $address.<br>";
>
> > mail($address2, $subject, $body, $headers) or print "Can not deliver
> > to $address2.";
> > print "Done with $address2.<br>";
>
> > ?>
>
> If you are really using that header, the "other_domain.com" domain isn't
> showing up as a valid domain and most current mail systems will reject mail
> from bogus addresses.
>
> Tom
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Those are all working addresses, I just wrote dummy addresses for this
posting:

working_address@other_domain.com - an address at my established site;
working_address@hotmail.com - a working hotmail address;
working_address@this_domain.com - an address on the new site.

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