Posted by shybe on 11/30/07 03:58

On Nov 29, 9:34 pm, MW <m...@w.invalid> wrote:
> shybe wrote:
> > I have a send mail script on my site that.
>
> > The emails are recieved by gmail, and yahoo, but not to mail clients
> > like Outlook, Mail, etc...)
>
> > Is this a problem with the script, or is it something I must change in
> > php ini file?
>
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> > here is the code. (im using it in conjunction with javascript for some
> > AJAX stuff)
>
> > if(!isset($_GET['action']))
> > {
> > die("You must not access this page directly!"); //Just to stop people
> > from visiting contact.php normally
> > }
>
> > /* Now lets trim up the input before sending it */
>
> > $name = trim($_GET['name']); //The senders name
> > $to = trim($_GET['maily']); //The senders email address
> > $place = trim($_GET['place']); //The senders email address
> > $subject = "you have recieved mail";
> > $headers = "From:$name";
> > $message = "{$name} deemed you worthy of receiving the following
> > information/exchange from Trumpet.\n\n Follow This Link {$place}";
> > mail($to, $subject, $message,$headers); //a very simple send
>
> > echo 'contactarea|<p class="sent">Article Sent!</p>'; //now lets

Thanks so much for the response. I tried your suggestion, and Its
still isnt working.
I also tried to remove the header variable,and still no luck.

As for the insecure code. I plan on securing. I'm just trying to get
the overall functionality to work.

Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

best



> > update the "contactarea" div on the contact.html page. The
> > contactarea| tell's the javascript which div to update.
>
> > ?>
>
> It's not a problem with the mail() function if some e-mail clients are
> getting it. Maybe something to do with your e-mail formatting:
>
> $headers = "From: $name"; should probably be
> $headers = "From: \"$name\" <$email>";
>
> Also the code snippet as you posted would be very vulnerable to script
> attacks, I suggest more secure code.

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