Posted by bill on 11/30/07 11:35

shybe wrote:
> 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.
>

depends on the receiving MTA. AOL silently drops "suspicious"
emails, for example.

bill

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