Posted by Ian on 12/04/05 01:03

Tommy DN wrote:
> This code works and send me e-mail:
> ---
> $recipient="email@mydomain.com";
> $subject="subject";
> $header="From: " . $_POST['emailadres'];
> $mail_body= $_POST['commentaar'];
> mail($recipient, $subject, $mail_body, $header);
> ---
> But when I want to send automatic e-mail ( when a user registers ) then
> the code doesn't work.
>
> So I changed $recipient to another e-mail adress that isn't mine:
> ---
> $recipient="someotheremail@someisp.com";
> $subject="subject";
> $header="From: " . $_POST['emailadres'];
> $mail_body= $_POST['commentaar'];
> mail($recipient, $subject, $mail_body, $header);
> ---
> So when I check someotheremail@someisp.com ... there's no mail :-(
>
> What's wrong? Can I only send e-mail to my own domain and not to
> somebody else? What's the solution???

How is your mail server configured? If it isn't setup with an outgoing
SMTP server, it will not be able to forward mail to another domain.

Ian

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