Simple SendMail question...

[Weizguy]

Hello all,

I am used to working in with ASP, not PhP so I have a simple question...

How do I have SendMail send an email to two email addresses?

with ASP, it was a simple comma in between two emails. I tried this with PhP and it won't work. I also tried a semicolon with no luck.

If it isn't possible, can you have a default domain mail sent to two email addresses?

thanks

[dema]

If you sending mail via a PHP script, you probably just need to check out the mail() command.

[Weizguy]

According to that, it just needs a comma, but that didn't work

[dema]

Hm, could you post a specific example of the code that is failing for you?

Typically when I send to multiple recipients or have a more complex email I use the custome headers parameter and just do any 'To' and 'CC' headers manually, but using commas in the variable for the 'to' parameter should work.

[Weizguy]

Well, I got it to work

Basically, I just had to repeat the code with a second email address, such as:


mail("someone@gmail.com", $subject, $message, $from);
mail("somebody@hotmail.com", $subject, $message, $from);

[TeeJa]

Originally Posted by Serra

Yea, but you aren't using the -f parm. You really need to be doing that.

Yes, for sure, and if that was a real hotmail account, I got money it would bounce to....

[Weizguy]

What is the -f parm? (parameter?)

[dema]

"$RAND_USER says use $RAND_PARAM!"

Check out the mail() doc page and scroll down to additional_parameters (optional) subheader under the Parameters header.

Here's an explination from the sendmail() man page:

-fname Sets the name of the ``from'' person (i.e., the envelope sender
of the mail). This address may also be used in the From: header
if that header is missing during initial submission. The enve-
lope sender address is used as the recipient for delivery status
notifications and may also appear in a Return-Path: header. -f
should only be used by ``trusted'' users (normally root, daemon,
and network) or if the person you are trying to become is the
same as the person you are. Otherwise, an X-Authentication-
Warning header will be added to the message.

There's also a more practical note about the option in the comments:

If you're using a linux server using Postfix, and your server hasn't the host name set to a valid name (because it's behind a firewall in an intranet), it's possible that when sending mails using the mail function, some mail servers reject them. This is because they can't check the return path header. If you want to change the Return-Path used by sendmail init the php.ini and edit the sendmail_path variable to this:

sendmail_path = "sendmail -t -i -F webmaster@yoursite.com -f webmaster@yoursite.com"

[Weizguy]

So, are you saying that the -f is the from? And that I should have a default from address?

The code I am using is grabbing the from address from the form. Here is the code for sending the form:


<?php
if(!$email == "" && (!strstr($email,"@") || !strstr($email,".")))
{
echo "<h2>Use Back - Enter valid e-mail</h2>\n";
$badinput = "<h2>Feedback was NOT submitted</h2>\n";
}
if(empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($phone) || empty($comments )) {
echo "<h2>Use Back - fill in all fields</h2>\n";
}
echo $badinput;
$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;

$subject == 'Contact Form';
$notes = stripcslashes($notes);
$message = " $todayis [EST] \n
Attention: whoever \n
Message: $comments \n
From: $name ($email)\n
Additional Info : IP = $ip \n
Browser Info: $httpagent \n
Referral : $httpref \n
";
$from = "From: $email\r\n";

mail("somebody@gmail.com", $subject, $message, $from);
?>
<p align="center">
Date: <?php echo $todayis ?>
<br />
Thank You : <?php echo $name ?> ( <?php echo $email ?> )
<br />
Attention: whoever
<br />
Message:<br />
<?php $notesout = str_replace("\r", "<br/>", $comments);
echo $notesout; ?>
<br />
<?php echo $ip ?>
<br /><br />
</p>

[TeeJa]

This is how I do it, change your variable to suit.

$f="-f";
$returnpath = "webmaster@yourserver.com";

mail("somebody@gmail.com", $subject, $message, "$f$returnpath");

Now gives me a return path that most will accept.

[Weizguy]

OK, now my question is, if I am receiving the emails without the -f parm, why else would I need it?

[TeeJa]

Originally Posted by Serra

If you are the only person who is getting mails from the form, then you don't.

Unless his email addy is yahoo, hotmail, aol???