[andynic]

Hi,

I'm trying to get this test script working:
<?php
$to = "a valid email address";
$subj = "Test mail";
$msg = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$hdr = "From: test script";
$rslt = mail($to, $subj, $msg, $hdr);
echo "rslt = $rslt<br />";
?>

If, for "a valid email address", I use my yahoo.com address, I receive the email.
If, on the other hand, I use my xs4all.nl address (my regular email), no mail arrives, neither in my inbox nor in the spambox.

The settings in the server's php.ini file are:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
;SMTP = localhost
SMTP = smtp.xs4all.nl
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25

According to the xs4all tech desk website, these are the required settings:
Instellingen e-mail via POP (instellingen = settings)
Inkomende mailserver pop.xs4all.nl (poort 110) (inkomende = incoming)
Uitgaande mailserver smtp.xs4all.nl (poort 25) (uitgaande = outgoing)

Any idea why the application won't send the email to my xs4all address?

Thanks for you help.
Andynic

[allnodcoms]

First off Andy, do you get "rslt = true" on both addresses? If you do I would suggest that it may be a server issue.

Some Windows servers can get cross if "From:" is not a valid address, as they use it for ReplyTo (which has to be valid if present). I'd give that a go, and I'd also try setting the SMTP server back to localhost and see if that has any effect.

Other than that it all looks OK.

Danny

[andynic]

Thanks for your reply, Danny.
The rslt is "true" whether the code is as shown above or as revised below.
I changed the command adding the -f parameter which I found under "additional parameters" on the php.net website in the mail function doc.
$f = "-f $to";
$rslt = mail($to, $subj, $msg, $hdr, $f);
That works both with the php.ini SMTP parameter set to either localhost or as shown above. So I have left it as localhost.
Andynic