[bloodl]

Hi

My 3 month issues is that so far I have not gotten any php mail forms to work on our server. We think we have tried everything, but we must be wrong. Are there any scripts around that I can run on the server that will just simply test if our mail works ? A script that doesn't need to be linked to external or local files ? If anyone knows of any, that would be GREAT!

I just can't figure out where the break is. When the form is filled in and completed, it never stops saying "waiting for www.mywebsite.com..." and I have never seen any error messages. Is that a clue? I am using $_POST and not $HTTP_POST_VARS, and we think we have set up the server SMPT settings correctly. The vars are coming from flash which has worked on other servers with the same php script!

I am totally confused, and frightened. I am pretty sure the problem must be to do with the server and not the script.

If anyone knows about any scripts that can test if our server is configured correctly, please show some love this way.

Cheers,
Doug

[job0107]

I'm not sure this is what you want but it will run some tests for you.
http://member.dnsstuff.com/pages/dnsreport.php

And another mail server test program.
http://www.toolheap.com/

And SMTP Diagnostics.
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx

[darkerstar]

Note, PHP sendmail won't work on Windows servers if not configured correctly. You need to use a native SMTP php class to sendmail.

[mab]

When the form is filled in and completed, it never stops saying "waiting for www.mywebsite.com..."

You would need to post your code to get any help with the condition that is causing this.

and I have never seen any error messages.

Have you checked your web server log for errors and/or is full PHP error reporting turned on?

we think we have set up the server SMTP settings correctly.

You would need to show us what the settings are and also tell us what your SMTP setup is.

[bloodl]

Here is the PHP

PHP Code:

<?php 



$adminaddress = "someone@website.com.au";

$siteaddress ="www.website.com.au";

$sitename = "SiteName";



//Gets the date and time from your server

//$date = date("m/d/Y H:i:s");



// Gets the IP Address

if ($REMOTE_ADDR == "") $ip = "no ip";

else $ip = getHostByAddr($REMOTE_ADDR);



// Gets the POST Headers - the Flash variables

$action = $_POST['action'] ;

$firstname = $_POST['firstname'] ;

$lastname = $_POST['lastname'] ;

$email = $_POST['email'] ;

$phone = $_POST['phone'] ;

$time = $_POST['time'] ;

$how = $_POST['how'] ;

$promo = $_POST['promo'] ;



//Process the form data!

// and send the information collected in the Flash form to Your nominated email address



if ($action == "send") {

        //

        mail ("$adminaddress","Website Contact",

        "A visitor at $sitename has left the following information\n

        ------------------------------

        First Name: $firstname

        Last Name: $lastname



        Time: $time     

        Phone: $phone

        Email: $email

        Promo: $promo

        How: $how

       

        Logged Info :

        ------------------------------

        Using: $HTTP_USER_AGENT

        Hostname: $ip

        IP address: $REMOTE_ADDR

        Date/Time:  $date","FROM:$adminaddress" ) ;

       

        //This sends a confirmation to your visitor

        mail ("$email","Thank You for visiting $sitename",

        "Hi $firstname,

       

        Thank you for your interest in $sitename!

        We will get back to you as soon as possible.

       

       

        Cheers,

        $sitename

        ------------------------------

        Phone: (02) 1234567899

        $siteaddress","FROM:$adminaddress") ;

       

        //Confirmation is sent back to the Flash form that the process is complete

        $sendresult = "Thank you.";

        $send_answer = "answer=";

        $send_answer .= rawurlencode($sendresult);

        echo $send_answer;

} //





?>

<?php

if (@mail($to, $subject, $message)) {

 echo('<p>Mail sent successfully.</p>');

} else {

 echo('<p>Mail could not be sent.</p>');

}

?>

and the code is sent from here in flash:

Code:

mailform = "http://www.mysite.com.au/mailform.php";
confirm = "Form Submitted.";
action = "send";

Followed by this:

Code:

loadVariablesNum(mailform, 0);
answer = confirm;
firstname = "";
lastname = "";
email = "";
phone = "";
time = "";
how = "";
promo = "";

The reason for not posting this earlier is because I have had people go over this code in the past and it didn't seem to present any problems.

Thanks for everyones help so far!!! I'm going over it with my colleague

[bloodl]

Originally Posted by job0107

I'm not sure this is what you want but it will run some tests for you.
http://member.dnsstuff.com/pages/dnsreport.php

And another mail server test program.
http://www.toolheap.com/

And SMTP Diagnostics.
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx

Cheers for this info, i'll surely use this in the future