[Deansatch]

I am forever having problems with my hosting provider when it comes to php mail().

They keep messing about with server settings or something and suddenly my scripts will stop sending activation emails etc.. without me knowing until someone tells me they never got one. Now it won't work using cgi sendmail either.

Is there any alternative way of having my email parts of my script dealt with in a more efficient way? Will transferring my domain to a different registrar make a difference?????

[blinn_shade]

Change hosts?

[Deansatch]

apart from that

[phpdoctor]

Um transfering your domain shouldnt make a difference? its the hosting...
Have you tryed contacting your hosting company? (without bad words hehe)

mail() is the only way i know to send mail... could you show abit of your code please?

Lex

[mab]

Will transferring my domain to a different registrar make a difference?

No, your domain registration and your web hosting are two independent functions. However, you might consider moving your web hosting to another host.

If the host you have now is making changes without prior notification and without documentation as to what has been changed (so that you can adapt to what is different), they either don't know what they are doing or are operating out of desperation. In either case, they are not providing proper service to their customers.

If they are still actively making changes, there is no point in trying to hit a moving target. Get them to commit to some documentation on what they are changing and when they will be complete. In the meantime, start looking around for a different host.

If you have an email account at a separate ISP, you could send your email through it. You would need to use SMTP authentication (the php mail() function does not support authentication, so you would need to use one of the php mailer scripts) and you would need to add an SPF record to your domain saying that the third party mail server is authorized to send mail for your domain.

[blinn_shade]

Just tell your host to sort out the issue or you will move your business else where.

That should get them into gear a bit.

[Deansatch]

problem is I have a reseller account and moving isn't that simple a job. I am also worried that the same could happen to all my other customers sites and I will get the blame and lose design and development clients.

[blinn_shade]

Ask your host what your mail settings are.