Advice on how to setup Universal Email settings

[easterth369709]

We have an exchange mail server. I am runing php, mysql and Apache on a linux box. I am trying to configure the mail settings in Universal mail in order for users to received email confirmation when submit button is pressed.

I used the example in the Universal mail documentation to see how it works with no luck.

Note: I tried both options "Mail and PEAR Mail using SMPT.

Do I need to configure Debian Linux mail server. I rather use our already mail server on campus. Thanks for any advice you can provide me.

[Ray Borduin]

Use Mail unless username and password are required for your smtp server. Most restrict by IP.

To debug, in the file mail_PHP.php... update the code where it says:

$mailObj = mail($mailTo,$mailSubject,$mailContent,$mailHeader );

and add code afterward:

$mailObj = mail($mailTo,$mailSubject,$mailContent,$mailHeader );
var_dump($mailObj);
die();

That may tell you more about why the email won't send.

[easterth369709]

Hi Ray,

i am new in php, do you mind telling me where is the mail_php.php is located. is it on the linux box, dreamweaver, etc. Thanks for your prompt response too.

[Ray Borduin]

It is in the Universal Email directory in the root of your site.

[easterth369709]

Hi Ray,

The web browser now says bool(true) after I press the Submit button on the form i created.

[Ray Borduin]

That means the email was successfully sent to your SMTP server and no errors were recorded. You should have gotten the email unless it is blocked by a spam blocker.

[easterth369709]

I checked our campus firewall an it does not appear as blocked. I tested with my private email and nothing there either. Still no emails.

I appreciate your responses very much.

[Ray Borduin]

Try writing more information to the page like:


$mailObj = mail($mailTo,$mailSubject,$mailContent,$mailHeader );
var_dump($mailObj);
echo(" : ");
echo($mailTo);
echo(" : ");
echo("$mailHeader");
die();

[easterth369709]

This is the new message I am getting...no email coming thru. I even disabled the spam filter.

bool(true) : diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu : MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="WAMULTIBREAKWA" From: Carlos Diaz Reply-To: diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu X-Sender: Carlos Diaz X-Priority: 3 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:39:07 -0400 (EDT) Return-Path: diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu Message-ID: <2aa110c88a9bc3ba0f63eab1fe3b77dd@mailbox.sc.edu>

[Ray Borduin]

Do you see anything wrong? I don't.

One more thing you might try... change the line of code in that same file:

$lineEnd = "\n";

change it to:

$lineEnd = "\r\n";

that could be the issue, but really it appears it should be working.

[easterth369709]

Same error!


bool(true) : diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu : MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="WAMULTIBREAKWA" From: Carlos Diaz Reply-To: diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu X-Sender: Carlos Diaz X-Priority: 3 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:53 -0400 (EDT) Return-Path: diazc1@mailbox.sc.edu Message-ID: <2aa110c88a9bc3ba0f63eab1fe3b77dd@mailbox.sc.edu>

[Ray Borduin]

The debug information will stay until you remove it. Did any emials go through?

[easterth369709]

Our email server administrator said that we should use smtp.sc.edu. For on campus he recommended to use unauthenticated e-mail relay.

Would this have something to do with the code you suggested we write on the mail.php not to work.

Thanks

[Ray Borduin]

No it should work... is that what you used as your mail server? Try that as your smtp server and see if it works.

[Jenny I]

Hello, I just tried your debugging technique because I am having the same problem and it came up with this exact error

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 504 5.5.2 <you@yourdomain>: Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address in C:\wamp\www\test\WA_Universal_Email\mail_PHP.php on line 254

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 504 5.5.2 <you@yourdomain>: Sender address rejected: need fully-qualified address in C:\wamp\www\test\WA_Universal_Email\mail_PHP.php on line 256
bool(false)


The problem is I do not have a clue how to fix it. Secondly I do know why it is registering <you@youdomain> because in the UA panel I have input my email address.

[Ray Borduin]

What is the code at:

mail_PHP.php on line 254 and line 256?


What do you have set up as your TO and FROM email addresses? Make sure they are full email addresses including the @ symbol.