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SMTP Headers for PHP Mailer
Posted on 2012-12-24
Hi experts,
I need full smtp headers for a php mailer. This is what i have and its not working.
Thanks,
I need full smtp headers for a php mailer. This is what i have and its not working.
$connect = fsockopen($hostname,$port);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, "FROM:$fromname <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO:$fullname <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: $email\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\n\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
Thanks,
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Move your FROM line to under the DATA section and then have a first FROM line of:
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
$connect = fsockopen($hostname,$port);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO:$fullname <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: $email\n");
fputs($connect, "From: "$fromname" <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\n\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
Note also that your lines of the e-mail should all end in \r\n and so after the Subject line you should have \r\n\r\n to provide the blank line between the headers and the message body.
SMTP standard: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2821
E-mail format: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822
(Corrected headers in e-mail.)
SMTP standard: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2821
E-mail format: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822
$connect = fsockopen($hostname,$port);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO:$fullname <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: "$fromname" <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
(Corrected headers in e-mail.)
Have you considered using the free and open-source PHPMailer class? It might be easier. Just a thought...
https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/phpmailer/
And if you find that you're still wrestling with email anomalies and edge cases (as most of us do) you might want to consider a professionally hosted service. This one has worked well for me.
http://search.constantcontact.com/index.jsp
https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/phpmailer/
And if you find that you're still wrestling with email anomalies and edge cases (as most of us do) you might want to consider a professionally hosted service. This one has worked well for me.
http://search.constantcontact.com/index.jsp
There are two parts to sending an e-mail: the SMTP protocol in which RCPT TO is required and the e-mail itself in which the To: header is sent. The e-mail itself is sent in the SMTP DATA command. Everything here constitutes what the the e-mail client sees:
... and also what the SMTP server essentially ignores. :)
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: "$fromname" <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
... and also what the SMTP server essentially ignores. :)
Omg this is so much reading and cant understand it. Please correct the code, this shouldnt be much for you. I really need it. This is the mailer here:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// MESSAGE DETAILS
$fromemail = "";
$fromname = "";
$replyto = "";
$subject = "";
$fullname = "";
$email = "";
$message = "";
// SMTP INFO
$hostname = "";
$username = "";
$password = "";
$port = 25;
$mydomain = "";
// SMTP CONNECT
$connect = fsockopen($hostname,$port);
fputs($connect, "EHLO \'$mydomain\'\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: \'$fromname\' <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO: \'$fullname\' <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: \'$email\'\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: \'$fromname\' <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: \'$subject\'\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "\'$message\'\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
?>
I'm not in a position to test the script, alas. Key points, however: none of your variables are populated so the message is going no-where but I expect you removed the content for posting here, so feel free to ignore this point if that's true. :) You can't put e-mail addresses in headers surrounded by ' quotes (To: header under DATA section). You should put names for e-mail addresses in headers in " quotes (From header under Data section).
I've made the EHLO:, MAIL FROM: and RCPT TO: envelope information (SMTP protocol) into plain information - there's then no requirement for quoting at all for the EHLO and quoting is only required in the other two if you are supplying names (non-e-mail information).
If you are still getting errors with your script, then instead of running the script, open a telnet connection to your destination SMTP server (telnet <server> <port>) and type (literally) your information to the server and see the conversation progress. You should get a better idea of what is going wrong.
(Errata: RCPT TO: edited.)
I've made the EHLO:, MAIL FROM: and RCPT TO: envelope information (SMTP protocol) into plain information - there's then no requirement for quoting at all for the EHLO and quoting is only required in the other two if you are supplying names (non-e-mail information).
If you are still getting errors with your script, then instead of running the script, open a telnet connection to your destination SMTP server (telnet <server> <port>) and type (literally) your information to the server and see the conversation progress. You should get a better idea of what is going wrong.
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// MESSAGE DETAILS
$fromemail = "";
$fromname = "";
$replyto = "";
$subject = "";
$fullname = "";
$email = "";
$message = "";
// SMTP INFO
$hostname = "";
$username = "";
$password = "";
$port = 25;
$mydomain = "";
// SMTP CONNECT
$connect = fsockopen($hostname,$port);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: $fromemail\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n");
fputs($connect, "To: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\nReply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
?>
(Errata: RCPT TO: edited.)
Thanks.
This is working:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// MESSAGE DETAILS
$email = "";
$fromemail = "";
$fromname = "";
$replyto = "";
$subject = "";
$message = "";
$mydomain = "";
// SMTP INFO
$hostname = "";
$username = "";
$password = "";
// SMTP CONNECT
$connect = fsockopen($hostname, 25);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: $fromemail\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding
fputs($connect, "To: \"$fullname\" <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Reply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
?>
This is working:
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// MESSAGE DETAILS
$email = "";
$fromemail = "";
$fromname = "";
$replyto = "";
$subject = "";
$message = "";
$mydomain = "";
// SMTP INFO
$hostname = "";
$username = "";
$password = "";
// SMTP CONNECT
$connect = fsockopen($hostname, 25);
fputs($connect, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");
fputs($connect, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($connect, base64_encode($username)."
fputs($connect, base64_encode($password)."
fputs($connect, "MAIL FROM: $fromemail\r\n");
fputs($connect, "RCPT TO: $email\r\n");
fputs($connect, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($connect, "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Type: text/html\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Content-Transfer-Encoding
fputs($connect, "To: \"$fullname\" <$email>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "From: \"$fromname\" <$fromemail>\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Reply-To: $replyto\r\n");
fputs($connect, "Subject: $subject\r\n\r\n");
fputs($connect, "$message\r\n");
fputs($connect, ".\r\n");
fputs($connect, "QUIT\r\n");
?>
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