Generate a auto response email using PHP that is from no-reply@domain.com
Hi PHP developers
I have a script that is part of my contact page on my web site. Basically the script sends a email to hosted mail box then forwards the email to a distribution group on a exchange server as shown below:
<?
$name=$_POST['customername
$email=$_POST['email'];
$phone=$_POST['telephone']
$message=$_POST['message']
$emailBody = "Name: ".$name."\nEmail: ".$email."\nPhone: ".$phone."\n\nMessage: \n\n".$message."\n";
$headers = 'From: info@domain.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: info@domain.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
mail('info@domain.com', 'Email from Website', $emailBody, $headers);
header('Location: ../contact-thanks.html');
What I would like to do is by pass the hosted server and delivery directly to exchange 2010 mailbox which has forwarding setup to a distribution group all ready setup on the exchange server.
I have created the mailbox web@domain.com and forwarding to the distribution group but what I would really like is the php script to send a No-reply email back to the sender thanking them etc maybe a link for more help.
Anyone got any ideas on the best way to achieve this?
In addition would I need to create a spf record to achieve this?
Thanks
Simon
I have a script that is part of my contact page on my web site. Basically the script sends a email to hosted mail box then forwards the email to a distribution group on a exchange server as shown below:
<?
$name=$_POST['customername
$email=$_POST['email'];
$phone=$_POST['telephone']
$message=$_POST['message']
$emailBody = "Name: ".$name."\nEmail: ".$email."\nPhone: ".$phone."\n\nMessage: \n\n".$message."\n";
$headers = 'From: info@domain.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: info@domain.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
mail('info@domain.com', 'Email from Website', $emailBody, $headers);
header('Location: ../contact-thanks.html');
What I would like to do is by pass the hosted server and delivery directly to exchange 2010 mailbox which has forwarding setup to a distribution group all ready setup on the exchange server.
I have created the mailbox web@domain.com and forwarding to the distribution group but what I would really like is the php script to send a No-reply email back to the sender thanking them etc maybe a link for more help.
Anyone got any ideas on the best way to achieve this?
In addition would I need to create a spf record to achieve this?
Thanks
Simon
ASKER
Hi Ray
In a nut shell I would like to add to my php script to send a no reply email if it can be done?
In a nut shell I would like to add to my php script to send a no reply email if it can be done?
You can send an email message from within a PHP script. All contents of the email can be made up by you (that is one of the problems with email -- no accountability). You use this function.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
Since there are several layers of technology involved in sending email you would want to set up some tests, paying close attention to the headers that your server creates. You can specify some of the headers, as shown in the online documentation about additional_headers. The "From" address is one of the additional headers.
You may also want to familiarize yourself with this:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html
If you're new to PHP and you want to get a foundation, this article can help.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_11769-And-by-the-way-I-am-new-to-PHP.html
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
Since there are several layers of technology involved in sending email you would want to set up some tests, paying close attention to the headers that your server creates. You can specify some of the headers, as shown in the online documentation about additional_headers. The "From" address is one of the additional headers.
You may also want to familiarize yourself with this:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html
If you're new to PHP and you want to get a foundation, this article can help.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_11769-And-by-the-way-I-am-new-to-PHP.html
ASKER
Hi Ray
You guessed it I have zip knowledge when it comes to PHP. What I would like to do is capture the email address from the above field and then send a auto response to the captured email address thanking them and providing a link to a search facility I have on my web site. So I need the capture and send email elements to be added to the above script. As it stands the script obviously already sends me an email with information from this page
http://www.merlin-estates.
Thanks
Simon
You guessed it I have zip knowledge when it comes to PHP. What I would like to do is capture the email address from the above field and then send a auto response to the captured email address thanking them and providing a link to a search facility I have on my web site. So I need the capture and send email elements to be added to the above script. As it stands the script obviously already sends me an email with information from this page
http://www.merlin-estates.
Thanks
Simon
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When emails are received at a certain address, they are to be processed automatically on your server. The automatic processing should include, inter alia, a response to the sender. The automatic processing would include forwarding to the distribution list.
Does that capture the idea? If so, you might want an "email pipe."