Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
Rudolph,
Mail() is v.finicky!
Windows machines need more than the \n - what are you running?
Have you tried putting some string of characters into the (text) msg body?
Can you send us a copy of the actual email msg showing the headers etc (output as
received at the POP/IMAP
server) - after clipping all/most of the encoded contents please?
=dn
- Original Message -
From: "Rudolf Visagie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "TD - Sales International Holland B.V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 13 November 2001 08:40
Subject: RE: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
> True. I had the attachment outside of the function (encoding once) but this
> is a leftover of debugging and trying to get it to work. I hadn't thought of
> Bcc-ing everybody. I'll try that, thanks. Still doesn't solve the problem,
> though. Maybe a socket is the answer.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: TD - Sales International Holland B.V. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 12 November 2001 04:15
> To: Rudolf Visagie
> Subject: Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
>
>
> If you send the same message over and over wouldn't it be a LOT wiser to BCC
>
> the rest of the people? This way you are MIME-encoding the attachment over
> and over which consumes a lot of resources. MIME-encoding a 10MB file will
> suck up a P-III 600 for 20 to 30 secs or so depending on other background
> processes and diskspeed. MIME encoding the same attachment a 1000 times
> doesn't appear really fast to me. Also, with all the headers you use, you
> could just as well open a socket to the SMTP service, then you could have
> additional error checking I guess...
>
>
> Just some thoughts..
>
> regards
>
> On Monday 12 November 2001 13:47, you wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I
> > use mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
> > e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one
> gets
> > sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
> > ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
> > inside of the message body. Here's the function:
> >
> > function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from,
> $attachment,
> > $filename) {
> >
> > /*
> > This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
> > standard
> > PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
> > The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
> > content with
> > filename $filename.
> > */
> >
> > $boundary = "b".md5(uniqid(time()));
> > $mime = "From: $addr_from\n";
> > $mime .= "Reply-To: $addr_from\n";
> > $mime .= "X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n";
> > $mime .= "X-Sender: $addr_from\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; ";
> > $mime .= "boundary = $boundary\n\n";
> > $mime .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n";
> > // First the regular message
> > $mime .= "--$boundary\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64";
> > $mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($message))."\n";
> > // Now the attachment
> > $mime .= "--$boundary\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
> > $mime .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; ";
> > $mime .= "filename = ".chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
> > $mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment))."\n";
> > $mime .= "--$boundary--";
> >
> > mail ($to, $subject, "", $mime);
> > }
> >
> > and here's the loop in which it gets called:
> >
> > $i = 0;
> > while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
> > mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], "URGENT Communication",
> > $message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
> > $i++;
> > }
> >
> > Does anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > Rudolf Visagie
> > Principal Software Developer
> > Digital Healthcare Solutions
> > Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
> > Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
> > Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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RE: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
True. I had the attachment outside of the function (encoding once) but this
is a leftover of debugging and trying to get it to work. I hadn't thought of
Bcc-ing everybody. I'll try that, thanks. Still doesn't solve the problem,
though. Maybe a socket is the answer.
-Original Message-
From: TD - Sales International Holland B.V. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 12 November 2001 04:15
To: Rudolf Visagie
Subject: Re: [PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
If you send the same message over and over wouldn't it be a LOT wiser to BCC
the rest of the people? This way you are MIME-encoding the attachment over
and over which consumes a lot of resources. MIME-encoding a 10MB file will
suck up a P-III 600 for 20 to 30 secs or so depending on other background
processes and diskspeed. MIME encoding the same attachment a 1000 times
doesn't appear really fast to me. Also, with all the headers you use, you
could just as well open a socket to the SMTP service, then you could have
additional error checking I guess...
Just some thoughts..
regards
On Monday 12 November 2001 13:47, you wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I
> use mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
> e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one
gets
> sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
> ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
> inside of the message body. Here's the function:
>
> function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from,
$attachment,
> $filename) {
>
> /*
> This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
> standard
> PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
> The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
> content with
> filename $filename.
> */
>
> $boundary = "b".md5(uniqid(time()));
> $mime = "From: $addr_from\n";
> $mime .= "Reply-To: $addr_from\n";
> $mime .= "X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n";
> $mime .= "X-Sender: $addr_from\n";
> $mime .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; ";
> $mime .= "boundary = $boundary\n\n";
> $mime .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n";
> // First the regular message
> $mime .= "--$boundary\n";
> $mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
> $mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64";
> $mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($message))."\n";
> // Now the attachment
> $mime .= "--$boundary\n";
> $mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
> $mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
> $mime .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; ";
> $mime .= "filename = ".chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
> $mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment))."\n";
> $mime .= "--$boundary--";
>
> mail ($to, $subject, "", $mime);
> }
>
> and here's the loop in which it gets called:
>
> $i = 0;
> while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
> mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], "URGENT Communication",
> $message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
> $i++;
> }
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Rudolf Visagie
> Principal Software Developer
> Digital Healthcare Solutions
> Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
> Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
> Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[PHP] mail() with mailing lists problem
Hi All,
While everybody is on this topic, here's a problem I have been having. I use
mail() in a function in a loop to send e-mail with an attachment. The
e-mails get sent out to the different recipients but only the last one gets
sent correctly. The rest loses the 'From:' somewhere so that the message
ends up with the server name as from who and with the encoded attachment
inside of the message body. Here's the function:
function mail_attachment ($to, $subject, $message, $addr_from, $attachment,
$filename) {
/*
This function sends an e-mail with a file attachment using the
standard
PHP mail function with parameters $to, $subject and $message.
The $attachment parameter is a string with the attachment file
content with
filename $filename.
*/
$boundary = "b".md5(uniqid(time()));
$mime = "From: $addr_from\n";
$mime .= "Reply-To: $addr_from\n";
$mime .= "X-Mailer: Digital Healthcare Solutions\n";
$mime .= "X-Sender: $addr_from\n";
$mime .= "Content-type: multipart/mixed; ";
$mime .= "boundary = $boundary\n\n";
$mime .= "This is a MIME encoded message.\n\n";
// First the regular message
$mime .= "--$boundary\n";
$mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
$mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64";
$mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($message))."\n";
// Now the attachment
$mime .= "--$boundary\n";
$mime .= "Content-type: text/plain\n";
$mime .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
$mime .= "Content-Disposition: attachment; ";
$mime .= "filename = ".chr(34).$filename.chr(34);
$mime .= "\n\n".chunk_split(base64_encode($attachment))."\n";
$mime .= "--$boundary--";
mail ($to, $subject, "", $mime);
}
and here's the loop in which it gets called:
$i = 0;
while (isset($EmailAddress[$i])) {
mail_attachment ($EmailAddress[$i], "URGENT Communication",
$message, $addr_from, $attachment, $filename);
$i++;
}
Does anybody have any ideas?
Rudolf Visagie
Principal Software Developer
Digital Healthcare Solutions
Tel. +27(0)11 266 6946
Fax. +27(0)11 266 5080
Cell: +27(0)82 895 1598
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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