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Bug #14954 Warning: Server Error with mail() function
Submitted: 2002-01-09 17:10 UTC Modified: 2002-07-03 01:00 UTC
Votes:45
Avg. Score:4.4 ± 1.0
Reproduced:37 of 37 (100.0%)
Same Version:18 (48.6%)
Same OS:25 (67.6%)
From: jberall at yahoo dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Mail related
PHP Version: 4.1.0 OS: Windows 2000
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-01-09 17:10 UTC] jberall at yahoo dot com 
The mail() function doesn't work properly.  
Every so often it does send mail.
I tried putting the php.ini in the c:\php\php.ini instead of the c:\winnt\php.ini but that didn't help.
I've been at it a while and I've found no solutions on the web yet, while other people have encountered the same issue.
PHP.INI has a valid SMTP =  mail.pnang.com and sendmail_from = jberall@yahoo.com.

The code
mail("jberall@yahoo.com", "My Subject", "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
And the birthday one from the manual.
Again the frustrating part is it worked last night. My outlook works perfectly with the same SMTP.
Thanks,
Jonathan

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 [2002-06-02 13:51 UTC] mfischer@php.net 
Error handlig has been improvied, please try a snapshot from http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip
 [2002-07-03 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 [2004-07-01 22:57 UTC] cleilton at secrel dot net dot br 
I have the same problem using php 4.2, windows 2000 server iis5.
I resolve the problem using \r\n not \n for the break line.
Example:

mail("cleilton_ce@hotmail.com", "My Subject", "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");

This code results in a server error

Correct code:

$email = mail("cleilton_ce@hotmail.com", "My Subject", "Line 1\r\nLine 2\r\nLine 3");

If ($email){
    echo "E-mail was sent!";
}

:-)
 
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