anonymous emailer

[hvle]

how do I create an annonymous emailing?

for each member on my site, i'd like to give them an annoymous email, such as [email protected].
and when somebody send email to that email, it'll forward to the user real email address.

Is this possible in php?

thank guys

[hitman6003]

If you are talking about an actual email box, then you would have to set it up through your host using mail forwarding.

However, you can create a contact form using html/php and never reveal the person's email address.

[hvle]

yes, i know i can use a send mail.  But the point here is give user an email address that can be send from anywhere.

is it possible to set up email forwarding with PHP, i need it to be dynamicly.

[hitman6003]

Probably, but not easily.  You would have to have a cron script that would check the [email protected] email boxes, and forward them out to the real addresses.

[hvle]

yes, I have a db to convert [email protected] to their actual email.

The hard work is, when somebody email to [email protected], I have to catch it with the mail server (POP or SMTP).

[hitman6003]

[quote]I have to catch it with the mail server (POP or SMTP)[/quote]

You would have to have a mailbox set up for each one that would be checked by your script...or set up address forwarding on your mail host.

[hvle]

can't do that, everything need to be dynamicly.  so to summarize what I wanted to do:

for each user:
1.  create string of annonymous account name, ie. [email protected], and store in db.
2.  intercept incomming emails, like a filter.
3.  match the annonymous account and send the content of email to the actual email address.

step 2 is where I have no clue.