Problem with mail function

[gple]

I have a table full of email addresses and I concatenate the addresses into one variable  separating each email address with a comma so the variable is like this:

 

email1@hotmail.com, email2@hotmail.com, email3@aol.com

 

I set up my function to send an email with these addresses in the BCC line. the email goes to the hotmail addresses but not to the aol address. If I put this in the to line the email goes to all the addresses. I basically want to send out an email to multiple addresses without each person seeing the other addresses I sent it to. I know it sounds like Spam but this is a mailing list.

[dswain]

I'm not an expert on any mailing system, but how are you entering the addresses into the BCC line? For example, are you just dumping all of the addresses in as that variable or are you selecting ones with particular domains?

[gple]

NO I am pulling all of the addresses into that variable.

[MadTechie]

How to send BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) e-mail on AOL

 

When you send an email to a large number of people, whatever your reasons may be, you give each person on that mailing list the chance to send a reply to all of the recipients. Sometimes, you may not want that option to exist...or, perhaps, you don't even want them to know who else the message was sent to.

 

Sending a mail as a Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) solves that problem. Instead of seeing a To: or CC: field with numerous addresses, the recipient sees only this (where recipient shows only their own email address):

Subject:  interesting information

Date: 12:01 AM PST 01-01-00

From: Momokatte

BCC: recipient

 

To do this, enclose the addresses in your To: or CC: textbox with parentheses, like this:

 

(ScreenName1, ScreenName2, ScreenName3, Person@domain.com, Person@domain.net)

 

And send your mail as usual. This works with both AOL addresses and internet addresses.

 

Note: If you send the e-mail to yourself, the BCC addresses won't be hidden. This is so you know who you sent it to. Don't worry, everyone else will get the mail with the BCC addresses hidden.

 

Another Note: Don't even think about using this method to send spam to a ton of people. It's really easy to report spammers on AOL, and your account will be cancelled immediately.

 

Source: http://www.cosmicat.com/aol/email/email_bcc.php

[gple]

This is only supposed to work when sending email from an aol account. I am not trying to do that, I am trying to send out a mass email from a PHP form. I tried doing this from an AOL account as well and it tells me that AOL does not support this and to use the BCC line.

[TEENFRONT]

AOL also has very strict anti spam filters and often simply wont deliver email sent from POP3, nevermind php.

 

I have over 125,000 members, and my newsletter simply doesnt get through to @aol.com users. To ensure members get newsletter, we also created a PM system, so we dont have to rely on email.