The mail() function doesn't like dots

[marmite]

As soon as i include dots in the address below, the mail function falls over.

 

So I've escaped them with "/" but now the email actually prints out "www/.cardsunlimited/.com" !

 

Does anyone know how to get round this problem? Thanks!

 

	$message .= "www/.cardsunlimited/.com \n";
	$email=$row[email_address];
	mail($email, "Cards Unlimited: Forgotten Password", $message, $headers);

[taith]

escapes are \... not /

[kenrbnsn]

What do you mean by "the mail function falls over"? Do you get errors? We need to see more of your code.

 

Ken

[marmite]

Sorry. I think all I need is to escape the dots, but / and \ don't work.

 

1) If $message contains "www.cardsunlimited.com", the mail does not send. Where would I find errors? (I'm new to this. I only have access to part of the server. I have some .gz files in a log folder... but they appear to be in Chinese)

 

2) If $message contains "www/.cardsunlimited/.com" instead, it sends the email with "www/.cardsunlimited/.com"

 

3) If $message contains "www\.cardsunlimited\.com" instead, I changed this to backslashes and it sends the email as "www\.cardsunlimited\.com"

[taith]

then its not a matter of escaping the .'s... something else would be going on there...

[kenrbnsn]

As I said before, please post more of your code.

 

Ken

[marmite]

 

This code works:

 

if ($_POST['fpwd_x']) {
// Check username and password
$fu = $_POST['username'];
$query = sprintf("SELECT * from users where username = '%s'", mysql_real_escape_string($fu));
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error in query " . mysql_error());
$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($numrows > 0) {
	$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
	$headers = "From: Cards Unlimited Password Recovery <[email protected]>\n\r";
	$message = "Dear $row[first_name], \n\n";
	$message .= "Your password for Cards Unlimited is: $row[password] \n\n";
	$message .= "Thank you for your custom, \n";
	$message .= "The Cards Unlimited team \n";
	$email=$row[email_address];
	mail($email, "Cards Unlimited: Forgotten Password", $message, $headers);
} else {
	$error = "Sorry, username does not exist";
}
}

 

This code doesn't (one line added: final $message line)

if ($_POST['fpwd_x']) {
// Check username and password
$fu = $_POST['username'];
$query = sprintf("SELECT * from users where username = '%s'", mysql_real_escape_string($fu));
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error in query " . mysql_error());
$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);
if ($numrows > 0) {
	$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
	$headers = "From: Cards Unlimited Password Recovery <[email protected]>\n\r";
	$message = "Dear $row[first_name], \n\n";
	$message .= "Your password for Cards Unlimited is: $row[password] \n\n";
	$message .= "Thank you for your custom, \n";
	$message .= "The Cards Unlimited team \n";
	$message .="www.cardsunlimited.com \n";
                $email=$row[email_address];
	mail($email, "Cards Unlimited: Forgotten Password", $message, $headers);
} else {
	$error = "Sorry, username does not exist";
}
}

[kenrbnsn]

If you change that last line to some other value, does the message get sent? It's possible the message is being caught by an overaggressive spam filter. Did you look in your spam mailbox?

 

Ken

[marmite]

Good God!

 

You're right, the messages are all in spam! That fixes a bunch of problems...

 

Thank you!

 

Is there any way to keep the link in there, but escape the spam filters?

 

Thanks, you've saved me loads of time (and a stress-induced ulcer, I suspect).

Emma

[taith]

yup! get a less agressive antispam program

[marmite]

Cheers...!

 

So I was testing it on my gmail account... is it gmail's anti-spam, or is it norton (that i have installed on my home pc) that deals with this?

 

Thanks

[kenrbnsn]

You might try putting the full URL in angle brackets like this:

<?php
$message .= "<http://www.cardsunlimited.com/> \n";
?>

 

I don't know if it will help.

 

Ken

[Daniel0]

So I was testing it on my gmail account... is it gmail's anti-spam, or is it norton (that i have installed on my home pc) that deals with this?

 

It depends on whether you are accessing it using POP or if you use Gmail's web interface.