Why the mail () function does not deliver emails???

[npsari]

I am using the below normal mail function

 

<?php

$to = "someone@hotmail.com";

$email = "someone@yahoo.com";

$subject = "This is a new message";

$message = "Hi there, this message should arrive";

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $email");

echo "The email has been sent.";

?>

 

But the emails never reach

Nothing arrives to destination

Only few times it does

What do famous sites use to deliver their emails

They cant be using this one

Does anyone know why this is happening

[supermerc]

are you using free hosting?

[springo]

Check if your hosting has SMTP disabled.

[npsari]

no, i am not using Free hosting actually

 

ohh, how can I see if the SMTP is disabled

[tawevolution]

I have the same problem.

 

in the phpinfo thing it says:

SMTP --> localhost

smtp_port --> 25

 

Why does this not work - is it because its set to localhost?

 

[neel_basu]

The IP of your Host is blocked by othere email services . may be some other users have sent so many unsolicited mails before.

Or You need to sen MIME Mail.

You can use http://zigmoyd.sourceforge.net/man/mail.php

With authentication On(true).

If uused with auth true. It will Use another server(I've tested it with http://www.bluebottle.com email account.)(In this case It will use bluebottle's email server) to send Mails.

the current version 1.0.1.0 has some bugs

Use the Previous version

[npsari]

Thanks for the info

I will work on it