k i wrote this script myself and i remember it working on another server but now when i put iton mine, i do not know why it will not email myself.
The htm file looks like:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to the Alumni Contact Information Page!</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="mailer.php">
<h1><center><b>Alumni Contact Information</b></center></h1>
<center>
Please just take a couple of minutes and fill out this form so we can keep our Alumni Database Up-to-Date.Thankyou!If you have any trouble viewing this page please contact the Alumni Officer at: blahb@mtsu.edu Also Currently some of the fields are having trouble recieving some of the information, so until we have a solution for the problem expect a phone call from you Alumni Officer.
</center>
<br>
<center>ID Number(If known):<br>
<input type="text" name="id_number" size="19"><br>
First Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="first_name" size="19"><br>
Middle Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="middle_name" size="19"><br>
Last Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="last_name" size="19"><br>
Address:<br>
<input type="text" name="address" size="35"><br>
City: <br>
<input type="text" name="city" size="19"><br>
State:<br>
<select name = "sel_State">
				<option value ="Alabama">Alabama</option>
				<option value ="Alaska">Alaska</option>
				<option value ="Arizona">Arizona</option>
				<option value ="Arkansas">Arkansas</option>
				<option value ="California">California</option>
				<option value ="Colorado">Colorado</option>
				<option value ="Connecticut">Connecticut</option>
				<option value ="Delaware">Delaware</option>
				<option value ="Florida">Florida</option>
				<option value ="Georgia">Georgia</option>
				<option value ="Hawaii">Hawaii</option>
				<option value ="Idaho">Idaho</option>
				<option value ="Illinois">Illinois</option>
				<option value ="Indiana">Indiana</option>
				<option value ="Iowa">Iowa</option>
				<option value ="Kansas">Kansas</option>
				<option value ="Kentucky">Kentucky</option>
				<option value ="Louisiana">Louisiana</option>
				<option value ="Maine">Maine</option>
				<option value ="Maryland">Maryland</option>
				<option value ="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</option>
				<option value ="Michigan">Michigan</option>
				<option value ="Minnesota">Minnesota</option>
				<option value ="Mississippi">Mississippi</option>
				<option value ="Missouri">Missouri</option>
				<option value ="Montana">Montana</option>
				<option value ="Nebraska">Nebraska</option>
				<option value ="Nevada">Nevada</option>
				<option value ="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</option>
				<option value ="New Jersey">New Jersey</option>
				<option value ="New Mexico">New Mexico</option>
				<option value ="New York">New York</option>
				<option value ="North Carolina">North Carolina</option>
				<option value ="North Dakota">North Dakota</option>
				<option value ="Ohio">Ohio</option>
				<option value ="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</option>
				<option value ="Oregon">Oregon</option>
				<option value ="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</option>
				<option value ="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</option>
				<option value ="South Carolina">South Carolina</option>
				<option value ="South Dakota">South Dakota</option>
				<option value ="Tennessee">Tennessee</option>
				<option value ="Texas">Texas</option>
				<option value ="Utah">Utah</option>
				<option value ="Vermont">Vermont</option>
				<option value ="Virginia">Virginia</option>
				<option value ="Washington">Washington</option>
				<option value ="West Virginia">West Virginia</option>
				<option value ="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</option>
				<option value ="Wyoming">Wyoming</option>
</select>
<br>
Zip Code:<br>
<input type="text" name="zip_code" size="19"><br>
Initiation Date(If Known):<br>
<input type="text" name="iniation_date" size="19"><br>
Email:<br>
<input type="text" name="email" size="19"><br>
Preferrable Phone Number:<br>
<input type="text" name="preferrable_phone_number" size="19"><br>
Secondary Phone Number:<br>
<input type="text" name="secondary_phone_number" size="19"><br>
Thankyou for taking time to complete this form!<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit">	
</center>
</body>
</html>

then the php file.. or the mailer file which actually mails it 2 wherever i am requesting looks like so:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
    $to = "extremebondagent@earthlink.net";
		$from ="extremebondagent@earthlink.net";
		$subject = "Alumni Contact Information";
		$id_number = $_POST['id_number'];
		$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
		$middle_name = $_POST['middle_name'];
		$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
		$address = $_POST['address'];
		$city = $_POST['city'];
		$sel_State = $_POST['sel_State'];
		$zip_code = $_POST['zip_code'];
		$initiation_date = $_POST['zip_code'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$preferrable_phone_number = $_POST['preferrable_phone_number'];
		$secondary_phone_number = $_POST['secondary_phone_number'];

$body = "From: $last_name, $first_name\n ID Number: $id_number\n First Name: $first_name\n Middle Name: $middle_name\n Last Name: $last_name\n Address: $address\n City: $city\n State: $sel_State\n Zip Code: $zip_code\n Iniation Date: $iniation_date\n Email: $email\n Preferrable Phone Number: $preferrable_phone_number\n Secondary Phone Number: $secondary_phone_number";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to! Thankyou for your time.";
		mail($to, $from, $subject, $body);
} else {
			 	echo "blarg!";
}
?>

after i hit submit on the alumnicontacts page i get this error:

Data has been submitted to extremeuniqueagent@earthlink.net! Thankyou for your time.
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 <, >: missing or malformed local part in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\ATO\mailer.php on line 22

Also the code that is setup in my php.ini file that is located in my C:/Windows file and in my php5 folder looks like so:


[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtpauth.earthlink.net
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = extremeuniqueagent@earthlink.net

i have made sure the port was correct and i have also made sure the smtp server is correct ... which they are! how come i keep getting this error? plz help me... also the server is an auth server so maybe i must put my username and password if so , how would i do that?