anybody know of a good form mail script or program

travisjforeman · 2009-01-30T19:48:01+00:00

I don't like paying monthly service fees. I found a few online, but all seemed built for unix systems. thank you.

travisjforeman

i'll be trying it today.
i do have php installed and that is working so i will test out the form mail program.
thanks, you've been a life saver.

travisjforeman

error in form mailer
I don't really know what this means:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\formmail\formmailer.php on line 511.
here is my form:
www.theforemansfamily.com/formmail/form.php
here is my code:
www.theforemansfamily.com/formmail/code.txt

rrinc

Unfortunately on Windows, PHP needs to have a mail server (on linux it uses sendmail) and have it specified in php.ini.

Axis

I do have a hmail server that the script points *to* (recieves the mail) but that is a different domain than the one I send "from." I think you could just use your own ISP server if your are running on an LAN, just as in php bb, right?
I don't have anything in my Aprelium pre-configured PHP ini that points to any mail server other than:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
I didn't need to do anything to php ini to get dbformmailer to work for me.
I am not sure what the problem would.
Regards,
Axis

travisjforeman

I just recovered from a virus or something, used system restore. I think everything is fine.
anyway, i just changed this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
to this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.alltel.net
smtp_port = 25
I actually have windstream. I think it's going to change to their's and not alltel's soon. I hope they don't change much.
anyway, for now, it's working.
thanks.

travisjforeman

their instructions are:
Go to the Tools menu and select Accounts.
Click on the Mail tab and click on Properties.
On the General tab, replace your Alltel e-mail address with your @windstream.net e-mail address.
Click on the Servers tab and replace the existing information with the following:
Incoming mail server: pop.windstream.net
Outgoing mail server: smtp.windstream.net
Account name: Your Windstream.net e-mail address
Place a checkmark on My server requires authentication and click OK.
I guess for my form, i wouldn't need incoming i'd just need outgoing.
but my email address and authentication. i'm not sure if i can do that

travisjforeman

Here is some information i found about using Pear. (part of php).
http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/et073006.htm
But. i'm still not sure how to set pear up (or if it's even supported), in my php 5 that i downloaded.
Is there something else i need to download, and will it be supported by abyss.
I will poke around on the net some more and see if i can figure it out, but in the meantime if anybody has extra information, like where to download it or their suggestions, i will appreciate it, thanks. travis.

travisjforeman

I heard google can act as a smtp outgoing mail server.
I suppose the ol' boys over at google don't let you use your own email client?
I wish to use my email client, my php form mail program, and their outgoing mail server.
Is this possible?

aprelium

travisjforeman wrote
I heard google can act as a smtp outgoing mail server.
I suppose the ol' boys over at google don't let you use your own email client?
I wish to use my email client, my php form mail program, and their outgoing mail server.
Is this possible?

Yes they do but their SMTP server requires SSL and authentication. Both features are not supported by the simple SMTP implementation of PHP.

tmaximus89

Thanks for the info

rrinc

You could probably have some kind of proxy (on your server) to bridge the gap between PHP and the SSL it doesn't support.