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PHP
Tutorial
2. Mail
as text using mail() function
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For sending mail using PHP 's mail() function as a
plain text , simple header manipulation is sufficient
containing from, to emailids and content-type with no mime - boundary
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The parameters to be used in the
header are as follows
1.From (sender E-mail Id)
2.Return-Path (Receiver's E-mail Id)
3.Content-Type with charset=US-ASCII option (the
content type is plain text here since this application aims at sending
text as mail)
4.The X-Mailer option is optional (any name can be
given if this opion is used)
if the mail has been successfully sent then the
mail() function returns 1 else 0
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Failure
of mail may be due incorrect header, invalid (in terms of syntax)from
id and To ids,thereby a javascript email validation is not essential in
this application
However this does not detect Mailer daemon
<?php
if($_POST)
{
$Email=$_POST['to_id'];
$Mail=$_POST['from_id'];
$Name=$_POST['name'];
$Mailbody=$_POST['msg_body'];
$subject=$_POST['subject'];
$Mailheaders=
"From: $Name <{$Mail}>\r\n"
.
"Return-Path: {$Mail}\r\n"
.
"Content-Type: text/plain;charset=US-ASCII\r\n"
.
"X-Mailer: SOMe name" . VERSION;
$ok=mail
("$Email","$subject",$Mailbody, $Mailheaders);
if($ok!=1)
echo
"<font face='arial' size='4' color='red'><b>Check for Valid
e-mail Id!</b></font>";
else
echo
"<font face=arial size=3 color=red>Mail has been sent
to</font><br><font color=green
size=2><b>$to_id</b></font>";
?>
<form name="frm_mail" method="post">
<table
border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>
<font
face="arial" color="red" size="4"><b>Email the
Experts</b></font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
From:
</td>
<td>
<input
type="text" name="from_id" size=30>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
To:
</td>
<td>
<input
type="text" name="to_id" size=30>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>
Subject:
</td>
<td>
<input
type="text" name="subject" size=30>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td
valign="top">
Message
Body:
</td>
<td>
<textarea
name="msg_body" rows=10 cols=50></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td
colspan="2" align="center valign="middle">
<input
type="submit" value="Send" >
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
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