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Recently a strange problem/bug appeared in one of my scripts. A user fills a form and send it to me with email. The email contains all the fields of the user plus some more data from a database. The fields are also stored in a database for cross-reference.
But 1 out of 10 emails fails. I see the record in the databse, but no email reachs me.
I have tested the script with Opera, IE and Firefox, and with 6 emails accounts (yahoo, hotmail, google, plus some company emails).
The script use the php mail() function (no smtp) and I use it in all of my applications, without any problems so far.
What could it be wrong in this case? Any ideas on what to check?
Any help/advise is appreciated!
As for the server option: is there a way to determine if the server is reachable and if not to switch to some other means?
$mail = mail('you@example.com', 'Subject', 'Message', headers);
if($mail)
{
echo 'Message sent.';
}
else
{
echo 'Message NOT sent!';
}
I don't know exactly what that confirms but it is a better indication than nothing as to whether your message has been accepted by sendmail.
Returns TRUE if the mail was successfully accepted for delivery, FALSE otherwise.It is important to note that just because the mail was accepted for delivery, it does NOT mean the mail will actually reach the intended destination.
