[FX.php List] PHP send-mail problems

[Bob Patin]

I think it's my mail server that's timing out... none of the methods seem to work properly no matter what I try...

Thanks for all the input; I'll probably stick w/ Sockmail for now since it's worked so well for years...

Bob Patin
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On Jul 9, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Denis Somar wrote:

> i dont know Swift but have used PHPmailer REGARDLESS, based on your
> code it looks like youre constructing a new email but youre never
> actually sending it - at least the way i would imagine it works.
> 
> best,
> denis
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 9, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sigh... I can't get anything to go through with either PHPMailer or Swiftmailer. Frustrating...
>> 
>> Here's the Swift code I'm using:
>> 
>> <?php
>> require_once 'lib/swift_required.php';
>> 
>> // Create the Transport the call setUsername() and setPassword()
>> $transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.longtermsolutions.com', 25)
>>   ->setUsername('swiftmailer')
>>   ->setPassword('*****')
>> ;
>> 
>> // Create the message
>> $message = Swift_Message::newInstance($transport)
>> 
>>   // Give the message a subject
>>   ->setSubject('Test Swiftmailer message')
>> 
>>   // Set the From address with an associative array
>>   ->setFrom(array('swiftmailer at patin.com' => 'Swiftmailer'))
>> 
>>   // Set the To addresses with an associative array
>>   ->setTo(array('bob at patin.com', 'info at longtermsolutions.com' => 'recipients'))
>> 
>>   // Give it a body
>>   ->setBody('Here is the message itself')
>> 
>> ;
>> 
>> echo 'Message sent at '.date('h:i:s').'...';
>> 
>> ?>
>> 
>> 
>> Bob Patin
>> Longterm Solutions LLC
>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>> 615-333-6858
>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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>> On Jul 9, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>> 
>>> I use Swift as well. Very easy to get set up using their samples and online doc.
>>> 
>>> Dale
>>> 
>>> On Jul 9, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Leo R. Lundgren wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Try using Swiftmailer or PHPmailer. I usually use the former.
>>>> 
>>>> 9 jul 2012 kl. 17.19 skrev Bob Patin:
>>>> 
>>>>> I've been using a sockmail script for years, and it's worked great; for some reason, I'm getting huge delays now, so decided I'd look into using something different.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I found a script that uses PEAR, but it requires a file called PEAR.php, which I don't have and don't know where to download; I assume that since this is PHP 5, PEAR's running on the server, but without this file, I can't make anything work.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I need to be able to send mail using authentication, which PHP's vanilla SEND doesn't do; does anyone have either a script or whatever I might need to try sending mail using another method?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bob Patin
>>>>> Longterm Solutions LLC
>>>>> bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>>>> 615-333-6858
>>>>> http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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