anybody know of a good form mail script or program

 
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travisjforeman
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:48 pm    Post subject: anybody know of a good form mail script or program Reply with quote

I don't like paying monthly service fees.

I found a few online, but all seemed built for unix systems.

thank you.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. What about this?: http://swiftmailer.org/
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:27 am    Post subject: complicated Reply with quote

granted, i don't know much about programming, i can work around computers, it's like a second language, and i'm not altogether good at learning new languages, but i know a little and can work around things,

but this looks complicated.

i need something simple
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 6:11 am    Post subject: another way of putting it Reply with quote

you showed my the cadillac. at my pay grade, i'll settle for a yugo.
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Axis
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello travisjforeman

I love this formmail program. You need php installed but since changing to it I have had virtually no spam.

http://www.dbmasters.net/

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Axis
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:55 pm    Post subject: thanks Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:23 am    Post subject: error in form mailer Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately on Windows, PHP needs to have a mail server (on linux it uses sendmail) and have it specified in php.ini.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:25 am    Post subject: I got it working Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 1:47 pm    Post subject: I don't think i can get it working with my new isp Reply with quote

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
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:07 pm    Post subject: Using Pear Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:07 pm    Post subject: remote smtp servers? Reply with quote

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?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:50 pm    Post subject: Re: remote smtp servers? Reply with quote

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.
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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the info
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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2009 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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