I think the issue here is you need to convert the \n to be \r\n which is CRLF (Carriage Return - Line Feed) it's not a bug in PHP. Good luck, and I hope this helps.
Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Eric Rosebrock [mailto:ERIC@ 3dhavoc.net] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] BARE LF in Sending Mail from PHP Ok, this particular script (one of many) is sending the email. If you can show me how to fix this one, I can probably recode the rest of them. I believe this is the part sending the mail: function SendStory($sid, $yname, $ymail, $fname, $fmail) { global $sitename, $nukeurl, $pntable, $ModName; $result2=mysql_query("select title, time, topic from $pntable[stories] where sid=$sid"); list($title, $time, $topic) = mysql_fetch_row($result2); $result3=mysql_query("select topictext from $pntable[topics] where topicid=$topic"); list($topictext) = mysql_fetch_row($result3); $subject = ""._INTERESTING." $sitename"; $message = ""._HELLO." $fname:\n\n"._YOURFRIEND." $yname "._CONSIDERED."\n\n\n$title\n("._FDATE." $time)\n"._FTOPIC." $topictext\n\n"._URL.": $nukeurl/article.php?sid=$sid\n\n"._YOUCANREAD." $sitename\n$nukeurl"; mail($fmail, $subject, $message, "From: \"$yname\" <$ymail>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); $title = urlencode($title); $fname = urlencode($fname); //Header("Location: friend.php?op=StorySent&title=$title&fname=$fname"); // Original commented out by adam_baum 07-07-2001 when moved to a module. echo "<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=\"1; URL=modules.php?op=modload&name=$ModName&file=index\">"; echo "</head><body></body></html>"; "R'Twick Niceorgaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 048001c179c4$0a711aa0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:048001c179c4$0a711aa0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > What I believe, and as pointed out at > http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html. > mail servers require each line to end with a \r\n ( CARRIAGE RETURN > + LINE FEED) not just \n(LINE FEED). So, try appending a "\r\n" to the end > of each line ( mail headers and body) in your PHP script and see if that > fixes it. > > If you can post the php mail code you are using to send mail, then probably > some one can figure out more precisely where you are missing the CR. > > Alternatively, use phpmailer (http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ ) its a > nice program that will does all these dirty work.. > > HTH > R'twick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Rosebrock" <ERIC@(NOSPAM) 3dhavoc.net> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:39 AM > Subject: [PHP-WIN] BARE LF in Sending Mail from PHP > > > > Hey there, I posted this on the Php.net bug reporting site. Was wondering > if > > anyone else has noticed the same thing and found a fix for it. > > -------------------------- > > I am running an apache web server using PHP 4.06 on Windows 2000 Server > and > > Windows XP (so > > we know it doesn't matter the OS as long as it's MS and PHP). Now here's > my > > delima. > > > > I can send emails through MS Outlook to my specified mail address just > fine. > > There's no > > problems and it gets delivered right away. But when I try sending an email > > through a web > > form, the unix mail server running QMail rejects it with an error 451 Bare > > LF. > > > > Here's an example: > > > > This email was sent from my Outlook Client through Postcast Email Server > > Succesfully (I > > have XXXX out server names for my protection): > > > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : HELO xxxx.xxxxxx.net > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 220 gambit.xxxxxx.net ESMTP > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 gambit.xxxxxx.net > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 ok > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : DATA > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 250 ok > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [--->] : 354 go ahead > > Thread 1: 23:51:23 [<---] : QUIT > > Thread 1: 23:51:24 [--->] : 250 ok 1007074661 qp 3355 > > > > Now, this email was sent via a php script form through Postcast (I have > XXXX > > out server > > names for my protection): > > > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : HELO xxxxxx.xxxxxx.net > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 220 gambit.xxxxxx.net ESMTP > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 gambit.xxxxx.net > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : RCPT TO: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 ok > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [<---] : DATA > > Thread 1: 23:37:55 [--->] : 250 ok > > Thread 1: 23:37:56 [--->] : 354 go ahead > > Thread 1: 23:37:56 [<---] : QUIT > > Thread 1: 23:37:56 [--->] : 451 See > http://pobox.com/~djb/docs/smtplf.html. > > > > > > So what's the problem here? Do you think it could be that PHP 4.06 is > > spitting out these > > bare LF or what? I mean it's obvious that Postmaster Email Server is > sending > > the mails > > just fine from Outlook and Outlook is the source of the mail that sent > > succesfully, and > > the PHP script is the one that sent Unsuccessfully. > > > > I have tried at least 6 different SMTP servers for the win32 operating > > systems. They all > > do the same thing. This is very bad for me because I am having extreme > > difficulties > > running my site if every member signs up that has a unix email account > > running on Qmail, > > pukes on me and I have to send the emails directly to them. It's strange. > > > > I hope we can figure this one out. I have researched the net but not any > > information on > > this particular configuration. > > I would like to add that I have tried a perl script to send emails and it > > works fine. No > > bare LF. However, I tried to install Sendmail for Windows and I could not > > get that to run > > from php. So... we are back to square 1. Trying to get the Bare LF out of > > SMTP. > > Thanks,Eric Rosebrockhttp://wolfenstein.3dhavoc.net > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]