php not sending email

I'm trying to implement this script to send email:

<?php
$to = "myemail@gmail.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "myemail@gmail.com";
$headers = "From: $from";
$sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

// if your email succesfully sent
if($sentmail){
echo "Email Has Been Sent .";
}
else {
echo "Cannot Send Email ";
}

?>

PHP:

I ran the script using "php -q mail.php" and the output I have is Email Has Been Sent but I never get the email. any of you knows what can it be wrong?

 

you need to have smtp server running on your system

 

Hi all, thank you phpl0v3r
I have also this problem, but what is smtp server, and how to know if the server of my site has smtp or not ?

 

Telnet to port 25. If you can't connect then ask support if they are running it on another port.

If you don't have an SMTP daemon installed locally - use googles. Search for 'PHP google smtp'.
This is probably a better solution as googles SMTP servers are usually white listed, making the deliverability higher.

Where as your hosting server probably has a few hundred more people sharing it, and if one of them decides to send out spammy messages - they've also blacklisted you.

 

please check the spam folder, may be ip of your host is blacklisted. If you need php email form PM me I will send you the working code.

 

Take a look at http://www.php.net/manual/pt_BR/function.mail.php for more info and examples.

 

Thanks all
but I dont understand spam folder and how to see if my host is blacklisted so can u give me the details please ?

 

Basically, create a new testing page without form. setup some dummy variables. use a working example from online tutorials. and try it.

some times your server requires return address too before sending an email actually. so you will have to define -r parameter with your returning email.

if you need more assistance, PM me with your code and I will be able to help.

thanks

 

According your code, you can send the mail....!!!
Make sure smtp server, nothing more than that.

 

use this mail function.
<?php

//Check whether the submission is made
if(isset($hidSubmit)){

//Declarate the necessary variables
$mail_to=$txtEmailto;
$mail_from=$txtEmailfrm;
$mail_sub=$txtSub;
$mail_mesg=$txtMsg;

//Check for success/failure of delivery
if(mail($mail_to,$mail_sub,$mail_mesg,"From:$mail_from/r/nReply-to:$mail_from"))
echo "<span class='red'>E-mail has been sent successfully from $mail_sub to $mail_to</span>";
else
echo "<span class='red'>Failed to send the E-mail from $mail_sub to $mail_to</span>";
}
?>

 

If you run the code in localhost, it's not work !

 

there are many errors in your code..

 

I'd recommend against using mail() and going with PHPMailer's library. Chances are that anything sent by your server will be blacklisted or marked as spam unless you've setup a mailserver and can do signing from it. SMTP to a signed mail server will keep your messages out of spam and isn't hard to implement. A lot of hosting companies offer a SMTP server to use.

It could also be from Gmail filtering out your message because it sees it as spam (fyi).