PhpMailer Difficulty

[devsie]

A while back when eUKHost changed php mail() function I had to re-work some code quickly.

Now i'm very novice with coding, but following one of the forum links I managed to re-do things with phpMailer. (I believe). However, I can't get the BCC part to work.

Does the AddCC and AddBCC function not work on our servers? Or is it something I'm doing wrong.

From Worx International Inc. I find:

AddCC($address, $name = "")
Adds a "Cc" address. Note: this function works with the SMTP mailer on win32, not with the "mail" mailer.

AddBCC($address, $name = "")
Adds a "Bcc" address. Note: this function works with the SMTP mailer on win32, not with the "mail" mailer.

Is there a way to do BCC's?

Thank you,
~devs

[Silvestercom]

Hello Devs,

I have not tried this code but this may help you with your coding :

<?php
$subject = "Your Test Email";

$message = " $todayis [EST] \n
Inquiry by: $visitor \n
Their email: $visitormail \n
Phone: $myphone \n
Sender IP address: $MyIP \n
Message: $notes \n
";

$message = $message."This is a test message. \n";

include("Mail.php");
/* mail setup recipients, subject etc */

$To=(string)$SendToEmail ;
$bcc = "WEBMASTERS_EMAIL_ADDRESS";
$recipients = $To.",".$bcc;
$headers["From"] = "youremailaddress";
$headers["To"] = $To;
$headers["Reply-To"] = $visitormail;
$headers["Subject"] = $subject;
$mailmsg = $message;
/* SMTP server name, port, user/passwd */
$smtpinfo["host"] = "smtpservername";
$smtpinfo["port"] = "25";
$smtpinfo["auth"] = true;
$smtpinfo["username"] = "Emailaddress";
$smtpinfo["password"] = "emailpassword";
/* Create the mail object using the Mail::factory method */
$mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtpinfo);
/* Ok send mail */
$mail_object->send($recipients, $headers, $mailmsg);

?>

Regards,
Silvester J

[devsie]

Hello, thank-you for the reply.

The type of coding I'm using is as below. I believe it uses a sort of PHPMailer 'plugin'/'software'.

ob_start();
require("class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "XXXX"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "XXXX"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "XXXX"; // SMTP password

$mail->From = "admin@eye2eyerecruitment.com";
$mail->FromName = "Eye2eye Recruitment";
$mail->AddAddress("admin@eye2eyerecruitment.com");

$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->IsHTML(true); // set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = "Eye2eye --- Locum Registered";

$mail->Body = "Hello this is a message";

$mail->AltBody = "This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients.";

if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}

Not sure how to successfully use it to do BCC's or CC's.

~devs

[Silvestercom]

Hello ,

Try to add AddBCC as below

$mail->AddBCC("bcc@yourdomain.com");

Example :

ob_start();
require("class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "XXXX"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "XXXX"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "XXXX"; // SMTP password

$mail->From = "admin@eye2eyerecruitment.com";
$mail->FromName = "Eye2eye Recruitment";
$mail->AddAddress("admin@eye2eyerecruitment.com");
$mail->AddBCC("bcc@yourdomain.com"); // replace it with your existing email id

$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->IsHTML(true); // set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = "Eye2eye --- Locum Registered";

$mail->Body = "Hello this is a message";

$mail->AltBody = "This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients.";

if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}

Thanks,
Silvester J

[devsie]

Hello Silvester,

Been a while but still having this same problem and it's becoming more important to fix it.

I've tried
$mail->AddBCC("bcc@yourdomain.com"); etc and it didn't help.

I tried running the whole script twice
for($foo=1; $foo<=2; $foo++)
{
if ($foo=="1")
{$email="someone@home.com";}
if ($foo=="2")
{$email="someone@home.com";}

MAILER FUNCTION
$mail->AddAddress($email, "Name");
}

...and that hasn't worked either.

In the class.mailer.php file I read the following. I don't know if it's relevant or explains why it's not working for me. And even if it does, i need a way around it.

/**
* Adds a "Cc" address. Note: this function works
* with the SMTP mailer on win32, not with the "mail"
* mailer.
* @param string $address
* @param string $name
* @return void
*/
function AddCC($address, $name = "") {
$cur = count($this->cc);
$this->cc[$cur][0] = trim($address);
$this->cc[$cur][1] = $name;
}



Please help.
~devsie

[eUk-Reeve]

Hi Devsie,

Please give a try to below code .

$mail->AddBCC($data['my_email']);

Note :: Replace "my_email" to the actual email address.

[devsie]

Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately, that didn't work.

I used :

$mail->AddBCC($data['admin@eye2eyerecruitment.com']); 

And got back:

"Message could not be sent.

Mailer Error: Language string failed to load: recipients_failed" error.

If I take out the php line you suggested, it works again, but obviously only sends to one recipient. Any further suggestions?