Error=Failed to send email [M94]

[colinjack]

I 'think' I have everything set up correctly.

I used testmail2.php to confirm that I needed the sendmail 'f' set to true
I used the formmail.php?testalert=1 and that worked
I have:

<input type="hidden" name="recipients" value="username(at)domain.co.uk" />

$TARGET_EMAIL = array("^username(at)domain\.co.uk$");

but I get Error=Failed to send email [M94] from DEF_ALERT

What am I doing wrong?

Tks

Colin

[russellr]

Hi,

If you need -f option, then look for this setting in FormMail:

define("SENDMAIL_F_OPTION",false); 

and set it to true:

define("SENDMAIL_F_OPTION",true); 

If that still doesn't work, then you need to specify yourself (or some email address that works) as the FromAddr. Put this in your form (or add it to your existing mail_options field):

<input type="hidden" name="mail_options" value="FromAddr=username(at)domain.co.uk" />

[colinjack]

Thanks ... that worked. Didn't realise that if I was using the -f option I needed a FromAddr: (doh!)

Colin

[colinjack]

Now that I have that working, I need to tidy the email up a bit

Is there a way to sort the output or best to use templates?

Thanks

Colin

[russellr]

Hi,

We didn't implement a sort feature. Templates are more general and more flexible, so that's what you need to use.

[colinjack]

Many thanks ...

[colinjack]

Played around with templates and then started getting Error=Failed to send email [M94] again! Not aware of having changed anything!

formmail.php:

$TARGET_EMAIL = array("^enquiries@mikeayresdesign\.co.uk$");

define("AT_MANGLE","_*_");

define("SENDMAIL_F_OPTION",true);

web form:

<input type="hidden" name="recipients" value="enquiries_*_mikeayresdesign.co.uk" />
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Website request for information">
<input type="hidden" name="mail_options" value="FromAddr=website_*_mikeayresdesign.co.uk" />
<input type="hidden" name="good_url" value="http://www.mikeayresdesign.co.uk/pages/contact/thankyou.htm">

Any ideas - I must have done something dumb, but can't see what. Didn't think I had changed anything!

Colin

[russellr]

Hi,

Played around with templates and then started getting Error=Failed to send email [M94] again! Not aware of having changed anything!

I'd wager that your hosting company has changed something on you.

Do the test email scripts work still?

[colinjack]

I am my hosting company ... and no I haven't changed anything

[russellr]

Hi,

I am my hosting company

OK. Then you'll need to look at your PHP configuration, sendmail/exim, log files, etc. to figure out what exactly is not working and why.

If FormMail asks PHP to send mail using the "mail" function, and it either:

1. says "OK" and the mail doesn't arrive, or,
2. it says it failed (this is what you're seeing)

then you need to diagnose the server problem. #2 is easier to find than #1.

It is a server problem, not a FormMail problem. Unfortunately, it seems to be intermittent, and they are the difficult ones to solve.