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Sending a plain text e-mail

Sending a plain-text e-mail through PHP is a simple process

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:
  1. mail ($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

The $to parameter can look like:

example@mysite.com
example@mysite.com, user@mysite.com
Example Sr <example@mysite.com>, Example Jr <user@mysite.com>

Common headers to use in your messages:

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:
  1. $headers =  "From: yourname@yoursite.com\r\n
  2.              Reply-To: replyhere@yoursite.com\r\n
  3.              Cc: watcher@yoursite.com\r\n
  4.              Bcc: spy@yoursite.com\r\n
  5.              X-Mailer: YourApplicationNameHere\r\n"

13. April 2007howto, mail, php 0 Comments »