Bulk Mail using SMTP

[Peter]

Hi

Successfully implemented this on a Linux server and then decided that
I needed to do the same on a Windows Server using SMTP.

So

Added the classes:
require("../../classes/mime/smtp.php");
require("../../classes/mime/smtp_message.php");

Created the Class & set the SMTP Variables:
$email_message=new smtp_message_class;
$email_message->host_name="mail.aapt.net.au";
$email_message->host_port=25;
$email_message->ssl=0;
$email_message->localhost="localhost";
$email_message->direct_delivery=0;
$email_message->timeout=10;
$email_message->data_timeout=0;
$email_message->debug=1;
$email_message->html_debug=1;
$email_message->pop3_auth_host="";
$email_message->user="";
$email_message->realm="";
$email_message->password="";
$email_message->workstation="";
$email_message->authentication_mechanism="";

Everything else is the same as the Linux Bulk Mail App, which works.

The Windows one failed because:
Send() retains $this->host_name as mail.aapt.net.au- OK
StartSendingMessage() thinks $this->host_name is localhost- NO GOOD.

I fixed it by adding a line in StartSendingMessage() setting $this-
>smtp_host="mail.aapt.net.au";
It then worked.

Any Ideas?

Thanks. This is a really good PHP Class.

Peter Miller

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 04/29/2008 11:42 PM Peter said the following:

smtp_host is a class variable that you can set to whatever SMTP server
domain you want.

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[Peter]

OK

But why do I have to set it in StartSendingMessage()? Why doesn't
StartSendingMessage() retain the the same class variable value as
Send() does?

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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello

on 04/30/2008 02:50 AM Peter said the following:

> OK
>
> But why do I have to set it in StartSendingMessage()? Why doesn't
> StartSendingMessage() retain the the same class variable value as
> Send() does?

You should not use the StartSendingMessage because it is private and so
it is not documented. You need to use the Send function to send the message.

[Peter]

I use the Send function. Send() calls StartSendingMessage(). In the
Send() function $this->host_name is 'mail.aapt.net.au'. As soon as
StartSendingMessage() is called by the Send() function, $this-
>host_name resolves to 'localhost'.

On Apr 30, 4:02 pm, Manuel Lemos <mle...@acm.org> wrote:

> Hello
>
> on 04/30/2008 02:50 AM Peter said the following:
>
> > OK
>
> > But why do I have to set it in StartSendingMessage()? Why doesn't
> > StartSendingMessage() retain the the same class variable value as
> > Send() does?
>
> You should not use the StartSendingMessage because it is private and so
> it is not documented. You need to use the Send function to send the message.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Manuel Lemos
>

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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 04/30/2008 03:54 AM Peter said the following:

> I use the Send function. Send() calls StartSendingMessage(). In the
> Send() function $this->host_name is 'mail.aapt.net.au'. As soon as
> StartSendingMessage() is called by the Send() function, $this-
>> host_name resolves to 'localhost'.

The right variable to set is smtp_host. There is no host_name variable.
That is of the SMTP object, which is private and you should not be
poking it.

[Peter]

So where do I set smtp_host? As you can see from above, I set
$email_message->host_name="mail.aapt.net.au"; Should I have set
$email_message->smpt_host="mail.aapt.net.au";?

I am not trying to poke it, just trying to get it to work. My poke
worked.

I should be able to set a global SMPT mail server without having to
modify smpt_message.php.

Regards

Peter

On Apr 30, 5:04 pm, Manuel Lemos <mle...@acm.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> on 04/30/2008 03:54 AM Peter said the following:
>
> > I use the Send function. Send() calls StartSendingMessage(). In the
> > Send() function $this->host_name is 'mail.aapt.net.au'. As soon as
> > StartSendingMessage() is called by the Send() function, $this-
> >> host_name resolves to 'localhost'.
>
> The right variable to set is smtp_host. There is no host_name variable.
> That is of the SMTP object, which is private and you should not be
> poking it.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Manuel Lemos
>

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[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

on 04/30/2008 05:22 AM Peter said the following:

> So where do I set smtp_host? As you can see from above, I set
> $email_message->host_name="mail.aapt.net.au"; Should I have set
> $email_message->smpt_host="mail.aapt.net.au";?

If you read the documentation, you do not need to wonder reading the
source. Only the smpt_host variable is documented and is the one to
use. The host_name variable is not even of this package, it is of the
SMTP class.