Are there any Flash/send_email.php guru's about?

[ridebmx]

I am having a blonde day, I swear I cant see what I am doing wrong today.

On my server I am already running a flash site, with contact form which works.

But today, I cannot get an html file including a flash contact form to work for the life of me!
Same form, same send_email.php file....
It's hanging at the sending, as if php isnt activated on the server, but I am assuming it is as the other site would fail too if it wasnt?

Anyone able to kick me in the pants about this?
It's gotta be simple lol

[Alan B]

Remember that any address that you use as the FROM (sender address) must first exist on the server as either a mail account or a mail forwarder.

[ridebmx]

Hmm, I have used a gmail account as a test account before and it worked.....
Although you have me doubting now heh.

Tis a very simple php file,

<?php
$contact_name = $_POST[‘name’];
$contact_email = $_POST[‘email’];
$contact_subject = $_POST[’subject’];
$contact_message = $_POST[‘message’];

if( $contact_name == true )
{
$sender = $contact_email;
$receiver = “c1webdesign@gmail.com”;
$client_ip = $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’];

$email_body = “Name: $contact_name \nEmail: $sender \nSubject: $contact_subject \nMessage: $contact_message \nIP: $client_ip \nFlash Contact Form provided by http://www.c1webdesigns.com”;
$email_body_auto_reply = “Hello $contact_name, \nWe have sent your form to N.Z.B.Z.D.D and they will be in touch as soon as possible. Thank you for your time and query. \nAdmin - http://www.badd.co.nz";

$extra = “From: $sender\r\n“ . “Reply-To: $sender \r\n“ . “X-Mailer: PHP/” . phpversion();
$extra_auto_reply = “From: $receiver\r\n“ . “Reply-To: $receiver \r\n“ . “X-Mailer: PHP/” . phpversion();

mail( $sender, “Auto Reply - Re: $subject”, $email_body_auto_reply, $extra_auto_reply ); // auto reply mail to sender

if( mail( $receiver, “N.Z.B.A.D.D Contact Form - $contact_subject”, $email_body, $extra ) )
{
echo “success=yes”;
}
else
{
echo “success=no”;
}
}

?>

[Alan B]

As I said, the sender must exist on the server. This is to help prevent spam originating from these servers.

[ridebmx]

The sender or the receiver?

As the sender is the person who is filling in the form, so they wont have an address that exists on the server.........?

[Alan B]

The sender is whatever address actually sends the message from the server/form. If you are setting the person filling the form as the sender, then that is not valid on these servers.

[ridebmx]

Hmm, then pray tell, how would I set this code up to use something else as the sender?

(Also why does this work on another site, on the same server?)