Warning: mail() SMTP server response: Need Rcpt command

[akknobloch]

I recently moved my website to a new host and I started getting this error when I would try to submit a form:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 503 5.5.2 Need Rcpt command.
The email would send to the recipient, but the receipt would not send to the sender. Error said it was on line 51. I highlighted line 51 in red. Here is a part of the code:

$my_email = "clientchange@abgemail.com";
$continue = "/";
$sender = $_POST['emailedBy'];


// This line prevents values being entered in a URL

if ($Filed_By=="")
{
/* print("<script language=\"javascript\">window.history.back();</script>");*/
$noName=1;
}

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != "POST")
{
$noInfo=1;
exit;
}


// This line prevents a blank form being sent

if ($noName<>1)
{
while(list($key,$value) = each($_POST)){if(!(empty($value))){$set=1;}$message = $message . "$key: $value\n";} if($set!==1){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}

$message = stripslashes($message);
$message = "------------------------------" . "\n" .
"CLIENT CHANGE FORM SUBMISSION" . "\n" .
" ALLIANCE BENEFIT GROUP - IL " . "\n" .
"------------------------------" . "\n" .
$message . "\n" .
"------------------------------" . "\n";

$subject = "Client Change Form";
$headers = "From: " . "clientchange@abgemail.com" . "\n" . "Return-Path: " . "webmaster@abgemail.com" . "\n" . "Reply-To: " . "clientchange@abgemail.com" . "\n";

mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);
mail($sender,$subject,$message,$headers);

$success=1;
}

?>

[firepages]

check that $sender = $_POST['emailedBy'] is actually getting set, the error itself means that you don't have a mail recipient ($sender) , check that is not empty.

[akknobloch]

I feel like it is getting set. The user is inputing their email into a text box that has name = "emailedBy". How would I check further into this issue? Thanks for your help!

[Fou-Lu]

Don't forget that headers should be separated by \r\n as well. Its possible that its misinterpreting the from header and considering everything as a part of the from.

[akknobloch]

Fou-Lu - I have the headers seperated by \n. Is that fine or would it solve the issue by seperating them by using \r\n? I have never had an issue before just using \n.

[Fou-Lu]

I can't say it will solve the issue. But RFC specifies that headers are separated by \r\n, not by \n which separates content.
That's the very first thing I'd check. Mail() is somewhat tricky since it has quirks depending on the OS in use.

[akknobloch]

Thanks. I tried seperating the $headers by \r\n, but the issue is still there. I am not sure why it is not able to pull the $sender email and then send the email. The first mail() option is working, but the second mail() option to the $sender is not.

[Fou-Lu]

Is it not pulling the sender out of the post?
Check and see what the value of $sender is. If its a valid email, this is a host configuration that's blocking it.

[akknobloch]

Sorry, but how would I find the value of the $sender? Use a debugger to step through the code? Thanks again.

[Keleth]

Just echo out the value...

[akknobloch]

I am currently testing the echo to see what result I get.

[akknobloch]

No luck. I tried to echo $sender, but when I submitted the form it did not output an email address. It just gave me the same error that I started with. What could my next step be? Thanks

[Keleth]

Do a print_r($_POST);.

If $sender doesn't have anything, that means your form is screwed up or something screwed up inbetween.

[akknobloch]

Here is my code. Let me know what you think. Also would it be useful to post the form as well?

PHP Code:

<?php

$my_email = "clientchange@abgemail.com";
$continue = "/";
$sender = $_POST['Emailed_By'];


// This line prevents values being entered in a URL

if ($Filed_By=="")
{
 /* print("<script language=\"javascript\">window.history.back();</script>");*/
 $noName=1;
}

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != "POST")
{
 $noInfo=1;
 exit;
}


// This line prevents a blank form being sent

if ($noName<>1)
{
 while(list($key,$value) = each($_POST)){if(!(empty($value))){$set=1;}$message = $message . "$key: $value\n";} if($set!==1){header("location: $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]");exit;}

 $message = stripslashes($message);
 $message = "------------------------------" . "\n" . 
            "CLIENT CHANGE  FORM SUBMISSION" . "\n" .
            " ALLIANCE BENEFIT GROUP OF IL " . "\n" .
            "------------------------------" . "\n" .
            $message . "\n" . 
            "------------------------------" . "\n";

 $subject = "Client Change Form";
 $headers = "From: " . "clientchange@abgemail.com" . "\r\n" . "Return-Path: " . "webmaster@abgemail.com" . "\r\n" . "Reply-To: " . "clientchange@abgemail.com" . "\r\n";

 mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);
 mail($sender,$subject,$message,$headers);
 
 $success=1;
}

require_once("header.php")

?>

[Keleth]

The problem is most likely on the form side. Like I said, print out the post variables, see if it matches what you think you should get. If not, then you know where your problem is.