Trying to work around this by using SMPT instead of phpmail but the form sends blank body content.

What do I need to do to make this send via SMTP (I assume it's editing the class.phpmailer.php file, but if I input the username/password/smtp server information I am not sure what needs to be in some of the fields.

Is there any support documentation I can review?

    /**
     * Sets the Body of the message.  This can be either an HTML or text body.
     * If HTML then run IsHTML(true).
     * @var string
     */
    var $Body = "";

For example, I'm guessing something needs to be inside the "" above, but what exactly?

Thanks for any help!

Last edited by GoGraphical (21-11-2007 22:13:51)

If I try to send using sendmail or smtp this script sends an empty email with the from/to/subject fields completed correctly. What needs to be changed in class.phpmailer.pgp for smtp to actually work?

I've been patiently waiting for a reply to this problem for a while now. Do I need to replace this script with a new one? Originally I liked the ability to attach a file and also have captcha capability but since the script doesn't work anymore it's value is 0. Bought this script a couple times to use on different sites, now both of them are broken...

In response to your other questions, GoGraphical:

GoGraphical wrote:

Any idea why the form is sending emails like this now? (As well as the top example.)

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ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgMjYuIE5vdiAyMDA3LCAxMjoxOApOYW1lOiAgICAgICAgICAgICAg
ICAgICAgICBjaW5keSAgCkUtTWFpbDogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIG1haWx0bzpoYXJyaXNj
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ICAgICAgICAgICBQcmluY2UgQWxiZXJ0ICAKUHJvdmluY2UvU3RhdGU6ICAgICAgICAgICAgU2Fz
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ICAgICAgICAgICAgOTIyLTE4ODkgIApTYWxlc21hbiBNYXkgQ29udGFjdCBNZTogICBObyAgCkkg
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ICAgICBSYWRpbyBBZCAgICAKwqDCoAo=

In answer to this question, your code above is encoded using base64 (which is one of several binary-to-text encoding schemes used by MIME headers).  I can translate / decode your email using this online translation tool

GoGraphical wrote:

If I try to send using sendmail or smtp this script sends an empty email with the from/to/subject fields completed correctly. What needs to be changed in class.phpmailer.pgp for smtp to actually work?

What have you been doing to change from PHP mail to sendmail or smtp?

I haven't used / tested the following examples, but they should work based on the PHPMailer documentation.

To use sendmail, you should replace:
$mail->IsMail();
in formpro.php with:
$mail->IsSendmail(); <- or you can use $mail->Mailer = "sendmail";
$mail->Sendmail = "path/to/sendmail"; <- default path is /usr/sbin/sendmail

To use SMTP, you should replace:
$mail->IsMail();
in formpro.php with:
$mail->IsSMTP(); <- or you can use $mail->Mailer = "smtp";
$mail->Host = "smtp.example.com"; <- sets the SMTP host
$mail->Port = ##; <- default is 25 (optional)
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; <- set to 'true' if you want to use username / password (optional)
$mail->Username = "username"; <- set your SMTP username (optional)
$mail->Password = "password"; <- set your SMTP password (optional)

You shouldn't be editing the '/forum/class.htmlmailer.html' file at all really, unless you want to change the default settings.  Again, I haven't tried it, but it should be working if you set up your formpro.php file using the above methods.  If you would like, you can email me directly and I can try to help with your specific installation.

You can also look up the PHPMailer class methods here, class properties here, or the tutorial here for examples of how to use the Mailer class.

Last edited by sidtheduck (28-11-2007 03:10:36)

It's not the script it's something on the server where this is being used.

I'm getting the same junk with OSCommerce, Joomla, and other scripts/packages that use sendmail or php mail. So, I doubt there is anything we can resolve here I've had an open ticket with my co-location facility for a week now and am trying to resolve this on their end. Sorry to bug ya! :)

Thanks for the update, GoGraphical and for the explanation to other users!  I'm glad it's working for you now!  Good luck and let us know if you run into anything else.