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[Hans Zaunere]

Mark Armendariz wrote:

> Hello all,
>  
> I'm hoping you guys can lend a hand... Below is some code I grabbed from 
> the manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php) for sending mail 
> directly through the socket rather than using the mail command.  Now it 
> works well on my server, but when I installed it on my client's server, 
> I get an endless loop of errors like so:
>  
> *Notice*: fputs(): send of 41 bytes failed with errno=32 Broken pipe in 
> */usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/bostonindoorgames/admin/mailer.php* on line 
> *136*
> 
> *Notice*: fputs(): send of 42 bytes failed with errno=32 Broken pipe in 
> */usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/bostonindoorgames/admin/mailer.php* on line 
> *136*
>  
> The code is below, and line 136 is right under the comment // -------- 
> PROBLEM STARTS HERE!!! ----------------
>  
> Now, as I mentioned, this same code works on my server just fine.  There 
> is surrounding code, but it's all involved in setting the vars and such 
> for the email itself.  I assure you all vars are set properly, as I've 
> checked them at least 6 times.  I thought that there may possibly be 
> some kind of socket issue, but then wouldn't it have a problem 
> connecting to the socket in the first place? Or even sending the HELO 
> command after the connect?
>  
> When searching for the error, I came up with this (which is a ll 
> gibberish to me):
>  
> Broken pipe
> ===========
> 
> This condition is often normal, and the message is merely
> informational (as when piping many lines to the head program).
> The condition occurs when a write on a pipe does not find a
> reading process. This usually generates a signal to the executing
> program, but this message displays when the program ignores the
> signal.
> 
> Check the process at the end of the pipe to see why it exited.
> 
> The symbolic name forthis error is EPIPE, errno=32.
>  
>  
>  
>    // Open socket to SMTP server
>    $connect = fsockopen (ini_get('SMTP'), ini_get('smtp_port'), $errno, 
> $errstr, 30) or die('Could not talk to the sendmail server!');
>    $rcv = fgets($connect, 1024);

The mail server is probably not liking something about what you're sending it; either here, or later in the code.  I'd begin to replace the simple:  $rcv = fgets($connect, 1024);  with some debugging that prints what the actual mail server's response is, for instance:

$rcv = fgets($connect, 1024);
trigger_error($rcv);

Add this each time you try to send something to the mail server and see if it's having a problem.

H