Re: [PHP-DB] BCC mail with mime attachments From: DL Neil (PHPml <email protected>)
Date: 11/24/01

> Does anyone tried to send mail with BCC: header attaching some files (using
> mail() ) .
> I've written some script codeing attachements to MIME.
> It works with all types of attachements and any number of receivers, but
> only when I use TO: header. When I'm trying to send it with BCC: it send
> e-mail but instead of mime attachement that would be good for my mail
> program I only get a long uncode message.
>
> Where should I put BCC: (i.e. at the end of message) or what should I
> change?

Paweł,

I use the scripts from PHPguru.org.

The rules of what you can include in headers are stated in the RFC documents - always worth a quick scan.

Sometimes it seems a good idea to leave To: blank and put everyone under Bcc: for privacy reasons. A good
practice is to send yourself a copy of the msg so that you can have some idea that it 'got out' - particularly
if you use an external address which simply forwards back to your in-house email server (a la Yahoo etc) for the
purpose. You can, of course, invent a suitable receiver name/title to use in the To:, eg ListNm Subscriber - but
pay careful attention if you do/do not want subscribers to conduct correspondence with this account/name!

PHP's Mail() seems to have a somewhat 'fixed' view of how things will be done. I suspect that if you miss out
something it is expecting, eg the To: field, it stops cooperating.

Recommend you manufacture and insert a To: entry, and keep all else in the Bcc:, and see if that works for
you...

=dn 

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