如何通过“谢谢”消息将PHP脚本添加到自动响应中

Question

I'm php newbie that just figured out how to use php with phpmailer to send email addresses of my users to my email address to be added to a newsletter.

However, now I want to add a simple auto-respond script in php, so when users add their email to my guestlist it sends them an autoreply email to their email that says:

Thanks for signing up. [Picture of my logo] www.mysite.com

I've searched and searched, but I haven't been able to find a proper answer on how to create an autorespond script in php. Please let me know how I can accomplish this task. Thank you!

<?php

$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

require("C:/inetpub/mysite.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

// set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->IsSMTP();

$mail->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "myusername@comcast.net"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "*******"; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';                            // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = 25;                                    


$mail->From = $email;

// below we want to set the email address we will be sending our email to.
$mail->AddAddress("myemail@gmail.com", "Guestlist");

// set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
// set email format to HTML
$mail->IsHTML(true);

$mail->Subject = "A new member wishes to be added";

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$mail->Body = $email;
$mail->AltBody = $email;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}

echo "Message has been sent";

$mail2 = new PHPMailer();

// set mailer to use SMTP
$mail2->IsSMTP();

$mail2->Host = "smtp.comcast.net"; // specify main and backup server
$mail2->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail2->Username = "myusername@comcast.net"; // SMTP username
$mail2->Password = "*******"; // SMTP password
$mail2->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';                            // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail2->Port = 25;                                    


$mail2->From = $email;

// below we want to set the email address we will be sending our email to.
$mail2->AddAddress("$email");

// set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail2->WordWrap = 50;
// set email format to HTML
$mail2->IsHTML(true);

$mail2->Subject = "Thank you for joining";

$message = "Please stay tune for updates" ;

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$mail2->Body = $message;
$mail2->AltBody = $message;

if(!$mail2->Send())
{
echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail2->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}

echo "Message has been sent";
?>

Update: 1 Ok, I figured out how to send auto-respond emails to users. However, now the users are receiving messages with their own email address and the name Root user

So what can I do to fix this problem so that users see my email address when they recevie auto-responses, and how can I make sure it says my name instead of root user?

Answer 1

Do not use the submitter's email address as the from address - it won't work as it looks like a forgery and will fail SPF checks. Put your own address as the From address, and add the submitter's address as a reply-to.

Using SMTPSecure = 'ssl' with Port = 25 is an extremely unusual combination, and very likely to be wrong. ssl/465 and tls/587 are more usual.

To send multiple messages, you do not need to create a second instance - just re-use the same one. You can reset any individual properties you want (such as Body ) and clear addresses using $mail->clearAddresses() , then just call $mail->send() a second time.

It looks like you have based your code on an old example (try a new one ) - make sure you are using latest PHPMailer - at least 5.2.10.

Answer 2

add:

echo "Message has been sent";
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->From = 'myemail@gmail.com';

// below we want to set the email address we will be sending our email to.
$mail->AddAddress($email);

// set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
// set email format to HTML
$mail->IsHTML(true);

$mail->Subject = "Thanks for joining ...";

$message = "Thanks for joining...";
$mail->Body = $email;
$mail->AltBody = $email;

$mail->Send();