PHP/Cronjob Mail Function

Question

I have a website on the web, and I want to use CronJob, to send newsletters every Monday. Now, I'm using PHP to do this, and I'm stuck. I have a mail() function, that sends mail, to every address stated in a file.

Here is my CronJob file. I changed the date to everyday, just for debugging.

0 9 * * *   php -f /home/a4770799/public_html/mail/newsletter.php

Here is my PHP file. This is the whole file.

<?php
  $subject = "Weekly Newsletter";
  $msg = "This is a weekly newsletter debugging test.";
  $headers = "From: noreply@test.com" . "\r\n" .
             "Reply-To: example@test.com" . "\r\n";
  $linesofmail = file("mail_address_list.txt");
  foreach ($linesofmail as $line_num => $line) {
    mail ($line, $subject, $msg, $headers);
  }
?>

What might be the problem here? I would love it, if someone would explain the problem to me, instead of just giving me a piece of code.

If you're running the script from a public directory - does it work? — Ofir Baruch, Apr 22 '15 at 07:15
I've tried one before. That one did work. If the PHP function, is perfectly correct, as you say, it might be the problem with being in a public directory. — FoxInFlame, Apr 22 '15 at 07:16
Just use these to send email ? The email will probably fall into Junk box. — Raptor, Apr 22 '15 at 07:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '15 at 07:21

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You can check out the error log. It can be problem reading the mail_address_list.txt or php mail error.

Check this out to prevent mails moving to junk.

answered Apr 22 '15 at 07:21

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That link is very useful! Thanks for the answer. – FoxInFlame Apr 22 '15 at 07:47
the link does not help much on junk mail. Try these keywords: DKIM, SPF, SpamAssassin, Razor, Pyzor – Raptor Apr 22 '15 at 08:00

PHP/Cronjob Mail Function

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