Why method mail() does not work?

Asked Apr 27 '15 at 18:15

Active Apr 27 '15 at 18:26

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I'm doing a form of registration.

I want that every time that an user is signed up, a mail arrive to me. So I made this:

mail("myemail@hotmail.com", "New User", $message);

In $message I have the username of new user.

I try to do some test with fake data. I signed up correctly but the mail doesn't arrive. Why?

Edit: now I try to add header:

"From: User $uname <noreply@mysite.com>"

Edit2: I have print mail and I receive 1! But I don't receive mail! What could be the problem? In junk mail I don't have mail!

edited Apr 27 '15 at 18:26

asked Apr 27 '15 at 18:15

all_key_the

Is your server configured to send out emails? Where are the headers? Do you have error reporting turned on for your code? Are you getting any error messages ? – Maximus2012 Apr 27 '15 at 18:17
check your spam; Hotmail hates it when people use `mail()` with malformed headers. – Funk Forty Niner Apr 27 '15 at 18:19
how can I see an error message? – all_key_the Apr 27 '15 at 18:19
`if(mail("myemail@hotmail.com", "New User", $message)){ echo "Sent, it's out of your hands now.";} else{ echo "Check your spam, or if you haven't been blacklisted.";}` – Funk Forty Niner Apr 27 '15 at 18:21
*"how can I see an error message?"* Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) right after your opening PHP tag for example ` – Funk Forty Niner Apr 27 '15 at 18:24

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