Strange problem!

[kkanzel1]

I'm using an email validation code to verify user accounts, and I'm getting some strange behavior. The following is the code:

// send e-mail to ...
$to=$email;

// Your subject
$subject="Your confirmation link here";

// From
$header="from: ECE Projects <webmaster@eceprojects.co.cc>";

// Your message
$message="Click the link to activate your account. \n\r";
$message.="http://www.eceprojects.co.cc/userPages/confirmation.php?passkey=$confirm_code";

// send email
$sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);

The problem lies in the link. My website is http://www.eceprojects.co.cc. When i use the full url, the email is never sent. However, if I delete one of the domain extensions ".co" or ".cc" it sends an email with no problem. So the problem seems to be using ".co.cc". For some reason this creates an error. Any thoughts?

[egami]

try wrapping quotes around mail($to,$subject,"$message",$headers);

[kkanzel1]

Thanks for the reply, still no dice though. Any other thoughts? Has anyone heard of anything like this before?

This is the tutorial I followed: http://www.phpeasystep.com/phptu/24.html. It works well with a single domain extension, but it doesn't work with both domain extensions.

[egami]

Try sending the email as HTTP encoded.
Perhaps it's a client thing that's stripping the domain while trying to create a suedo link for it?

[Nullsig]

its probably actually a problem with who ever handles your e-mail.

You may have that domain blacklisted. I would also try sending more than just the link in the e-mail because some e-mail providers won't send on e-mail addresses that just contain links.

I personally send lots of e-mails from php containing links both in html and plaintext formats.

[kkanzel1]

Keep in mind, the mail function works perfectly using a different url in the message (see red text).

for example, this works fine:
$message.="http://www.eceprojects.cc/userPages/confirmation.php?passkey=$confirm_code";


This doesn't send an email:
$message.="http://www.eceprojects.co.cc/userPages/confirmation.php?passkey=$confirm_code";

Look carefully, the only difference is the domain extension.

Any thoughts?

[kkanzel1]

****************** UPDATE ******************

Strange new observation: In the message link, if I reverse the order of the domains, the email is sent. If I use the correct order, the email is not sent.

i.e.:

http://www.eceprojects.cc.co Works fine, but is not the correct url.
http://www.eceprojects.co.cc Doesn't work, but is the correct url.

Any thoughts?

[kkanzel1]

So the problem is definitely with the domain extension co.cc.

Does anyone know what is wrong with the domain? Do I need to adjust any settings (like Cname, MX, etc.)?

[johnj]

You may also try this:

$str = "cc";
$message.="http://www.eceprojects.co.".$str."/userPages/confirmation.php?passkey=$confirm_code";

[kkanzel1]

Thanks for ideas. Still no luck though. I think it must be a domain thing. I've read about sites blocking domains "co.cc", so I wonder if, since my domain is "co.cc", the email provider (gmail, hotmail, etc) is blocking the email because the contents contain the domain extension "co.cc".

Any other thoughts??

[egami]

I find it very hard to believe that any sort of mail filter is going to filter a URL based upon content of an email. While I know it's not impossible, it's just very likely, improbable.

This worked fine for me..

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$email = "stripped@nowhere.com";
$confirm_code = '1234567890';

// send e-mail to ...
$to=$email;

// Your subject
$subject="Your confirmation link here";

// From
$header="from: ECE Projects <webmaster@eceprojects.co.cc>";

// Your message
$message="Click the link to activate your account. \n\r";
$message.="http://www.eceprojects.co.cc/userPages/confirmation.php?passkey=$confirm_code";

// send email
if ($sentmail = mail($to,$subject,$message,$header)) {
    echo "Mail sent successfully<br />";
} else {
    echo "Something went wrong <br />";
}
 

Produced:

Click the link to activate your account.

http://www.eceprojects.co.cc/userPages/ ... 1234567890

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