multiple cc & bcc in mail()

[azw]

Hi,
I need to send an email to 4 people. Do I have to call mail() 4 times, or can I set up a cc: with 3 addresses?

I've not had success in getting the emails to go to all 4 addresses. Here's one version I tried:

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  $ccEmail1 = "\"" . $name1 . "\" <" . $email1 . ">";
  $ccEmail2 = "\"" . $name2 . "\" <" . $name2 . ">";
  $ccEmail3 = "\"" . $name3 . "\" <" . $email3 . ">";

...
  $rHeaders .= "Cc:  " . $toEmail1 . ", " . $toEmail2 . ", " . $toEmail3 . "\n";
...

Am I on the right track?

Also, if I use mail() to send an email to 4 different addresses at the same time, all to the same domain (they're all me), I should get 4 emails, shouldn't I? I'm not getting them, and I just wanted to be sure that it wasn't a "feature" of the mail server or Apache or something to delete duplicates to the same address when sent with the same call to mail().

[sigix]

you can use comma separated list.

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<?php
mail("one@php.com,three@php.com,five@php.com,seven@php.com","Subject","Msg","Headers: true");
?>


[azw]

Hmm. Strange.

I think I've got that. I'll test it again.

Is there any chance that some part of the system deletes duplicates emails to the same address when sent with the same call to mail()?

[swirlee]

You may have to put each CC'd address on its own line, like so:

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<?php
$mail_to = '"swirlee" <swirlee@php-forum.com>';
$mail_from = '"azw" <azw@php-forum.com>';
$mail_subject = 'This isn\'t spam, I swear!'
$mail_body = <<<EOT
Some body text goes here.
EOT;
$cc1 = '"Somebody Jones" <somebody@jones.com>';
$cc2 = '"Somebody Else-Jones" <somebody@else.com>';
$bcc1 = '"Mr. C.C. Blind" <bcc@ccb.net>';

if(mail(
   $mail_to,
   $mail_subject,
   $mail_body,
   /* extra headers: */
   'From: ' . $mail_from . "\n" .
   'cc: ' . $cc1 . "\n" .
   'cc: ' . $cc2 . "\n" .
   'bcc: ' . $bcc1 . "\n" .
   "\n" // for good measure
)) {
   echo 'Mail sent.';
} else {
   echo 'Error sending mail.'
}

[azw]

Error in conclusions. Deleted message.

[swirlee]

azw, if you're operating some sort of mailing list, you shouldn't be using CCs or BCCs -- you should be a separate e-mail to each recipient. Using CCs and BCCs reveals the e-mail address of some recipients to other recipients, which is a breach of privacy. I recommend that you use some commercially or freely available mailing list software.

[azw]

Actually, all I'm doing is sending a copy of customer inquiries to several different people in the same organization. So in this case a cc: would do, except that it won't work! P-r-e-t-t-y frustrating!