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Robin
Robin

Reputation: 11

How to send email by the Facebook app

I am developing a basic Facebook app that is hosted on Hostgator. Here is the link of my app : https://apps.facebook.com/191327857669038/.

The app is supposed to send the completed form data to the respondent and a copy to App Admin, but the emails are not being sent.

I used the following PHP script to test whether it is sending a test email or not. I added this script to my “index.php” page, and after committing all the changes, I tested it, but it didn’t work.

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
  $subject = "Hi!";
  $body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
  $email = "[email protected]" ;
if (mail($to, $subject, $body,"From: $email")) {
   echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
  } else {
   echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
  }
?>

How can I send email from my Facebook app effectively?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 363

Answers (1)

Akhilesh B Chandran
Akhilesh B Chandran

Reputation: 6608

I think, for Yahoo, you need to login with your credentials and make use of their SSL port to send emails. So you need to use a better mailing system.

Try using the PHP Mailer: http://phpmailer.worxware.com/

Here's an example on using Yahoo SMTP to send email using PHP Mailer: http://faq.pctrickers.com/php-send-yahoo-email-using-smtp/

Worth reading - Yahoo SMTP/POP settings: http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/pop/pop-33.html

Hope it helps :)

Upvotes: 1

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