Home » Mail » Mail_Queue » Bug #5707

[2005-10-17 16:43 UTC] ben at nlcweb dot com

Description:
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There seems to be an issue with how the Bcc header is handled in mail::queue. In mail::send(), you are allowed to specify an array for the recipients, however when storing recipients in a database for mail::queue, only a string can be stored. By placing the Bcc in the headers, they appear to not be translated correctly when emails are sent.

Test script:
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(Based off of add_message.php = http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail-queue.mail-queue.tutorial.php)

$from = 'user@server.com';
$to = "user2@server.com";
$bccto = "BCCuser@server.com";
$message = 'This is a test message.';

$hdrs = array( 'From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Bcc' => $bccto,
'Subject' => "Test Message" );

$mime =& new Mail_mime();
$mime->setTXTBody($message);
$body = $mime->get();
$hdrs = $mime->headers($hdrs);

$mail_queue->put( $from, $to, $hdrs, $body );

Expected result:
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Two separate emails, one to $to recipient, one to $bccto recipient.

Email Headers:
Return-path: <adminuser@server.com>
Envelope-to: user@server.com
Delivery-date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:17:58 -0700
Received: from [IP] (port=34140 helo=localhost)
by someserver.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52)
id 1ERXgS-0007BH-Mo
for user@server.com; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:17:56 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: adminuser@server.com
Subject: Test Message
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Actual result:
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Only receiving one email to first intended recipient ($to) with Bcc still in the header.

Email Headers:
Return-path: <adminuser@server.com>
Envelope-to: user@server.com
Delivery-date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:17:58 -0700
Received: from [IP] (port=34140 helo=localhost)
by someserver.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52)
id 1ERXgS-0007BH-Mo
for user@server.com; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:17:56 -0700
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: adminuser@server.com
Bcc: BCCuser@server.com
Subject: Test Message
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

[2005-10-17 16:48 UTC] ben at nlcweb dot com

I also want to point out that the same results are achieved by substituting the following code in place of Bcc in the $hdrs array:

$mime =& new Mail_mime();
$mime->setTXTBody($message);
$mime->addBcc($bccto);
$body = $mime->get();
$hdrs = $mime->headers($hdrs);

[2005-10-17 23:02 UTC] ben at nlcweb dot com

Well, I have discovered a different way to handle what I origianlly wanted to do (using delete after send and creating a separate email for each recipient). The database I am using this for has around 5000 members of which ~3000 want these specific emails that I am generating. With your patch, will I still be able to batch send, being that only one database entry would be created with ~3000 Bcc entries? The answer to that will determine whether or not I need the patch.

Everything is still be tested for this new system, so I don't have any desirable data in the databases. Thanks for clearing up the $hdrs part as well.

[2005-10-27 04:34 UTC] adrian at vervesoftware dot net

Hi,
I'd love to get a copy of your patch too, if you don't mind sending. Mail::Queue seemed like the perfect solution to my problem until I noticed this bug report :(
thanks

[2005-12-13 22:13 UTC] ben at nlcweb dot com

I haven't had a chance to try the latest CVS version and I am not certain that I will. I have all of the functionality that I need from it at the moment, so unless a secuirty bug creeps up or my host jumps to PHP5, I will keep it the way it is.

You can probably close this issue. If I upgrade and find an issue, I will locate this post and get the issue reopened.

Thanks!

[2006-01-31 20:06 UTC] rlwixson at thoughtprocess dot net

I have downloaded the most recent from cvs, but I cannot get the Bcc line to work. Could you please provide a working example using the Bcc, as well as the correct version numbers of the files to use?

[2006-03-08 19:27 UTC] dick at dickwilliamson dot com

I'm trying to send blind carbon copies, too, and found they are not sent. It wasn't clear from the comment by Ben if "$mime->addBcc($bccto);" works or has the same problem as $headers['Bcc'].

There was no example to send the queue in a different process than inserting. Obviously, I don't want the user to wait while a large queue is being sent. If someone has an example of sending the queue asynychronously, that would be fine, too.

I just need some way that works to send to a large list of addresses without exposing addresses to everyone on the list.