Parse error using eform

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Terry Reply #1, 18 years, 1 month ago

I’m setting up an email form on a new site I’ve just started working on. I recreated the forms, styles, etc on my wamp server by copying them from a working form on my hosted server.

The form looks fine, field validation works etc. but when I submit the form to send the note I get this parse error.

« MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« PHP Parse Error »
 
PHP error debug
  Error: 	mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 554 5.3.5 Infinite loop in ruleset 3, rule 8	 
  Error type/ Nr.: 	Warning - 2	 
  File: 	C:\wamp\www\manager\includes\controls\class.phpmailer.php	 
  Line: 	438	 
  Line 438 source: 	$rt = @mail($to, $this->EncodeHeader($this->Subject), $body, $header); 	 
 
Parser timing
  MySQL: 	0.0008 s	(0 Requests)
  PHP: 	1.1404 s	 
  Total: 	1.1412 s

I recently installed wamp server so this is the first time I’ve tried to send mail on this installation.

phpMyAdmin - 2.10.1
MySQL client version: 5.0.45

Is this a problem with the wamp server?

www.terrybarthdesign.com

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mregan Reply #2, 18 years, 1 month ago

You need to leave the the ’dark side’ and start using Linux

WAMP needs some configuring to work with your SMTP server. Check this forum for more information:

http://www.killersites.com/mvnforum/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=6191

You should just need to edit the php.ini file and restart WAMP.

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Terry Reply #3, 18 years, 1 month ago

mregan

Thanks for looking at this. I now understand that wamp doesn’t include a mail server. Learned something new today. Thank you!

However, I did add my ISP SMTP server and return address to the php.ini file but nothing changed. I don’t really understand how this should work. I work at home so I’m not part of a network that has a mail server. So how would my local wamp server communicate with my ISP?

Why is a parse error produced? Seems so drastic/catastropic. I would expect a more graceful message if mail can’t be sent. Is this a modx behavior?

Do I have to install a local SMTP mail server and then put my wamp server online to test my email form? Can I do this all locally on my workstation? I don’t really want to open my workstation up to security issues, since I’m not really prepared for all that.

I really just want to test my site before I put it on the hosted server.

I know this is a lot, but I appreciate any help you can offer.

Terry

PS regarding the dark side. . . I appreciate the sentiment but I’ll stay where I’m at for now. Thanks laugh

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sottwell Reply #4, 18 years, 1 month ago

Most likely your ISP has outgoing SMTP mail blocked to prevent their clients from sending spam from their machines.

There are a number of mail programs for Windows; this one looks useful

http://www.demobuilder.com/sendmail.htm (http://www.indigostar.com/smuman.htm has instructions for configuring and using php)

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BobRay Reply #5, 18 years, 1 month ago

If all you need is a simple contact form, you could try the SPForm snippet which can easily be configured to use any SMTP account you have on any server.

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Terry Reply #6, 18 years, 1 month ago

I’ll take a look at both of these options.

Thank you both!

Terry

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