[swx] simple mail w/ swx
DannyT
danmoov2 at googlemail.com
Thu Dec 20 08:32:39 PST 2007
there's a free php email class that allows the use of an smtp server:
http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com/ used it recently and thought it was very
well put together.
Perhaps that's a safer approach? although does depend on having
authenticated user details.
On 20/12/2007, Aral Balkan <aral at aralbalkan.com> wrote:
>
> Yep, so this was what I was afraid of :)
>
> This will open your server to abuse by anyone who knows your gateway
> (anyone can send any email, pretending to be anyone else).
>
> Off the top of my head, things you can do:
>
> Hard code the sender_email to the one that you want for the application.
>
> Beyond that, if you know the type of messages you're going to send out,
> you could keep those on the server.
>
> Perhaps one thing that can be done is to have SWX make the _url of the SWF
> available to services so they can limit by calling URL. This can be spoofed
> but would be one additional step to make it more difficult for the casual
> hacker.
>
> Other thoughts?
>
> Aral
>
> On Dec 20, 2007 3:55 PM, Corban Baxter <corbanb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > sure that would be great. here is what he put together quickly for me
> > last night...
> >
> >
> > ////////////// START PHP
> >
> > <?
> > /**
> > * Simple mail
> > *
> > * @author Rob Edgell < rob at myedgenet.com>
> > * @version 1.0
> > */
> >
> > class swxSimpleMail {
> >
> > /**
> > * Take input fields and mail them. Returns an error if email is not
> > valid
> > *
> > * @param string fname
> > * @param string lname
> > * @param string $phone_num
> > * @param string $comments
> > * @param string $user_email
> > * @param string $sender_email Who you want the email to be from
> >
> > * @return mixed
> > **/
> > public function sendMail($fname, $lname, $phone_num, $comments,
> > $user_email, $sender_email) {
> > if ($this->_validateEmail($user_email) == false) {
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > $body="<b>First Name: </b>".$fname."<br />"
> > ."<b>Last Name: </b>".$lname."<br />"
> > ."<b>Email Address: </b>".$user_email."<br />"
> > ."<b>Phone Number: </b>".$phone_num."<br />"
> > ."<b>Comments: </b><br />".$comments."<br />";
> >
> > $headers = "From: ".$sender_email." \r\n";
> > $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 ";
> > $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 ";
> >
> > mail($sender_email, "Contact form message", $body, $headers);
> >
> > return 1;
> >
> > }
> >
> > private function _validateEmail($email) {
> > $pattern =
> > '/^(([^\\.,;:\s@\"<>()[\]]+(\.[^\\.,;:\s@\"<>()[\]]+)*)|(\".+\"))@(([a-zA-Z0-9\-])+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})$/i';
> >
> >
> > if ( ! preg_match($pattern, $email) ) {
> > return false;
> > }
> >
> > return true;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > ////////////////////// END PHP
> >
> > I would of never thought about the ability for others to use it for spam
> > purposes. Thanks for the help guys!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Dec 20, 2007 9:23 AM, Aral Balkan <aral at aralbalkan.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Corban,
> > >
> > > The only thing to keep in mind is to have security checks in place so
> > > that your server doesn't get used as a spam hub. If you don't mind sharing
> > > the code, we can all take a look at it and see if there are any security
> > > issues to deal with.
> > >
> > > Take care,
> > > Aral
> > >
> > > On Dec 20, 2007 3:19 PM, Corban Baxter <corbanb at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > > i got a good friend of mine to help me last night create one if
> > > > anyone else is interested I can pass it along.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 19, 2007 7:56 PM, Stefan Dosch < sd at liquidlounge.de > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Email Validation:
> > > > >
> > > > > returns true if email adress is valid or false if email adress is
> > > > > invalid.
> > > > > This not only checks for correct syntax, but also tests if the
> > > > > domain
> > > > > is registered, so somepeep at jasdklaklsdfsdfsd.com would return
> > > > > false
> > > > > although syntax is correct, but the domain would not respond to
> > > > > getmxrr().
> > > > >
> > > > > function validate_email($email)
> > > > > {
> > > > > $regexp =
> > > > > "^([_a-z0-9-]+)(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@([a-z0-9-]+)(\.[a-z0-9-]
> > > > > +)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$";
> > > > > $valid = false;
> > > > > if (eregi($regexp, $email))
> > > > > {
> > > > > list($username,$domaintld) = split("@",$email);
> > > > > if (getmxrr($domaintld,$mxrecords))
> > > > > $valid = true;
> > > > > } else {
> > > > > $valid = false;
> > > > > }
> > > > > return $valid;
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > htht
> > > > > Stefan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Liquidlounge
> > > > > Stefan Dosch
> > > > > Perlschneiderstrasse 34
> > > > > 81241 München
> > > > >
> > > > > tel: +49 89 55274994
> > > > > fax: +49 89 55274993
> > > > > mobil: +49 160 90554762
> > > > > mailto: sd at liquidlounge.de
> > > > > http://www.liquidlounge.de
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Am 19.12.2007 um 20:57 schrieb Corban Baxter:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hey guys has anyone created a simple send email service for SWX?
> > > > > I'm
> > > > > > no PHP programmer and I was wanting to use SWX for my email
> > > > > forms.
> > > > > > Just sending like first name, last name, email, phone, comments,
> > > > > > etc. I really want to use it to like return errors of bad emails
> > > > > or
> > > > > > something. Does anyone have a service like this they might share
> > > > > > with me?!?! Please! ;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > -cb _______________________________________________
> > > > > > swx mailing list
> > > > > > swx at osflash.org
> > > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/swx_osflash.org
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Corban Baxter
> > > > http://www.projectx4.com
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > swx mailing list
> > > > swx at osflash.org
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Corban Baxter
> > http://www.projectx4.com
> >
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> >
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