Beau's PHP 5 mail() logging Solution for Windows Server 2003
When I set out to stop spammers from exploiting poorly written scripts scattered across various web sites hosted on a Windows server, I had no idea that I was in for such a long journey. I will try to lay out the steps I took in order to solve the problem, which I am happy to report is working well. The Problem: PHP as of 5.2.1 provides no way of tracking which script, or even which web site is the source of an email being delivered using PHP's mail() function. Because so many web applications use it, I didn't want to disable it. Furthermore, the idea of combing through all of the code on multiple sites was not intriguing. Furthermore, I can't change someone else's code and I don't want to start isolating customers by turning their scripts off. The Platform : Using a Windows 2003 Server and PHP 5.1.2, I thought this would be quick. Basically, the fix isn't that difficult, but finding the solution led me to many option