So I'm having a little problem with my new software. In my last blog I explained that I was writing a program that will let me email people in bulk from mailing lists. I looked up ways to send emails and the only one I came across that actually worked for me was to write a php script, upload it to my website, and run a command in gamemaker that called on the php script and sent the emails like that. My problem is everytime an email is sent, a tab is opened on my internet browser. Initially it was supposed to be a message that let you know the email was sent. I've been trying to find a way to ignore this step and just have the email sent without a confirmation page popping up. Picture 25 tabs appearing after you send an email to a mailing list of 25 subscribers. It sucks. So…. here's the php script. It came from the gmc:

<?php

$newline = $_GET['message'];

$newline = str_replace("[N]","\n","$newline");

$newline = str_replace("[n]","\n","$newline");

mail($_GET['to'],$_GET['subject'],$newline,"From: ".$_GET['from'

echo "<FONT FACE=\"Verdana\" SIZE=\"2\">".$_GET['thanks']."</FONT>";]); ?>

My emailing script in gamemaker is:

//scr_send_mail(to,from,subject,message,thanks);

var php,msg_to,msg_from,msg_subject,msg_message,msg_thanks;

php = "http://www.yourwebsite.com/php/send_mail.php?to=";

msg_to = argument0;

msg_from = argument1;

msg_subject = argument2;

msg_message = argument3;

msg_thanks = argument4;

execute_shell(string(php)+msg_to+"&from="+msg_from+"&subject="+msg_subject+"&message="+msg_message,"");

I believe it's the execute_shell that is causing the tabs to open up everytime the php file is called. I want to find a way to have the email sent without opening an internet browser. That way I can repeat this script in an event. If you're willing to help, please leave a comment or message me through PM. I'd really like some help with emailing.