How can PHP be used to explore the spam level of emails sent via phpmail?

To explore the spam level of emails sent via phpmail, you can use a spam detection API like SpamAssassin. This API can analyze the content of the email and provide a spam score indicating the likelihood of the email being spam. By integrating SpamAssassin with your PHP script, you can automatically check the spam level of emails before sending them out.

// Set up the email content and headers
$to = 'recipient@example.com';
$subject = 'Test Email';
$message = 'This is a test email';
$headers = 'From: sender@example.com';

// Call the SpamAssassin API to get the spam score
$spamCheck = shell_exec("spamc -c < email.txt");
$spamScore = explode(" ", $spamCheck)[1];

// Check the spam score and send the email if it's not considered spam
if ($spamScore < 5) {
    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    echo 'Email sent successfully!';
} else {
    echo 'Email detected as spam, not sent.';
}