wp_mail 200 response but no mail sent

Hi all

I’m trying to send email from WP using ajax to validate the form and wp_mail to send the mail.

The form is a basic form with id names on the fields

The js validtion looks like this

$(function(){
  $('#submit').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    e.stopPropagation();
    if(verfiyFields()) {
      requestData = {
        'action' : 'myajax-submit',
        'firstName' : $("#name").val(),
        'email' : $("#email").val(), 

      }
      $.post(MyAjax.ajaxurl, requestData).done(function(result){
        //result = jQuery.parseJSON( result );
        if(result ==  'success'){
          console.log('email0-sent')
        }
      });
    }
  });
})

function verfiyFields() {
  var flag = true;

  var name =        $('#name');
  var email =       $('#email');

  if(name.val().indexOf(' ') === -1 ){
    name.parent().prepend('<p class="form-error">Please enter name, first space last</p>');
    errorMessage($('.form-error'));
    flag = false;
  }
  if(!IsEmail(email.val())){
    email.parent().prepend('<p class="form-error">Please enter valid email address</p>');
    errorMessage($('.form-error'));
    flag = false;
  }
  return flag;
}

I’m using grunt to concate and minify the js so I’m enqueue the js script which includes the validation in the functions.php like this.

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'add_my_script' );

function add_my_script() {
	wp_register_script('scripts',get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/compiled/main.min.js', array('jquery'),1 ,true);

	wp_enqueue_script('scripts');

	wp_localize_script( 'scripts', 'MyAjax', array( 'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ));
}

and the myajax_submit function like this.

add_action( 'wp_ajax_myajax-submit', 'myajax_submit' );

function myajax_submit() {
    // get the submitted parameters

    $name = sanitize_text_field($_POST['firstName']);
    $email = sanitize_text_field($_POST['email']);

    $headers[] = 'From: ' . $name . ' <' . $email . '>' . "\r\n";
    $headers[] = 'Content-type: text/html' . "\r\n"; //Enables HTML ContentType. Remove it for Plain Text Messages
    //$to = TRAINING_EMAIL;
    $to = 'me@mysite.co.uk';

    wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );

    // generate the response
    $response = json_encode( array( 'success') );

    // response output
    header( "Content-Type: application/json" );
    echo $response;

    // IMPORTANT: don't forget to "exit"
    exit;
}

I’m using a correct email address in the $to variable.

If I test on a live server the valdation works.

In Chromes Network tab I can see the admin-ajax.php run and the header tab on the right shows a Status code of 200 OK

Does this mean the mail should have been sent – I don’t get any email