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файл administrator/components/com_virtuemart/classes/ps_main.php

function vmCreateMail( $from='', $fromname='', $subject='', $body='' ) {
	global $mosConfig_absolute_path, $mosConfig_sendmail;
	global $mosConfig_smtpauth, $mosConfig_smtpuser;
	global $mosConfig_smtppass, $mosConfig_smtphost;
	global $mosConfig_mailfrom, $mosConfig_fromname, $mosConfig_mailer;

	$phpmailer_classname='phpmailer';
	if( file_exists( $mosConfig_absolute_path . '/libraries/phpmailer/phpmailer.php') ) {
		$phpmailer_path = $mosConfig_absolute_path . '/libraries/phpmailer/phpmailer.php';
	}elseif( file_exists( $mosConfig_absolute_path . '/includes/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php')) {
		$phpmailer_path = $mosConfig_absolute_path . '/includes/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php';
		$phpmailer_classname = 'mosphpmailer';
	}
	require_once( $phpmailer_path );
	if( class_exists( $phpmailer_classname )) {
		$mail = new $phpmailer_classname();
	}
	$phpmailer_path = dirname( $phpmailer_path );
	$mail->PluginDir = $phpmailer_path .'/';
	$mail->SetLanguage( 'en', $phpmailer_path . '/language/' );
	$mail->CharSet 	= vmGetCharset();
	$mail->IsMail();
	$mail->From 	= $from ? $from : $mosConfig_mailfrom;
	$mail->FromName = $fromname ? $fromname : $mosConfig_fromname;
	$mail->Sender 	= $from ? $from : $mosConfig_mailfrom;
	$mail->Mailer 	= $mosConfig_mailer;

	// Add smtp values if needed
	if ( $mosConfig_mailer == 'smtp' ) {
		$mail->SMTPAuth = $mosConfig_smtpauth;
		$mail->Username = $mosConfig_smtpuser;
		$mail->Password = $mosConfig_smtppass;
		$mail->Host 	= $mosConfig_smtphost;
	} else

	// Set sendmail path
	if ( $mosConfig_mailer == 'sendmail' ) {
		if (isset($mosConfig_sendmail))
			$mail->Sendmail = $mosConfig_sendmail;
	} // if
	if( $subject ) {
		$mail->Subject 	= vmAbstractLanguage::safe_utf8_encode( $subject, $mail->CharSet );
	}
	if( $body) {
		$mail->Body 	= $body;
	}
	// Patch to get correct Line Endings
	switch( substr( strtoupper( PHP_OS ), 0, 3 ) ) {
		case "WIN":
			$mail->LE = "\r\n";
			break;
		case "MAC": // Mac OS9
			$mail->LE = "\r";
			break;
		case "DAR": // Mac OSX
		default: // change nothing
			break;
	}
	return $mail;
}