Re: PHP mail problem: partially solved...

Yeah, I looked at the mail() page on PHP.net, but wasn't entirely sure how
that "additional_parameters" option would have applied in my case. (On a
whim, I added -f to the "sendmail_path" line in php.ini and it fails to send
anything with an invalid option error.)

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Most peculiar... Your solution seems to work, Ozz, but in a most
> > unorthodox manner...
> >
> > Your method allows the email to be sent "from" pspicer (as far as the
> > SMTP server is concerned), but the $header line rewrites who the
> > message is from on the receiving end.
> >
> > While not the solution I was expecting, this will do quite nicely. Thank
> > you very much!
>
> No problem - glad I could help.
>
> This may provide a little more information:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
>
> The section under Additional Parameters says this:
> <quote>
> The additional_parameters parameter can be used to pass additional flags
> as command line options to the program configured to be used when sending
> mail, as defined by the sendmail_path configuration setting. For example,
> this can be used to set the envelope sender address when using sendmail
> with the -f sendmail option.
>  The user that the webserver runs as should be added as a trusted user to
> the sendmail configuration to prevent a 'X-Warning' header from being
> added to the message when the envelope sender (-f) is set using this
> method. For sendmail users, this file is /etc/mail/trusted-users.
> </quote>
>
> This may provide a little more information - the user did the same thing I
> recommended:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php#104594
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
> Ozz.
> (BTW - sorry for the double post earlier.  It didn't look like my first
> one went through originally, so I resent using my phone.)
>
> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> > Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Here's what I've figured out
> >> and
> >> > where I'm stuck:
> >> > I had my email domain listed in the "mydomains" line of main.cf.
> >> That's
> >> > why
> >> > the mails were only being handled on my local machine and not going
> >> out
> >> to
> >> > the proper SMTP server. I took it out and was able to send a test
> >> message
> >> > by
> >> > telneting into localhost. However, when I try to send a mail through
> >> PHP,
> >> > it
> >> > gets rejected on the grounds of "unknown user account" on the server.
> >> > Further investigation reveals PHP is using www-data as it's user and,
> >> for
> >> > whatever reason, it's not using the name I specify in the $headers
> >> > variable
> >> > of my PHP script... Here's the script I'm using:
> >> >
> >> > $to="pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]";
> >> > $subject="Test";
> >> > $body="Testing";
> >> > $headers="From: pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]\r\nReply-to:
> >> pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]";
> >> >
> >> > $mail_sent=@mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
> >> > echo $mail_sent ? "Message sent." : "Message failed.";
> >>
> >> Try making the following changes:
> >> $to="pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]";
> >> $subject="Test";
> >> $body="Testing";
> >> $headers="From: pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]\r\nReply-to: pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]
> ";
> >> // Add force from (next 2 lines)
> >> $set_force_from = "pspicer-3Q2Tfjf0mexWk0Htik3J/[email protected]";
> >> $force_from = "-f $set_force_from";
> >> // Add force_from to the mail command (after the headers).
> >> $mail_sent=@mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers,$force_from);
> >> echo $mail_sent ? "Message sent." : "Message failed.";
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ozz.
> >>
> >>
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