Re: [PHP] OS need anything for mail() to work?

On 25 Apr 2008, at 19:07, Brian Dunning wrote:
> I'm running PHP 5.2.5 on OS X 10.5.2, and using the following code:
>
> ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
> ini_set('SMTP','working.server.com');
> mail('[email protected]', 'Subject', 'Message');
>
> The servers and addresses are KNOWN TO WORK, I use this same code  
> and same info on a number of different web servers around the world.  
> Authentication is absolutely not the problem. This code works on  
> other computers, but it doesn't work on mine. I get no error, but no  
> email is ever sent.
>
> So my question: Is there something that needs to be installed,  
> running, or otherwise configured on a computer to make sure PHP can  
> send emails? How could I test for this?

The SMTP configuration option is only used on Windows as noted in the  
manual: http://php.net/mail.configuration

What does the mail function return? If false then it's failing to send  
the message. If true then check your logs and you'll probably find  
that it's sitting in a queue not knowing how to get out of your machine.

-Stut

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