php mail function

[MarkTheDaemon]

Anybody got the php mail function working so it actually sends out email!

My setup is standard with the apache 2, php 4 and mysql

any help appreciated


Mark

[hostile]

It should work ootb if you installed everything correctly.

I'm assuming you either used Synaptic or the CLI/apt-get to install, so it should work just fine.

In the root of your site, create a file called "testmail.php"


sudo touch testmail.php


Then use your favourite CLI editor to edit the file. For me, it would be:

sudo nano testmail.php


and enter:

<?php
// message
$message = "The mail server is working fine.";
// Use wordwrap()
$message = wordwrap($message, 70);
// Send
$rc = mail('mymailaccount@myisp.ca', 'Test Subject', $message);
if ($rc) {
print "Mail successfully sent!<br>";
}
else {
print "Failed to send mail!<br>";
}
?>


Note that you need to put in your own email addy where I bolded the text

Then, open your browser to http://yourwebhost.yourdomain/testmail.php

You should then receive an email from this.

If not, go into your logs and see where things are going wrong.

[fakey1223]

To get the php mail() function working, I installed the sendmail package (doing so removed postfix).

[LordHunter317]

I'll have to say this in every thread, but there is no need to do that. Postfix is a drop-in replacement for sendmail.