Bug #68523 [NEW]: mail() function returns false but the email was sent.

From: dpkshrma01 at gmail dot com Operating system: Kubuntu 14.04 PHP version: 5.6Git-2014-11-29 (snap) Package: Mail related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:mail() function returns false but the email was sent. Description: ------------ mail() function returns boolean false but the email was recieved on the other end. Test script: --------------- <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 1); $to = 'mail@email.com'; // sample email var_dump(mail( $to, 'checking mail return value', "It is just a test mail.")); // output : boolean false // but mail is recieved at mail@email.com Expected result: ---------------- boolean true Actual result: -------------- boolean false -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68523&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68523&r=mysqlcfg