#15373 [Asn->Fbk]: mail() not working, no error with invalid SMTP or email address

ID: 15373 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: alonso@admintek.net -Status: Assigned +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: win2000 PHP Version: 4.2.1 Assigned To: mfischer New Comment: If I run my script through http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip with ---8< php.ini ---- SMTP = sendmail_from = whoever error_reporting = E_ALL display_errors = On and ----8< mail_15373.php---- <?php echo "Sending mail ...\n"; $retval = mail("nouser", "subject", "body"); var_dump($retval); ?> I get C:\php>cvsdebug\php -c . mail_15373.php Sending mail ... Warning: mail() [http://www.php.net/function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "" port 25, verify your "SMTP" an d "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in mail_15373.php on line 4 bool(false) Same if I give some nonsense SMTP host: C:\php>cvsdebug\php -c . mail_15373.php Sending mail ... Warning: mail() [http://www.php.net/function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "acbsdflskadfasklfhas-asdfasdfs" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in mail_15373.php on line 4 bool(false) Please also test http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-09-03 12:23:47] 123@123.com I ran into this same problem and had to set my smtp Relay Restrictions to allow the program to relay the message through the vertual server. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-02 12:46:13] mfischer@php.net Yup, you were right, I didn't understood your concerns. Expect it to be fixed soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-02 12:39:12] alonso@admintek.net mfischer, I think you do not understand my situation. I have in my php.ini: SMTP = nothing-should-give-error; invalid SMTP error_reporting = E_ALL; display_errors = On ; Then I have a script with: //send mail with invalid STMP to invalid address echo mail("noaddress","test","hola"); It immediately returns "1". Even with invalid SMTP and invalid email it just says "1" no errors are reported. Then how am I supposed to test my SMTP server if mail() always returns 1 and never sends the email? If I use a correct SMTP and correct address it does the same thing. I need to make it give some kind of error. Again, if I use php4ts.dll and php4apache.dll from php4.0.6 it says "Bad Message destination" or "Failed to Connect" if I put a valid address and keep the invalid SMTP. With valid address and SMTP the email is sent correctly with 4.0.6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-02 03:11:31] mfischer@php.net You don't need to "use" the improved error reporting. It has improvied in that way e.g. when the server returns an error response, you no longer just get "server error" but the message string the server 'said'. Are you sure you have error_reporting(E_ALL); so you see the warning message if mail should generate one? The only other way I could remotely see to debug this is that you tell me what your SMTP is and you open it for me to relay so I can do testings (we can do this in private mail of course). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-07-02 02:06:19] alonso@admintek.net changed version from 4.1.1 to 4.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/15373 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15373&edit=1