Bug #15796 Updated: mail() doesn't work with qmail

ID: 15796 Updated by: ted@tedlove.com Reported By: ted@tedlove.com Status: Bogus Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: RedHat 7.2 PHP Version: 4.1.2 New Comment: After many hours of looking at this problem, I finally did get it to work. I believe the problem is in how you build the packages. i.e. I built apache from source and qmail from RPM. When I start apache with the following script, php mail() function works: #!/bin/bash export QMAILMFTFILE=/tmp/.lists && apachectl start I had seen the QMAILMFTFILE fix posted elsewhere, but didn't realize it needed to be in the APACHE path. I have no idea why this fixes anything, but it does. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-23 13:05:53] rasmus@php.net The php.net servers run qmail and mail() has always worked just fine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-05-23 12:48:53] ffeingol@webmasters-resources.com I've been having the exact same problem (4.1.2 and 4.2.1). I did not post the bug yet because I can not determine for sure that it's a PHP problem. It appears that PHP is not able to open the pipe to qmail. I'm having the exact same problem with exec(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-28 19:42:14] yohgaki@php.net The bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. For a list of a range of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-02-28 17:28:58] ted@tedlove.com On my apache 1.3.23 and php 4.1.2 system the mail() function does not send mail, although the local mail system (QMail) is functioning in every other capacity. I have tried the suggestions of changing the "sendmail_path" to: /usr/sbin/sendmail /var/qmail/bin/sendmail and /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject (I have also tried the sendmail wrapper commands with -t and qmail-inject with -h) This short script segment: if (mail($to, $sub, $body)){ print ("MAIL SENT"); } else { print ("MAIL DIED"); } always returns "MAIL DIED". Qmail logs and mail logs show nothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=15796&edit=1