Bug #14510 Updated: Unknown error in mail function

ID: 14510 Updated by: mfischer@php.net Reported By: davidfelton@codemasters.com -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: Windows 2000 Terminal, IIS5 PHP Version: 4.1.0 New Comment: SMTP error reporting has been improved, please try a snapshot from http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-04-15 15:28:03] jjgracia@lazerpro.com I got the same error on Win2000+IIS5. I used this on the php page to overwrite ini values: <?php ini_set("sendmail_from",NULL); ini_set("sendmail_path",NULL); ini_set("SMTP","aaaa.xxxx.cccc.gggg");// Add SMTP server IP mail($mail_to, $mail_subject, $mail_body, $mail_headers); ?> It seems you have to explicitly tell PHP that Sendmail is not in the server :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-05 09:53:59] davidfelton@codemasters.com If your php can't read the ini file (patch of file in phpinfo shows up as c:/winnt/ instead of c:/winnt/php.ini) You need to make sure that php has access to read the php.ini file through your security settings. My solution to the problem was to replace all the calls to mail() with my own function that writes out the raw emails to the mail pickup folder in c:\inetpub\mailroot\ - it took ages! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-05 09:13:08] ibasevitch@homtail.com i have the same problme with win nt 4.0 terminal edition. did you find a solution...? it seems like it can't find the ini file. thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-18 04:23:01] davidfelton@codemasters.com So, any other ideas? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-17 04:20:17] davidfelton@codemasters.com smtp server is set to be localhost, which works fine with php 4.0.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/14510 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14510&edit=1