Re: mail() again...

what is recommended to use instead of mail() then? cheers "Manuel Lemos" <mlemos@acm.org> wrote in message news:20020901055229.64301.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello, > > On 09/01/2002 02:30 AM, Liam Mackenzie wrote: > > It seems nearly everyone has a problem with this function, probably because > > it relies on third party software. > > Yes, mail() is probably the most problematic of the frequently used > functions of PHP. That can be for many reasons like the need for manual > configuration of PHP, useless/meaningless or non-existing error messages > produced by mail(), inconsistent documentation of mail() in PHP manual, > installation problems of the MTA, configuration problems of the user > networks, anti-spam measures, etc... > > The main difficulty is that it takes a lot of expertise to figure out > which of these problems are affecting you. > > > > It doesn't work. That's my problem! > > I'm using Sendmail as my MTA, not running as a Daemon as I have POP3/SMTP > > server running on the same > > machine (eXtremail) > > I'm starting Sendmail like this: > > /usr/lib/sendmail -q1h > > > > When I do this: > > $this = mail("nig@nudenurd.com", "Subject", "Message goes > > here"); > > echo $this; > > > > The scripts hangs, and eventually my browser times out. > > Is there any way I can get some error messages? Or at least get it to tell > > me what on earth it's doing? > > Adding -v to the configuration of sendmail in php.ini may provide you a > clue. Anyway, my guess is that your machine may not have a reverse DNS > address. What is its IP? > > > > There's nothing in any of my Apache logs, nothing in eXtremail's logs, but I > > get this in my syslog... > > > > Sep 1 15:28:01 nudenurd sendmail[19146]: g815S1fW019146: from=nobody, > > size=63, class=0, nrcpts=1, > > msgid=<200209010528.g815S1fW019146@nudenurd.nudenurd.com>, > > relay=nobody@localhost > > It seems you are missing seting th return-path. Use mail() 5th argument. > > > > Anyone got any ideas? Anyone know if there's any docs on this kind of > > thing? I looked, I failed... > > Or where I can get some information on where to get an alternate MTA that > > WORKS out of the box (or tar.gz) > > If all else fails, you may want to try this PHP class, with several > variants that let you send messages by several methods besides mail(), > like: using sendmail directly, using qmail-inject or even relay on > specific SMTP server or even the most drastic measure that is to send > messages directly to the receipient SMTP server. > > http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos >