Re: mail() again...

the mail server is hosted on the mail server. i think thats whats casuing the problem. how can i get around this? i use unix. i remember a command to find out the smtp server.. anyone know? cheers "Manuel Lemos" <mlemos@acm.org> wrote in message news:20020902115310.52964.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello, > > On 09/02/2002 07:59 AM, :B Nerdy wrote: > > what is recommended to use instead of mail() then? > > It depends on what is your problem. In most cases mail will do taking > some care that may be platform dependent like the header line break > issues that have to be \r\n under Windows but under Unix with sendmail > or wrappers you'd better use \n . > > Anyway, if you use the class I mentioned you will be able to choose > exactly the transport method that suits better your needs and platform > constraints. > > In your case, maybe using the sendmail sub-class will give you enough > control because it lets you call sendmail program wherever it is in your > disk passing any command line switches to better control its operation > without depending on any php.ini (except for safe mode that has to be off). > > Manuel Lemos > > > > 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 >