Re: mail() function not working
| From: | Matthew Sims | Date: | Sat, 31 Jul 2004 17:17:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: mail() function not working | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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> Hi
>
> I am not a php programmer but have installed a php based blog. When the
> php
> script tries to use the mail() function it fails. Does the mail function
> rely on the sendmail server? Is there a way to make the mail() function
> just
> send via an external smtp server?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Robin
First things first...can you send mail from this server? The server needs
to have some sort of MTA installed (sendmail,Qmail,Exim,etc) before you
can use the mail() function.
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