RE: [PHP] what mail program I'm using?

> afan@afan.net wrote: >> hi, >> a moth ago we (company I work for) moved to new hosting >> company. we have dedicated sles10/php5/mysq5/apache2 based server. >> before, sending confirmation emails to clients using mail() >> functin was working fine. now, many of emails we send don't >> reach to receiver. first, I'm asssuming, server is not >> configured corerctly. >> Though, in header of the email I go on my yahoo account said: >> Received: by slesvernon.site (Postfix, from userid 2) >> >> according php documentation (php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php) >> php use by default sendmail. but if other program is selected >> it has to be specified. >> do I have to specify it in php code or in php.ini (nothin is >> specified about Postfix right now in my php.ini)? >> >> Also, can't find (but almost sure I saw it before) the line >> for send back if error, like we have for: >> From: name <name@email.com> >> CC: name <name@email.com> >> Reply-To: name@email.com >> Is it possible the get error back on specific email if email >> is not (for some reasons) delivered? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> >> -afan > > IIRC, Postfix uses a sendmail wrapper for compatibility with programs > (like > PHP) which rely on the sendmail program to send e-mails. So no > modification > to PHP configuration should be necessary. > > You said "many" emails don't make it to the recipient. So I will assume > some > of them do. (I also assume by your above post that one of these e-mails > reached your Yahoo! account) This leads me to believe that perhaps > something > is not configured correctly in the DNS for your mail server (i.e. > DomainKeys, SPF, reverse DNS, etc.) Another possibility is that your > server > IP is blacklisted. > > The first step I recommend you take is to see if sending e-mail from your > e-mail client and/or from the command line on the server produces the same > result. If so, then you can rule out PHP as the source of the problem. > > Also, go to www.dnsstuff.com and run some tests on your mail server to see > if it detects any problems with your server configuration. > > You might also check out www.mxtoolbox.com > > Hope that helps, > > Brad > It helped a lot. Thanks. In meantime, server admin fixed the problem - configuration issue. I'm happy - wasn't my fault (php code). :) Thanks Brad. -afan