Re: Mail Function Using PEAR Issues

The PEAR Mail package does not fall back from one mechanism to another if the first fails. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-20 at 22:17 +0200, Peter Lind wrote: > >> On 20 April 2010 20:17, Alice Wei <ajwei@alumni.iu.edu> wrote: >> > >> >> From: peter.e.lind@gmail.com >> >> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:15:08 +0200 >> >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Mail Function Using PEAR Issues >> >> To: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu >> >> CC: php-general@lists.php.net >> >> >> >> Most, if not all, mail servers keep log files. You should look for the >> >> log files to see if the mail server has sent your mail properly or is >> >> experiencing problems (those may not feed back into PHP). >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> -- >> >> <hype> >> >> WWW: http://plphp.dk / >> >> http://plind.dk >> >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind >> >> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 >> >> BeWelcome: Fake51 >> >> Couchsurfing: Fake51 >> >> </hype> >> > >> > You know where I can find that? I use Evolution Mail, a mail server? I found >> > it through Ubuntu yesterday. Here is the link: >> > http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/ It asks me to put >> > in the type of mail >> > service I used, it grabbed Google, which is smtp.google.com. I still cannot >> > send mail. I start to wonder what is going on. >> > >> > Alice >> > >> >> Evolution is a mail client, not a mail server. Apart from that, you're >> using the 'mail' (PHPs mail function) as the backend mailer in your >> PEAR script - try using smtp instead and pass the SMTP config data you >> normally use. Have a look at >> http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.mail.mail.factory.php >> - the smtp >> part. >> >> Regards >> Peter >> >> -- >> <hype> >> WWW: http://plphp.dk / >> http://plind.dk >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/plind >> Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fake51 >> BeWelcome: Fake51 >> Couchsurfing: Fake51 >> </hype> >> > > > If you've got Pear on Ubuntu, can Pear not default to sendmail if no > SMTP connection is set up? > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- http://blogs.linux.ie/kenguest/