Re: Possible issue in mail() function?

On 25 November 2010 21:30, Tom Hendrikx <tom+php.net@whyscream.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed that the mail() function in php 5.3.3 on gentoo linux triggers > a warning when used. A simple debug script with the contents: > > <?php > // recipient, subject, body > mail("some@example.com", "mail() test", "This is a test"); > ?> > > does send mail, but it also raises a warning: > > Warning: mail(1): failed to open stream: Permission denied in > /var/www/www.example.com/htdocs/test-mail/index.php on line 5 > > After some googling [1] and fiddling with permissions, the message > disappears when php has write permissions to the file > /var/www/www.example.com/htdocs/test-mail/1 , in which it writes the > following data: > > ==8<== > mail() on [/var/www/www.example.com/htdocs/test-mail/index.php:5]: To: > some@example.com -- Headers: > ==8<== > > Is this some debug output that someone forgot to remove? > > When relevant, the sendmail_path used is "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i", > which is a regular Postfix sendmail. > > [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1906403 > > -- > Kind regards, >        Tom Hendrikx Are you logging your emails via the ini setting mail.log? Maybe this is the issue. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY