Re: mail() doesn't work

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:46 PM, richard gray <rich@richgray.com> wrote: > On 14/09/2014 02:20, Jim Giner wrote: > >> On 9/13/2014 9:11 PM, richard gray wrote: >> >>> >>>> Sorry for not being clear ...can you run shell commands from PHP -- >>> that >>> would allow you to execute Ken's diagnostics suggestion below:- >>> >>> >> mail -vvv -s "test mail" to_address_goes_here < /dev/null >>> >> I do not know of what you speak. I only have a hoster - no php on my >> laptop. >> >> Hmm I am confused here - I was under the impression that sending mails > from your shared host was failing silently... if that is true then Ken > suggested you execute a manual mail command with verbosity switched to > maximum to see if any errors occur when the message is sent to the MTA (eg > sendmail/exim/postfix) on the server.. Ken stated that you would need shell > access to do that and you then replied to say that you did not have any > shell access so I then suggested running a shell command from a PHP script > to execute his diagnostics test - that was all... I didn't mention your > laptop so I am unclear why you think that is involved...?? > > sorry for the misunderstanding... > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > What hosting company are you using?