Re: Mail() fails after configuring php4

On 12 Jul, Dan Donaldson wrote: > On 7/12/00 at 5:33 PM, richard@zend.com (Richard Lynch) expostulated: > >> In article >> <20000711231959.BZWJ8304.tomts1-srv.bellnexxia.net@[64.228.17.73]>, >> omnivore@sympatico.ca (Dan Donaldson) wrote: >> >> > My questions are these: are the values that php uses if it doesn't find >> an .ini >> > file set from some external file or are they internal defaults? Since there > is >> > no file where PHP says it looks for one, the values that it uses and >> reports in >> > phpinfo() - where do they come from? >> >> Internal defaults. Hard-coded, essentially. >> > > To summarize: On the strength of Richard's reply I decided to start fooling > around with the php.ini file. Works OK - I can set values in phpinfo(). > sendmail_path is correct according to phpinfo(). I've tried it with and without > a sendmail_from value. I'm using completely orthodox mail() syntax (see previous > post). But even though mail() returns 1, I get nada (no mail arrives). > > Any ideas? > > What I find really peculiar is that I *always* get a positive return value. Even > if I give it a totally erroneous location for sendmail...What's up with that? > If you have access, or can convince your provider, check the system logs to see if sendmail is dropping any useful errors. Cheers -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA