Urgent!!! mail() function doesn't work for me!

universelittle

Hello, everyone

I got error "failed to connect...."😕

How to send email by "IMAP server" using mail() function? Do I need to configure php.ini? If yes, how to configure?
Thank you very much!!!

intenz

I've got the same problem...annoying shit! ;(
Well, I think it's something wrong with the PHP compilation and finding /usr/sbin/sendmail or something...Urrrrgh!
I'm really not in the mood to compile PHP again... 🙁

elfynmcb

Hey,

First off what OS are you using ??? win32/unix variant ???

If you using win32 you have to set the SMTP option (in your php.ini) to your smtp server name or address (any smtp server you have access to and that you can relay mail through). You can also set the default sendmail_from option (only used on win32).

If you on a unix variant you can set the sendmail_path option (in your php.ini) to the path to sendmail (run 'which sendmail' from a shell to get the path) and all should work.

If your not sending all of the required headers that could also be the problem. mail() requires atleast a to 'To:' header.

Perhaps you could submit your code so others can take a look and see if there's something missing...

P.S. the IMAP server type is not a server which can be used to send e-mail. It is a server much like the Post Office Protocol (POP) server, only more advanced.

jayant

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10206672

universelittle

Thank you all!
Please see attached my php file.

I am using windows 98, Apache1.3.26, Php4.2.2, MySQL3.23. My pc is a NOVELL LAN Client. It has some restriction. I have ever tried to use some free SMTP/POP3 server by Outlook Express, but I only can receive emails, can't send out. "Error: ...one of the recipients was rejected by the server. server Error: 553...." But I can use IMAP server to send out and receive emails.

However, I don't know how to use php mail() function to send out email by IMAP server, not SMTP.

Can anyone help me get out? Thanks!

elfynmcb

Hey,

Again you cannot use IMAP to send mail what so ever !!! It is used only to store and retrieve e-mails.

Now, if there is some restriction on you network you may not be able to connect to an smtp server other that one on your lan (maybe)...

Try telnet'n to the smtp server you use:

telnet smtp.host.name 25

If the above works you can connect to it. Now as for the error in Outlook Express, this is most likely due to the server not being an open-relay (which is a bad thing for you, and good for the isp). If you do not have access to a smtp server that you can route mail through, then the chances are you will not be able to send e-mail via php.

Check out the mail() doc and user contrib. notes:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

victordb

I know some servers disabled the mail function all together in PHP.

universelittle

Thanks!!!

Hurrah! I succeeded! I found a smtp server that I can access.