Sendmail Problems

alefort

Hi! I am currently trying to send a mail message through a script, but I am having no luck.

I am using Linux Mandrake 9 for the server. I have sendmail installed and it works perfectly fine, I tested it manually(sendmail -t <test.txt)

In my php.ini, my line for sendmail_path is as follows:

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

I try and send an email from a simple script:

mail("email@address.com","test","test");

has anyone had similar problems?

P.S. I am also using Xmail, and it has a wrapper for sendmail, shich is the sendmail I am currently using and have tested. It is working correctly

Sincerely,
Andre LeFort

dalecosp

Hmm, the presence of the wrapper and the fact that your path is unknown to me makes me wonder if you should try

$ /usr/sbin/sendmail -t < text.txt

before declaring that your testing is complete. What if your path includes the wrapper dir and is actually calling /path/to/wrapper/sendmail -t?

Just a thought....

alefort

Originally posted by dalecosp
Hmm, the presence of the wrapper and the fact that your path is unknown to me makes me wonder if you should try
$ /usr/sbin/sendmail -t < text.txt
before declaring that your testing is complete. What if your path includes the wrapper dir and is actually calling /path/to/wrapper/sendmail -t?

Just a thought.... [/B]

I do call that exact path with my sendmail command. I run it on my server...........

dalecosp

Hmm, strange, seems like PHP oughtta be able to handle that. Nothing in your logs? Is it displaying error messages?

alefort

In my PHP logs or Mail Server?

I dont have logging enabled on my mail server, I know I should, just haven't figured out how just yet. As for php, where would I find the logs, if any?

Thanks!

dalecosp

Hmm, the other thing would be permissions. Log in as 'nobody' or 'www' or whoever the webserver runs as, and try /usr/sbin/sendmail again. Looking around the XMail site, I'd says it'd likely you need to do some configging to get the mail wrapper ready to accept mail from the webserver....

Once again, just a guess...I could be way off base, here.

Best of luck.............

dalecosp

Originally posted by alefort
In my PHP logs or Mail Server?

I dont have logging enabled on my mail server, I know I should, just haven't figured out how just yet. As for php, where would I find the logs, if any?

Thanks!

Well, a mail log would be great, in the event the webserver was getting so far as to access the mail server, and was perhaps being rejected on the basis of, well, whatever....

I run Apache on FreeBSD; the default log there is /var/log/httpd-error.log, I believe. Try 'locate httpd-error.log' and variations...some Apache configs may have their own log dir, under the Apache basedir, for example /usr/local/etc/apache/log, or /www/log, or wherever...any other webserver, and I'm no help at all, not that I've been much, anyway.....

alefort

The effort you have put in is more than I can ask for. Thank you so very much, I will report back in a few moments.........

alefort

Well, I have looked into the httpd error_log and here is what I found at the end of it:

/usr/sbin/sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail: Permission Denied

That must mean I don't have the permission set to the proper user. What user should I set it to? The webserver user? I don't know what that is, how would I find out?

Thanks again

alefort

Ok, I have changed the user owner to apache and I no longer a sendmail error..........

Instead I now get this error:

/var/MailRoot/spool/temp/1047018......000.15772.[url]www.larandesign.com:[/url] Permission denied

Seems like the Mail server is taking possession of the mail message, but I need it to stay in Apache's possession, any ideas?

alefort

I FINALLY FIXED IT!!!!!!!!!

I Chmoded all the files within my mail directory to 777 and it now works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!

Thank you so much dalecosp, if there is anything I can do to pay you in return, simply say so..........

dalecosp

Well, you could 'pay' me by chmodding some of the files a little bit more restrictively...no one likes SPAM...

OTOH, I'm glad it's working. Feels good, don't it?

Have a great day!