mail() in php

[stevesweetland]

ok, first of all :

os - Redhat 8.0
php version - PHP Version 4.1.2
config command - './configure' '--with-mysql' '--with-regex=system' '--enable-debug=no' '--enable-track-vars=yes' '--enable-force-cgi-redirect=yes' '--enable-discard-path=yes' '--with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs' '--enable-versioning' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-ftp' '--with-sysvsem'

right, concerning the above... (no i didnt do it).... what do i do to the setup of php to get 'mail' to work on it?

IE

mail("emailaddress","subject","body","headers");

dont do anything at all.

and i need it to.

help?

[largo]

Hi,

the first thing we want to do here is monitor your system log (/var/log/messages or/and /var/log/maillog) to see what happens when the mail command is issued. If php does not spurt an error message along the lines "Undefined function mail", then it's simply a question of configuring your smtp server. php is doing it's job, the mail server is simply not carrying the request through.

Have a look at the logs and let us know.

hth.

[stevesweetland]

yeah i getcha... logs are doin this :

Apr 3 11:23:05 servername sendmail[18666]: h33AN52P018666: from=nobody, size=333, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[e-mail]>, relay=nobody@localhost

Apr 3 11:23:05 servername sendmail[18666]: h33AN52P018666: to=[e-mail], ctladdr=nobody (99/99), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30109, relay=servername.domainname.com. [ip.address.of.server], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by servername.domainname.com.

[stevesweetland]

its ok mate, i got it working.... sendmail options had been set to :

Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA

so i changed it to use the default, and it works.