I can't get mail() to work

[slevytam]

Hello,

Could someone assist me in geting mail() to work.

I send the message with my php code and mail() returns true; however, I never receive the message.

I've checked my mail logs and this is the message I get

Aug 12 17:29:14 bartertiger sendmail[4187]: h7CLTEKo004187: from=nobody, size=284, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[e-mail]>, relay=nobody@localhost Aug 12 17:29:14 bartertiger sendmail[4187]: h7CLTEKo004187: to=[e-mail], ctladdr=nobody (99/503), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30118, relay=localhost.localdomain. [127.0.0.1], dsn=4.0.0, stat=Deferred: Connection refused by localhost.localdomain.

Thanks,

--SL

[drew010]

based on the last thing in the mail log, it looks like the mail server isnt set up to relay mail from the localhost. try editing the mail configuration file to send from localhost.localdomain. PHP's mail function will return true if the message is successfully passed to the mail handler, and will still return true, even if the message does not get sent.