mail() without sendmail

[jimbob]

Hi guys,

I am using postfix and don't really use sendmail and so unistalled it from my server. Now the mail function in php doesn't work. Do i need to have sendmail installed to make it work? or can I point php at another program like postfix?

Thanks,

James

[Weedpacket]

[man]mail[/man]
LXI: Mail Functions:
Requirements
For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the sendmail binary on your system during compile time. If you use another mail program, such as qmail or postfix, be sure to use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them. PHP will first look for sendmail in your PATH, and then in the following: /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib. It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your PATH. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary.

Runtime Configuration
sendmail_path string

Where the sendmail program can be found, usually /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/lib/sendmail. configure does an honest attempt of locating this one for you and set a default, but if it fails, you can set it here.

Systems not using sendmail should set this directive to the sendmail wrapper/replacement their mail system offers, if any.