php mail() function

Jon7800

hello everyone,
I have always used php on a windows machine and have not had a problem with the mail() function.

I am now using it on a linux machine with apache, and cannot get my mail() scripts to send mail. the php.ini path reads:

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

This is a virtual host set up by apollo servers hosting. I double checked to make sure that sendmail was indeed located in that directory, and it is.

Is there something that I am overlooking??

Thanks in advance!
Jon

loganbest

Have you updated all of your RPM's in Linux update?

Jon7800

I have not...

But this is a fairly new install (about 1 month).

Should sendmail work by default? Or is there some config that needs to be made somewhere?

dalecosp

Do you have CLI access?

Does it run from the CLI, then?

dalecosp

Jon7800 wrote:
This is a virtual host set up by apollo servers hosting. I double checked to make sure that sendmail was indeed located in that directory, and it is.

Is there something that I am overlooking??

And, of course, on a virtual host, you never know. Safe mode on in php.ini? Maybe the box uses Postfix instead (although, sendmail should then be a wrapper ....)

Ah, well....

Jon7800

I messed around with it a bit more, and realized it is sending mail. But only to any email address that ISN"T the domain it is hosting. In otherwords, when I have it send the mail to my gmail or hotmail account, it arrives just fine. When I have it send it to my address at the domain that i'm hosting, it never arrives.

Very strange. All other email and dns works fine. :bemused: