Help! mail() function doesn't work

[tapsemi]

My PHP mail() function is now working!
System Info: Running PHP on webserver running Apache, Postfix(for SMTP) and running on CentOS linux. SMTP is working because I can do telnet localhost 25.

My phpinfo() webpage gives the following information:

.
sendmail_from no value no value
sendmail_path /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
SMTP localhost localhost
smtp_port 25 25

.

What do you think is the problem or how can I fix it? Any clues/links is highly appreciated. :mad:

[halojoy]

phpinfo
has got any disabled functions? ... like mail

really, this question is for Hosting Support, too
if they have any support for php issues
Check also FAQ at your host

[NogDog]

It also might help to show us the code you are using to create and send the email (using

 bbcode tags[/url] around it).

[Xager]

I never got my mail() to work except when sending to localhost.
I ended up using phpmailer instead:

require("/etc/php5/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php");

//Creates a new mail
$mail = new PHPMailer();

//I need to set this since i use SMTP
$mail->IsSMTP();

//This is my SMTP host, i cannot send mails directly so i need to use my ISP's SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.bredband.net:25";

//And they doesn't use Authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = false;

//This is the email from which the mail will be sent
$mail->From = "[e-mail]";

//If this is not set all mails will be sent from "Root User"
$mail->FromName = "John Doe";

//Where the mail is going, you can also do AddAddress(address, name)
$mail->AddAddress(nl2br($recipient));

//The mail should be sent as HTML which means you should do a nl2br()
$mail->IsHTML(true);

//The subject
$mail->Subject = $subject;

//The body
$mail->Body = nl2br($body);

//Send the mail, do stuff if true or false
if(!$mail->Send()){
header("Location: /contact.php?mail=failed");
}
else{
header("Location: /contact.php?mail=success");
}

Hope this helps 🙂