php mail():message successfully sent but nothing in my inbox

[pn00b]

hi guys,

i'm trying to test php mail on my LAMP configured ubuntu localhost.
here is the my piece of code:

<?php
 $to = "[e-mail]";
 $subject = "Hi!";
 $body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
 if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
   echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
  } else {
   echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
  }
?>

my php.ini edit:

sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t"
SMTP = smtp.gmail.com

when i run the code it says message successfully sent!

but when i check my inox, there is nothing there.

what may be the problem?

[johanafm]

I'd try adding a from header with a valid address.

[pn00b]

johanafm;10980498 wrote:

I'd try adding a from header with a valid address.

even thsi one does not bring any difference.

<?php
$to      = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: [e-mail]';

if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
{
	echo ("sent");
}else 
{
	echo ("failed!");
}
?>

i'm just thinking if i need to do other configurations? or any other suggestions other than sendmail.

[Derokorian]

Did you check your spam folder?

[lcook]

Perhaps a little off topic, but how soon did your post go through? I submitted a question a few minutes ago and have yet to see it post on the Newbie Forum. Am I missing something? Thanks.

[Derokorian]

new threads by new users require moderator approval before appearing. IIRC

[bradgrafelman]

GMail requires two things: an SSL connection, and SMTP authentication. PHP's internal mail() function can do neither of those things.

If you want to use Google's SMTP servers to send mail, you'll have to use a 3rd party class/library in order to do so. Some common examples include: PHPMailer, XPertMailer, Pear::Mail, etc.

[pn00b]

bradgrafelman;10980532 wrote:

GMail requires two things: an SSL connection, and SMTP authentication. PHP's internal mail() function can do neither of those things.

If you want to use Google's SMTP servers to send mail, you'll have to use a 3rd party class/library in order to do so. Some common examples include: PHPMailer, XPertMailer, Pear::Mail, etc.

I tried to install pear mail package:

pear install mail

but i get the following error in my command

PHP Deprecated:  Comments starting with '#' are deprecated in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini on line 1 in Unknown on line 0

any solution or work around on this?
i'm trying the other two in a moment.

[bradgrafelman]

Well, I'd say check out /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/mcrypt.ini and eliminate the use of the deprecated '#' symbol for comments (which should be denoted by a ';' instead).