> On 7 Sep 2022, at 22:01, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>> On 7 Sep 2022, at 21:27, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>> On 7 Sep 2022, at 17:55, Gary Dale <g...@extremeground.com> wrote:
>>> I'm using a web hosting company that pretty much limits me to using
>>> PHPMailer on their servers for sending complex e-mails (e.g. with
>>> attachments). That is working.
>>>
>>> [...]
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>>> However when I try it with my local Apache2 server, it doesn't work.
>> [...]
>>> However the test .php file that works on the hosting company's server
>>> doesn't do anything on my local server. I try to load the page and get
>>> nothing - not even an error message.
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>> Hi Gary,
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>> If you expect output of some sort from the script, try putting
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>> ini_set("display_errors",1);
>> ini_set("error_reporting",E_ALL);
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>> at the top of the script in question - this should show any errors on the
>> page rather than having to look in /var/log/syslog, though that might be
>> worthwhile too.
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>> Also
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>> $ php -l file.php
>> (Lower case L after dash)
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>> Do you receive any bounce message in (iirc... or something like...)
>> /var/spool/mail/username ?
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>> Not knowing whether you expect output, it could be that the script is
>> working but the remote server rejects mail from non-routable (ie LAN) IPs -
>> I don't think a bounce message is necessarily guaranteed though.
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>> Any difference sending with PHPMailer via SMTP ?
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>> Best wishes,
>> Gareth
>>
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> Having said that re bounce messages, I can'tremember if the error report
> concerned, if any, may actually be found in syslog - it's a while since I've
> seen one as I gave up testing email from local machines for this reason.
>
> Possibly getting ahead of myself here, but it might also be worth mentioning
> greylisting as an issue to be aware of - particularly for email originating
> from non-routable addresses.
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> "Mail from unrecognized servers is typically delayed by about 15 minutes, and
> could be delayed up to a few days for poorly configured sending systems."
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> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylisting_(email)
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Also does the (working) server run the same OS as your local machine?
You may need to correct the location of sendmail (or whatever) in local
phpmailer's config
