> On 7 Sep 2022, at 22:24, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Hi Gary,
>>>
>>> If you expect output of some sort from the script, try putting
>>>
>>> ini_set("display_errors",1);
>>> ini_set("error_reporting",E_ALL);
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Also
>>>
>>> $ php -l file.php
>>> (Lower case L after dash)
>>>
>>> Do you receive any bounce message in (iirc... or something like...)
>>> /var/spool/mail/username ?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Any difference sending with PHPMailer via SMTP ?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> 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
Owner / group / permissions for phpmailer dir + files? I should have thought
of that one first - it's a common PHP "white screen of death" cause.
