Re: [PHP-INSTALL] mail() sendmail problems

[Chris Hewitt]

Elijah A. Chancey wrote:

Can a normal user send mail via which means?

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On Feb 23, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Chris Hewitt wrote:
Elijah A. Chancey wrote:

I'm having difficulty with the php mail() function. Freebsd 4.9, 
apache 2.0.48, php 4.3.4

Here is my code:

<?php
mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "subject", "body");
?>
The problem:
The mail is not being delivered to my address. PHP returns no errors.
Can a normal user send email? If so then it is a php problem, if not 
a sendmail one. I think that will help to narrow it down a bit.

HTH
Chris

Yes, all users on a unix box should be able to send email. From a prompt:
mail -s "mysubject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] <filewithmessage
will do it. Do a "man mail" for more information. It will use whatever 
email system you have set up on the computer, thus it is a good test to 
see where email may be going wrong. When you have email going from a 
normal user OK then its time to check from php again.

HTH
Chris