RE: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
[snip] ... making me wonder if a local sendmail is handling the requests instead. With all of the above refering to sendmail, is there anyway that my mail() can actually be using qmail? [/snip] From http://www.php.net/mail, something you have not read apparently For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the sendmail binary on your system during compile time. [LOOKIE HERE--If you use another mail program, such as qmail or postfix, be sure to use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them.--END LOOKIE] PHP will first look for sendmail in your PATH, and then in the following: /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib. It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your PATH. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
I have been having all kinds of problems with the mail() function in PHP. I realize that there are problems inheritly, but I think I am still trying to track down the problem. My latest theory is that PHP isn't set up to work with the right mailing program. I know that our system is supposed to be using qmail that actually sits on a different server, but I found interesting information in phpinfo that is making me wonder if a local sendmail is handling the requests instead. Here are the things I am finding in phpinfo: 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 Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i Enviornment MAIL /var/mail/kpratt (what does this one do?) With all of the above refering to sendmail, is there anyway that my mail() can actually be using qmail? Thanks! The mail settings in php.ini is for Windows only. When using PHP on Unix/Linux, mail() always defaults to the sendmail binary on localhost. So you can ignore what it says in phpinfo. My mail server at home is running Qmail as well as the web server I run at my work. (Quick plug, Qmail rulez!1!1!!)...okay, anyways, since Qmail comes with a sendmail wrapper you should have no problems using it with the mail() function. If your Qmail server is on a remote host, then you need to configure the local server's sendmail program to relay mail to the remote server. /var/mail is where users mail boxes are stored when using to old mail format mbox. Qmail uses the newer format Maildir which resides in user's home directory. So it looks like you have a user by the name of kpratt? -- --Matthew Sims --http://killermookie.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
Jed R. Brubaker wrote: I have been having all kinds of problems with the mail() function in PHP. I realize that there are problems inheritly, but I think I am still trying to track down the problem. My latest theory is that PHP isn't set up to work with the right mailing program. I know that our system is supposed to be using qmail that actually sits on a different server, but I found interesting information in phpinfo that is making me wonder if a local sendmail is handling the requests instead. Here are the things I am finding in phpinfo: 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 Path to sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i Enviornment MAIL /var/mail/kpratt (what does this one do?) With all of the above refering to sendmail, is there anyway that my mail() can actually be using qmail? Depends on how qmail was installed. If it was installed on the local box, and via instructions like Life With qmail, then yes, it will work fine. qmail has a sendmail wrapper, so you need to just ensure that there's a symbolic link to it on sendmail's normal home. The MTA has to be on the local machine. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
So as I am not an administrator, and all I have to go on is phpinfo (unless anyone has some suggestions), should I be seeing some trace of qmail in the phpinfo? That is why I posted. I apologize if I didn't make it clear. I have read all about mail, and even used the fantastic Lemos MIME problem correcting email class to try to tackle my problems from a different angle. Given the paths phpinfo is reporting, is there anyway that the system could somehow still be using qmail? Or is that outside the scope of what this phpinfo can tell me? Thanks again! Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] ... making me wonder if a local sendmail is handling the requests instead. With all of the above refering to sendmail, is there anyway that my mail() can actually be using qmail? [/snip] From http://www.php.net/mail, something you have not read apparently For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the sendmail binary on your system during compile time. [LOOKIE HERE--If you use another mail program, such as qmail or postfix, be sure to use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them.--END LOOKIE] PHP will first look for sendmail in your PATH, and then in the following: /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib. It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your PATH. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
Jay Blanchard wrote: From http://www.php.net/mail, something you have not read apparently Pt. Read? Why would I do that? ;) -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
Jed R. Brubaker wrote: So as I am not an administrator, and all I have to go on is phpinfo (unless anyone has some suggestions), should I be seeing some trace of qmail in the phpinfo? No. snip Given the paths phpinfo is reporting, is there anyway that the system could somehow still be using qmail? Or is that outside the scope of what this phpinfo can tell me? It could be using any *nix MTA as long as it has a Sendmail wrapper (qmail does). PHP uses the Sendmail binary. Will only use Sendmail. Will only show Sendmail in the phpinfo(). What your sysadmins may or may not have done to the Sendmail binary is a different story. PHP -- Sendmail Binary //using Sendmail PHP -- Sendmail Binary (really qmail wrapper) -- qmail //using qmail Have shell access to the box? Look in /var for a qmail directory. Can you recieve email on the box? If so, look at the headers. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
- Original Message - From: Jed R. Brubaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 1:21 pm Subject: Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information So as I am not an administrator, and all I have to go on is phpinfo (unless anyone has some suggestions), should I be seeing some trace of qmail in the phpinfo? No. That is why I posted. I apologize if I didn't make it clear. I have read all about mail, maybe read, but not quite understanding? and even used the fantastic Lemos MIME problem correcting email class to try to tackle my problems from a different angle. Given the paths phpinfo is reporting, is there anyway that the system could somehow still be using qmail? Or is that outside the scope of what this phpinfo can tell me? Yes, it could be using qmail, or sendmail, or postfix. PHP calls sendmail which is a binary that could be a shell for any of the MTA's mentioned above. The sendmail provides a interface for PHP, it is up to the sys admin to make sure that the MTA being used is properly configured. Thanks again! Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] ... making me wonder if a local sendmail is handling the requests instead. With all of the above refering to sendmail, is there anyway that my mail() can actually be using qmail? [/snip] From http://www.php.net/mail, something you have not read apparently For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the sendmail binary on your system during compile time. [LOOKIE HERE--If you use another mail program, such as qmail or postfix, be sure to use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them.--END LOOKIE] PHP will first look for sendmail in your PATH, and then in the following: /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib. It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your PATH. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
So as I am not an administrator, and all I have to go on is phpinfo (unless anyone has some suggestions), should I be seeing some trace of qmail in the phpinfo? That is why I posted. I apologize if I didn't make it clear. I have read all about mail, and even used the fantastic Lemos MIME problem correcting email class to try to tackle my problems from a different angle. Given the paths phpinfo is reporting, is there anyway that the system could somehow still be using qmail? Or is that outside the scope of what this phpinfo can tell me? Thanks again! If you're on a linux/unix machine, don't even look at phpinfo about mail stuff. The mail() function always goes to the sendmail binary. Do you have a shell account? Can you perform this command? # echo Test | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] And do you receive it? Does 'which sendmail' return you the path to where the sendmail binary is? You should be contacting the admin of this server and be asking these questions. We can't answer them since we don't own/have access to the machine. -- --Matthew Sims --http://killermookie.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] mail problems - phpinfo information
On Thursday 14 October 2004 01:10, Matthew Sims wrote: The mail settings in php.ini is for Windows only. When using PHP on Unix/Linux, mail() always defaults to the sendmail binary on localhost. So you can ignore what it says in phpinfo. That's incorrect. The sendmail_path = setting is very much a un*x only setting (although for most standard server setups you never need to change it). -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* Intel CPUs are not defective, they just act that way. -- Henry Spencer */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
