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Post November 17th, 2010, 10:19 pm

I have a little question here... how do I make the functin mail() work on my local machine?
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Post November 18th, 2010, 5:51 am

phpmailer?
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Post November 18th, 2010, 7:29 am

I thinking this might answer your question

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If you're going to use PHP's mail() function, there are three variables you may need to set. The SMTP and sendmail_from variables (on Windows) or the sendmail_path variable (on UNIX) are used when sending e-mail messages through PHP's mail() function. On Windows, these variables set the SMTP server to be used and the From: address to display in e-mail messages; on UNIX, the sendmail_path variable sets the path of the MTA (mail transfer agent) for mail delivery:
SMTP = myserver.localnet.com
sendmail_from = me@localhost.com
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail


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Post November 18th, 2010, 12:27 pm

I am not sure your ISP would allow this.
Anyway you would be very limited by your ISP.

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Post November 18th, 2010, 6:57 pm

SpooF wrote:
I thinking this might answer your question

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If you're going to use PHP's mail() function, there are three variables you may need to set. The SMTP and sendmail_from variables (on Windows) or the sendmail_path variable (on UNIX) are used when sending e-mail messages through PHP's mail() function. On Windows, these variables set the SMTP server to be used and the From: address to display in e-mail messages; on UNIX, the sendmail_path variable sets the path of the MTA (mail transfer agent) for mail delivery:
SMTP = myserver.localnet.com
sendmail_from = me@localhost.com
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail


http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/51 ... 72345.html

Do I set them in my PHP page, or in my php.ini file?
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Post November 18th, 2010, 7:36 pm

Read the first paragraph of the link Bogey
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Post November 18th, 2010, 8:10 pm

SpooF wrote:
Read the first paragraph of the link Bogey

:lol: I was in a hurry and didn't even look at the link... thanks for the link.
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Post November 18th, 2010, 10:24 pm

That doesn't work...
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Post November 19th, 2010, 10:59 am

You have a sendmail program, right?
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Post November 19th, 2010, 1:50 pm

I just looked through usr/lib/ and didn't find sendmail... well, I didn't find the folder named "sendmail" so I guess I don't.

I've never really worked with this thing so I don't know what I need to make it work. :lol:
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Post November 19th, 2010, 2:30 pm

Ahh, I thought you were back on windows.

Code: [ Select ]
# which sendmail


Does that return anything?
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Post November 19th, 2010, 2:33 pm

SpooF wrote:
Ahh, I thought you were back on windows.

Code: [ Select ]
# which sendmail


Does that return anything?

Where do I put that code in?
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Post November 19th, 2010, 2:41 pm

In a terminal.
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Post November 19th, 2010, 3:22 pm

Oh :lol: Thought so... I did that the first time I read that post I put it in the terminal with that '#' :oops:

Anyway, it returns

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/usr/sbin/sendmail


And sendmail is there...
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Post November 19th, 2010, 3:43 pm

Did you set the sendmail_path varible in your php.ini file to that location (Or just uncomment the line, since thats the default path)?
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