sending e-mail using mail() function

[falko]

Any errors in your mail log or in Apache's error log? Are you using PHP Safe Mode?

[ataman79]

Originally Posted by falko

Any errors in your mail log or in Apache's error log? Are you using PHP Safe Mode?

Yes I have an error in my apache's error log:

[Wed Jul 09 17:24:48 2008] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
sendmail: fatal: Recipient addresses must be specified on the command line or via the -t option
[Wed Jul 09 17:24:48 2008] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP
[Wed Jul 09 17:24:48 2008] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP


And this is the error which I have in my mail.log:

Jul 9 17:24:48 mailserver postfix/sendmail[26585]: fatal: Recipient addresses must be specified on the command line or via the -t option

[falko]

Originally Posted by ataman79

[Wed Jul 09 17:24:48 2008] [error] an unknown filter was not added: PHP

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sho...che2_php%22%5D

Originally Posted by ataman79

sendmail: fatal: Recipient addresses must be specified on the command line or via the -t option

Jul 9 17:24:48 mailserver postfix/sendmail[26585]: fatal: Recipient addresses must be specified on the command line or via the -t option

Did you specify a recipient in the mail command?

[ataman79]

Originally Posted by falko

Did you specify a recipient in the mail command?

Yes I did, here is the script I'm using

PHP Code:

<?
/* Edit these preferences to suit your needs */

  $mailto = 'myemailaddress@domain.com'; // insert the email address you want the form sent to
    $returnpage = 'thankyou.php'; // insert the name of the page/location you want the user to be returned to
    $sitename = 'Anatoly-art'; // insert the site name here, it will appear in the subject of your email

/* Do not edit below this line unless you know what you're doing */
    
  $name = $_POST['name'];
  $tel = $_POST['tel'];
  $email = $_POST['email'] ;
  $enquiry = stripslashes($_POST['query']);

    if (!$name) {
        open("<strong>Error:</strong> Please provide your name.<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }
    if (!$tel) {
        print("<strong>Error:</strong> Please provide your telephone number.<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }
    if (!eregi("[0-9]{5,25}", $tel)){
    print("<strong>Error:</strong> Telephone number must include: country code + area code + telephone number<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }
    if (!$email) {
        print("<strong>Error:</strong> Please provide a valid email address.<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }
    if (!$enquiry) {
        print("<strong>Error:</strong> Please provide your enquiry details.<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }
    if (!eregi("^[a-z0-9]+([-_\.]?[a-z0-9])+@[a-z0-9]+([-_\.]?[a-z0-9])+\.[a-z]{2,4}", $email)){
    print("<strong>Error:</strong> this email address is not in a valid format.<br/><br/><a href='javascript:history.go(-1)'>Back</a>");
         exit;
    }    

  $message = "\n$name submitted the following message:\n\n$enquiry\n\nTheir contact details are as follows:\n\nName: $name\nTelephone: $tel\nEmail Address: $email\n";

  mail($mailto, "$sitename Contact Form from $name", $message, "From: $email");
    header("Location: " . $returnpage);
?>

[falko]

What's in the mail section of your php.ini?

[ataman79]

Originally Posted by falko

What's in the mail section of your php.ini?

This is thr mail section of my php.ini , which is located in /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini - you mean this file right ?


[Syslog]
; Whether or not to define the various syslog variables (e.g. $LOG_PID,
; $LOG_CRON, etc.). Turning it off is a good idea performance-wise. In
; runtime, you can define these variables by calling define_syslog_variables().
define_syslog_variables = Off

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = me@example.com

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail

; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
;mail.force_extra_parameters =

[falko]

Try

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

and comment out the SMTP and smtp_port lines. Restart Apache afterwards.

[ataman79]

Originally Posted by falko

Try

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t

and comment out the SMTP and smtp_port lines. Restart Apache afterwards.

Thank you Falko, you always help me ! Now all is OK !!!

[misiek04]

Hi.
I`ve got the similar problem, but in my case i can`t send message to other server. If I send e-mail to my domain it works good and no error message in log.
While sending to other domain in log I have got:

Sender address rejected: Domain not found (in replay to MAIL FROM command)

When I use IMAP to send e-mail to other domains everything works good.

[falko]

Is this other domain on another or on your server?