Fedora 10 Server: Sending emails with php scripts

[bryand1]

Hello,

What do I need to enable on my fedora 10 server so that I can send emails with a simple PHP mail script?

I have already opened PORT 25.

Thank you,

Bryan Andrade

[falko]

PHP's mail() function should work out of the box.

[tom.hill]

Hi bryand1,

I'm also having the same problem on CentOS 5.3 x64

I think we must be missing something?

Tom

[tom.hill]

I wonder if anyone can help?

I have created a test page with the following code:

<?php
function send_email($from, $to, $cc, $bcc, $subject, $message){
	$headers = "From: ".$from."\r\n";
	$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$from."\r\n";
	$headers .= "Return-Path: ".$from."\r\n";
	$headers .= "CC: ".$cc."\r\n";
	$headers .= "BCC: ".$to."\r\n";
	
	if (mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ) {
	   echo "email sent";
	} else {
	   echo "email could not be sent";
	}
}

$subject = "Hello!";
$message = "Hello! How are you today?";
send_email("website@mydomain.net", "testadd1@domain.com", 
	"testadd2@domain.com", "hidden_email@domain.com",
	$subject , 
	$message);
?>

When I view the page above I get 'email sent' but no mail is received. If I run the command

postsuper -d ALL

I get

postsuper: Deleted: 4 messages

so it looks to me like the messages are going into the queue? Do I have to specify my ISP's smtp relay server anywhere in the postfix config?

Kind regards,

Tom


Edit, also if I view the mail queue on Ispconfig 3 after running the test script above it shows:

Data from: 2009-07-29 16:15
/var/spool/mqueue is empty
Total requests: 0

Is this a different queue?

[av1611]

I found that PHP does not work out of the box with sendmail on F10 so I got around the problem by just install postfix which took all of 10 minutes and is much easier to use anyway.

I know that's not the answer you was looking for but that's what I came up with last year when I had the same problem.

[av1611]

Here is the thread from last year when I tried to get it working:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=199647

[tom.hill]

Thanks AV,

I managed to install postfix fairly easily (yum erase sendmail, yum install postfix) and start it but my emails via my test page are still not getting through.

I'm not sure what or how to test?

Tom

Edit:

If I try to send a test email from the command line using:

echo "test" | mail -s testsubject me@hotmail.com

The email doesn't get through but defiantly joins a queue:

[root@rnetweb1 /]# postsuper -d ALL
postsuper: Deleted: 1 message

[av1611]

Try running the session in telnet:
howto:
http://tranquilpenguin.com/wordpress/?p=57

follow the example exactly and see if you get some errors. Are you on a public network? does you ISP allow you to send port 25? This is a good way to find out.

[tom.hill]

Thanks AV,

Sorry about the delay, I took a long needed holiday!

I have tried to telnet to the box from an XP machine and also to telnet to the box locally from the box itself.

from a local WinXP machine:
telnet 10.101.1.50 25

command prompt goes blank

from the box itself:
telnet 10.101.1.50 25 (or telnet localhost 25)

Trying 10.101.1.50...
Connected to host1.domain.local (10.101.1.50).
Escape character is '^]'.

and then no command has any effect (I actually have to reboot the server using XenCentre because I can't get out of the telnet prompt!)

I can telnet to my Exchange server just fine.

This must highlight a big problem somewhere, just wish I knew what it was!



Tom

[falko]

Are there any errors in your mail log?