Email function not working on linux(vps) server
Question
I am testing email functionality on a linux (vps) server. This is the following code which i am using:
<?php
// --- CONFIG PARAMETERS --- //
//
$email_recipient = "recipient@demo.com";
$email_sender = "Sender Name";
$email_return_to = "sender@demo.com";
$email_content_type = "text/html; charset=us-ascii";
$email_client = "PHP/" . phpversion();
//
// ------------------------- //
// --- DEFINE HEADERS --- //
//
$email_header = "From: " . $email_sender . "\r\n";
$email_header .= "Reply-To: " . $email_return_to . "\r\n";
$email_header .= "Return-Path: " . $email_return_to . "\r\n";
$email_header .= "Content-type: " . $email_content_type . "\r\n";
$email_header .= "X-Mailer: " . $email_client . "\r\n";
//
// ---------------------- //
// --- SUBJECT AND CONTENTS --- //
//
$email_subject = "Test email subject";
$email_contents = "<html>";
$email_contents .= "<h2>Test Email</h2>";
$email_contents .= "<br><b>Sender: " . $email_sender;
$email_contents .= "<br><b>Recipient: " . $email_recipient;
$email_contents .= "</html>";
//
// ---------------------------- //
$email_result = mail($email_recipient, $email_subject, $email_contents, $email_header);
if ($email_result) echo "Email has been sent!";
else echo "Email has failed!";
?>
When i execute the code it takes long time to process and then displays Email has been sent. But the email is never delivered to the recipient. I have checked the send email path in the php.ini file through phpinfo() function it displays :
sendmail_from no value no value
sendmail_path /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
I am unable to trace out the reason for this.
Please help me on this.
Thanks
Pankaj
3 answers
solution1
0 2011-02-07 08:16:35
Use an actual email address as $email_sender; if not working, write 5th parameter in mail() function -fsenderemail@mail.com (whatever sender e-mail is)
solution2
0 2011-02-07 08:27:35
Have you tried sending different recipients? Did you check the spambox? I suggest using PHPMailer, it takes care of headers, etc, makes life easier.
solution3
0 2011-02-07 08:30:52
make sure your sendmail service is running, sometimes you need start it manually for your VPS. it should be something like:
/etc/init.d/sendmail start
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