mail() in lampp doesn't work

Question

I'm trting to send a simple mail script in PHP. It doesn't work and I have no error in mail log or error log.

Here's my php.ini config

SMTP = relais.videotron.ca
smtp_port = 25
sendmail_from = xxxx@xxxx.com (Of cours it's my ISP email there :D)
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -i -t

and my simple mail() test

mail("xxxx@xxxx.com","test","test");

Nothing's work. What could it be?

Answer 1

The built-in PHP mail command doesn't allow you to authenticate to an SMTP server. Your ISP SMTP server requires authentication and so is refusing the connection.

The info provided by your ISP confirms this;

SMTP server is accessible from an external network by using clear text authentication using your code "VL" or alias for your mail Example: customer@videotron.ca

Your options are either use an SMTP server that allows anonymous connections or (as Eamorr says) use a mailer class.

Answer 2

I use SwiftMailer:

require_once('../lib/swiftMailer/lib/swift_required.php');
...
function sendEmail(){
  //Sendmail
  $transport = Swift_SendmailTransport::newInstance('/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs');

  //Create the Mailer using your created Transport
  $mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

  $body="Dear $fname,\n\nYour job application was successful. \n\nYours,\n\nEamorr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";


  //Create a message
  $message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Subject goes here')
    ->setFrom(array($email => "no-reply@yourdomain.com"))
    ->setTo(array($email => "$fname $lname"))
    ->setBody($body);

  //Send the message
  $result = $mailer->send($message);
}

You can send both plaintext and html email with ease.