I'm having a problem receiving emails when:
- someone posts a comment, no email comes to me, the admin
- someone subscribes to a post when making a comment, they receive no email
I saw something in another thread about "is php mail enabled on your server" or something to that effect.
Is there a way I can check this out (the server, php, etc, is all mine so I have full access to everything) and get PHP configured to perform the email functions? What steps do I take to ensure I have the proper items enabled at the PHP level?
I currently have other functions on my website using formmail/blat (perl) to do the emailing, but it sounds like this is strictly via php implementation, so any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Yes, your PHP needs to have a sendmail linkage. You need to have a sendmail-compatible MTA on your server, and it needs to be installed when you compile PHP. Otherwise, the mail() function will not work for you.
Create a script like and search for "sendmail_path". It should give you the location of the sendmail binary.
Ah, of course that only works on a unix/linux server, which I assume you have, right?
You can create a simple script to test if mails work:
Then "your@host.com" should receive an email. If that is not the case, you should check your MTA setup on the machine, look for possible postmaster error reports or bounces...
Create a script like
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<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Ah, of course that only works on a unix/linux server, which I assume you have, right?
You can create a simple script to test if mails work:
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<?php
mail('your@host.com', 'Testmail', 'This is a test mail');
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