PHP mail function

Draco

I have this piece of php code which is supposed to e-mail me:

[PHP]
$mail_address = 'karl@eeng.may.ie\r\n';
$subject = 'test from php\r\n';
$message = 'This is a test message\r\n';
$from = "From: root@{$_SERVER}\r\n";
$reply = "Reply-To: root@{$_SERVER}\r\n";
$header = 'X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n';
echo 'Trying to mail using: <br>';
echo $mail_address.'<br>'.$subject.'<br>'.$message.'<br>'.$from.'<br>';

if (mail($mail_address, $subject, $message, $from.$reply.$header)){
echo 'sucess';
} else {
echo 'fail';
}
[/PHP]

It doesn't.

All that appears in my mail logs is:
@400000003ffed5a621634784 new msg 64400
@400000003ffed5a621635ef4 info msg 64400: bytes 329 from <root@hal.eeng.may.ie> qp 29684 uid 48
@400000003ffed5a621a0d554 end msg 64400

Now I'm using qmail rather than sendmail on the machine. So is it a problem with qmail or have done something wrong in the above code? It's PHP version 4.3.1

[CrimsonGhost]

I've never included the \r\n in the first 3 arguments passed to the mail function. So try without them and without additional header arguments initially.

Draco

Nope. Same result. They ended up there is a fit of desperation.

seamus

I'd remove the \r\n anyway, especially from the Email addy and subject line.

Does the mail deliver and is unreadable, or does it not deliver?
If it doesn't deliver I would say check your server settings (in php.ini file in windows afaik, not sure where in UNIX/Linux).

I would say leave out the fourth argument in the mail() function with the headers. Maybe try adding them to the message?

The Corinthian

Originally posted by Draco
Now I'm using qmail rather than sendmail on the machine.

Is sendmail_path (check using phpinfo) is going to to the correct exec?

decob

as The Corinthian said, check the path of sendmail_path. Qmail should have a sendmail wrapper that it should be pointed to in you php.ini file,
from http://ie2.php.net/mail

sendmail_path string

Where the sendmail program can be found, usually /usr/sbin/sendmail or /usr/lib/sendmail. configure does an honest attempt of locating this one for you and set a default, but if it fails, you can set it here.

Systems not using sendmail should set this directive to the sendmail wrapper/replacement their mail system offers, if any. For example, Qmail users can normally set it to /var/qmail/bin/sendmail or /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject.

Draco

From phpinfo():
sendmail_path /var/qmail/bin/sendmail
Have tried it with out the /r/n or the last 2 variables. It seems to hit the mail server and then die for some reason. I was thinking that the message was malformed in some manner.

The Corinthian

Originally posted by Draco
It seems to hit the mail server and then die for some reason. I was thinking that the message was malformed in some manner.

The problem may not be php related then. Is port 25 (for SMTP) blocked on the server (e.g. firewalled)? Or is it being used by another service?

Draco

Nope. If I use the unix mail function it all works swimingly.

Draco

Yup, it's definitely something up with qmail. Tested it on a machine with a proper sendmail instal and it works perfectly.

Thanks for the help.