[Roombor]

I'm having problems with mail() and I'm pretty sure it is a lack of some config, what do I need to do to allow php to mail out?

[WarChild]

It deppends of what OS are you using.
Also check out the relevant part of your php.ini

[montanarry]

Have a local smtp-installation.
Which either means you need ssmtp and a smtp-server or a smtp-server on the php-running box.
In both cases you should have a "sendmail" command which is working. if you don't have, php can't send email (afaik)

[Roombor]

:), I installed ssmtp, I kind of thumbled through the config of it, I was concerned with mailhub= var in the config. Am I right in thinking that you only need ssmpt and nothing else to send emails from php?

[montanarry]

As long as you have a smtp-server running accepting mails from the php-running box (the one you installed ssmtp on) without further authentication and stuff - yes.

[Roombor]

K, thx

[PaulKolin]

Not really
You need to configure php a little differently for it to work with ssmtp
The default way it calls the mailer does not work with sendmail

[Roombor]

Any recommendations for an smtp server?

[PaulKolin]

If you jsut want to send mails, ssmtp is perfectly fine
Let me search the correct line to put in php.ini for it to work, just a moment
Sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/ssmtp -t -i"
That's it :)

[Roombor]

So I don't need an additional server with ssmtp

[montanarry]

Roombor: i'm using postfix on my servers.

[PaulKolin]

You can run it on the same server without problems (ssmtp)
This setup actually expects the ssmtp server to be on the same machine, as it's directly calling the binary

[montanarry]

Roombor, if your provider lets you send mails without authentication to its smtp-servers, yes.

[PaulKolin]

montanarry, ehmm with ssmtp you are your own smtp-server...
Ssmtp is full smtp server
Just with very little functionality besides sending mail out

[montanarry]

PaulKolin, but no way to deliver mail to any mailbox.

[PaulKolin]

No, it's only there to send mail, which is what an smtp server should only do
Delivering mail is the job of a MDA

[PaulKolin]

Have a local smtp-installation.
Which either means you need ssmtp and a smtp-server or a smtp-server on the php-running box.
In both cases you should have a "sendmail" command which is working. if you don't have, php can't send email (afaik)
but you may try to get some processing time

[ovigo22]

:), I installed ssmtp, I kind of thumbled through the config of it, I was concerned with mailhub= var in the config. Am I right in thinking that you only need ssmpt and nothing else to send emails from php?

[PaulKolin]

As long as you have a smtp-server running accepting mails from the php-running box (the one you installed ssmtp on) without further authentication and stuff - yes.

[ovigo22]

K, thx

[Poolkop]

Not really
You need to configure php a little differently for it to work with ssmtp
The default way it calls the mailer does not work with sendmail

[ovigo22]

Any recommendations for an smtp server?

[Poolkop]

If you jsut want to send mails, ssmtp is perfectly fine
Let me search the correct line to put in php.ini for it to work, just a moment
Sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/ssmtp -t -i"
That's it :)

[ovigo22]

So I don't need an additional server with ssmtp

[PaulKolin]

ovigo22, i'm using postfix on my servers.