PHP mail() function is not working on server?

Question

I have a strange problem on my server.php mail() function does not send emails.What are the first steps to trouble shoot this? What can I do? this is my php.ini values for reference :

SMTP: localhost,
smtp_port:25,
sendmail_from:no value,
sendmail_path:/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

thnx in advance.

Are you running a local SMTP service? – Phil Jul 24 '14 at 06:34 — Phil, Jul 24 '14 at 06:34
not really .i am running it on server. – Aniket Jul 24 '14 at 06:37 — Aniket, Jul 24 '14 at 06:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '14 at 06:35

You need to setup a mail server on your machine for the mail function to work. If you are on Windows (which I am guessing you are from your use of WAMP) you can setup a Pegasus mail server.

Other options include using a wrapper class such as SwiftMailer or PHPMailer and using them to connect to another SMTP server such as your GMail account. Even if you go the Pegasus mail server on your own localhost route then I would still recommend using one of the two classes I have mentioned above. They give you far more flexibility and are safer.

Connecting to either your ISPs SMTP server or GMail or whatever is the easiest route out of this one.

actually i am using linux server.so is there any different changes need to do for linux? — Aniket, Jul 24 '14 at 06:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 24 '14 at 06:38

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Try to use gmail's smtp server.

smtp address: ssl://smtp.gmail.com
smtp port: 465
smtp username: your_gMail_username
smtp password: your_gMail_password

answered Jul 24 '14 at 06:38

Kyle Emmanuel

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