Not able to send email via php

Asked Jun 22 '15 at 06:07

Active Jun 22 '15 at 09:24

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I am trying to send mail via php script and comparatively new to php. I wrote below code:

<?php
   $to = "xyz@somedomain.com";
   $subject = "This is subject";
   $message = "This is simple text message.";
   $header = "From:abc@somedomain.com \r\n";
   $retval = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);
   if( $retval == true )  
   {
      echo "Message sent successfully...";
   }
   else
   {
      echo "Message could not be sent...";
   }
?>

But I not able to send email and retval is returning false. I am also not able to debug the actual error. Please suggest how can I find the root cause?

edited Jun 22 '15 at 09:24

RN Kushwaha

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asked Jun 22 '15 at 06:07

Mayank Jain

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Do you have a mail server running on your machine? – Hanky Panky Jun 22 '15 at 06:08
Yes. I have setup a SMTP server – Mayank Jain Jun 22 '15 at 06:09
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Look for any possible error messages in its logs – Hanky Panky Jun 22 '15 at 06:10
Check if sendmail is running, if it is check the logs. `/var/log/maillog` – Jeemusu Jun 22 '15 at 06:16
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My weapon of choice for building and sending emails is http://swiftmailer.org/ – VolkerK Jun 22 '15 at 06:31
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switch to swiftmailer or use mandrillapp to send emails – Shairyar Jun 22 '15 at 09:26

Not able to send email via php

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