Testing php mail() locally

Asked May 07 '16 at 21:29

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This question seems to my mind to be fundamentally different to the suggested duplicate. My requirements are very specific. If someone can tell me what I need to do to make this question acceptable, please do. I've tried three times now.

I want to use the php mail() function on a completely isolated machine running apache.

I want the contents of the email to be logged in a local text file.

Ideally I'd like a solution that works on both Windows7 and Ubuntu 14.04

I do not want to install any software other than apache and php unless absolutely necessary. I don't know if sendmail is part of apache, or if I need to install it separately.

I have tried this in php.ini and restarted apache:

sendmail_path = 'cat > /home/****/Desktop/*****/dev/*******/email/mail.txt'

to no avail. If only life were that simple.

edited May 08 '16 at 15:31

asked May 07 '16 at 21:29

Robin Andrews

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Sendmail is a separate package and certainly not part of Apache. – Ed de Almeida May 07 '16 at 21:40
this question requires several posts – Yehia Awad May 07 '16 at 22:20
I don't have the background knowledge to know how to split it meaningfully and still get the information I need. – Robin Andrews May 08 '16 at 06:10

Testing php mail() locally

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