Unable to send mail from php script on ubuntu 16

Question

I have a php script to send a mail which isn't working on ubuntu server. But after logging in from server if i fire this command

echo "body" | mail -s "subject" root

then it works properly..im also able to receive email from this command but not using the script from the code

Can anyone tell me what wrong am i doing?

This is my PHP Script to send email :

<html>

<head>
<title>Sending HTML email using PHP</title>
</head>

<body>

<?php

$to = "test@gmail.com";
$subject = "This is subject";

$message = " Testing email service from my website. ";


$header = "From: someone@gmail.com \r\n";
$header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$retval = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);

if( $retval == true ) {
echo "Message sent successfully ...";
}else {
echo "Message could not be sent...";
}
?>

</body>
</html>

The page says Message sent successfully... but i don't receive the email. — sid, Sep 13 '18 at 11:06
Email doesn't exist in spam folder too but my error log says something like this /usr/sbin/sendmail: not found sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 — sid, Sep 13 '18 at 11:11
There you have it. in the php.ini you have to configure how php sends mails. Check it out: https://www.quackit.com/php/tutorial/php_mail_configuration.cfm — Dieter Kräutl, Sep 13 '18 at 11:12
I have it configured already. My Php.ini file has this SMTP localhost localhost smtp_port 25 25 — sid, Sep 13 '18 at 11:14
It still tries to use sendmail. check it if sendmail is activated... — Dieter Kräutl, Sep 13 '18 at 11:15

Dieter Kräutl · Answer 1 · 2018-09-13T11:35:47.200

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In the file php.ini you have to configure how php should send mails. You can use sendmail and configure SMTP there.

edited Sep 13 '18 at 11:35

answered Sep 13 '18 at 11:15

Dieter Kräutl

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In my php.ini file i have SMTP configuration like this SMTP localhost localhost smtp_port 25 25 – sid Sep 13 '18 at 11:26
Do you have an SMTP on localhost on port 25? – Dieter Kräutl Sep 13 '18 at 11:29
Yes that's how it is – sid Sep 13 '18 at 11:30
sendmail is deactivated? – Dieter Kräutl Sep 13 '18 at 11:31
I tried installing sendmail but during installation in between it says creating SSL Certificates for sendmail and then anything doesn't happen – sid Sep 13 '18 at 11:32
Can u execute sendmail by commandline? – Dieter Kräutl Sep 13 '18 at 11:34
No, there is no way to do it – sid Sep 13 '18 at 11:36
is it win or unix? – Dieter Kräutl Sep 13 '18 at 11:38
Ubuntu 16 server – sid Sep 13 '18 at 11:39
In unix do: echo "Subject: test" | /usr/lib/sendmail -v replace.me@with.your.mail.address.com – Dieter Kräutl Sep 13 '18 at 11:39

Unable to send mail from php script on ubuntu 16

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