php Mail() function doesn't work

Question

I'm working on a php script which has to send emails. But my mail() function doesn't work. I know that I have to configure somehow php.ini and may be something else but I don't know what exactly and how. I installed sendmail, by the way. Any ideas? Thanks a lot. this is my code.

error_reporting(E_ALL); 

$to  = 'name@gmail.com';

$subject = 'subject';

$message = 'text';

$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1251' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'To: user <user@example.com>' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: server <server@example.com>' . "\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

in php.ini i put sendmail_path ="/usr/sbin/sendmail"

ps. i Use Ubuntu

guys, in the mail.log file i got

Apr 29 16:12:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: My unqualified host name (IT02) unknown; sleeping    for retry 
Apr 29 16:13:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: unable to qualify my own domain name (IT02) -- using short name 
Apr 29 16:13:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: p3TED551007660: from=www-data, size=210, class=0, nrcpts=0, msgid=<201104291413.p3TED551007660@IT02>, bodytype=8BITMIME, relay=www-data@localhost

Does anybody know what it means?

show some code or atleast say what error u get. And which OS are you using Linux or Windows??? — jimy, Apr 29 '11 at 13:13
@Kuen, for information your question is not so clear. No, one can understand this and answer you. Improve the Description given. — Sai Kalyan Kumar Akshinthala, Apr 29 '11 at 13:13
it could be supposed that the server is linux and the directive to configure is the one relative to sendmail — Francesco Terenzani, Apr 29 '11 at 13:16
@Kuen, edit your original post with that code and information. It isn't readable as a comment. — Brad, Apr 29 '11 at 13:52
How come you assume immediately that it's php's function that doesn't work and not the mail program? Do you even have sendmail and if yes, is it configured properly? Did you test your sendmail program without the use of php? — Michael J.V., Apr 29 '11 at 14:01

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '11 at 13:51

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The first step would be to figure out where sendmail is installed. Once you know that path, go into your php.ini. You are looking for the sendmail_path setting. Set it appropriately.

If the path is set correctly, the result from a proper call to mail() should return true. (Note that the return value only lets you know if the message was passed on to sendmail [or SMTP in the case of Windows]. It does not guarantee that the e-mail went out, or that sendmail is configured correctly.) If it is returning true and you still aren't getting e-mail, then check your sendmail configuration.

answered Apr 29 '11 at 13:51

Brad

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sendmail is installed. in the mail.log i got: Apr 29 16:12:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: My unqualified host name (IT02) unknown; sleeping for retry Apr 29 16:13:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: unable to qualify my own domain name (IT02) -- using short name Apr 29 16:13:05 IT02 sendmail[7660]: p3TED551007660: from=www-data, size=210, class=0, nrcpts=0, msgid=<201104291413.p3TED551007660@IT02>, bodytype=8BITMIME, relay=www-data@localhost – Kuen Apr 29 '11 at 14:14
So, your problem has nothing to do with PHP at all. Not to mention, this is an extremely common issue. http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-85365.html – Brad Apr 29 '11 at 14:58

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