On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 10:00 -0700, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm very puzzled by this. I've been using the php mail command for
> years but now I can't get it to work and can't figure out how to
> diagnose the problem.
>
> The code below was copied from the manual (addresses changed, etc);
> php.ini has safe_mode off; binary is at /usr/sbin/sendmail.
>
> <?php
> ini_set("SMTP","localhost" );
> ini_set('sendmail_from', 'mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
>
> $name = "Mike Wright"; //senders name
> $email = "mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; //senders e-mail adress
> $recipient = "mike.wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; //recipient
> $body = "The text for the mail..."; //mail body
> $subject = "Subject for review"; //subject
> $header = "From: $name <$email>\r\n"; //optional headerfields
>
> $echo = mail($recipient, $subject, $body, $header) ? 'success':'fail';
> echo "<br/><br/>$echo";
>
> I can access the mail server with "/usr/bin/mailx" and by telnet
> "localhost 25". I can also send mail using php by using 'exec (" echo
> $body | mailx -s $subject $recipient")'.
>
> php-5.2.29 on fedora10 with apache 2.2.14. Can this be selinux related?
>
> Any ideas or troubleshooting tips?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Wright
>
The first ini_set variable you're setting I believe will only work for a
Windows server.
Aside from that, yes SELinux does prevent the mail command from sending
mail by default. I'm using Fedora 11, so I assume it will be similar;
there are config tools for setting SELinux policies, or you could even
turn it off (not advised on a live server). As a test, try turning it
off temporarily just to see if it is the culprit, then you can determine
what policy changes need to be made.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
