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On 9/13/05, Antoine <melser.anton@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am trying to get php to send an email and am completely lost. It seems |
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> as though I had it working on an mdk box at work today, cos I got the |
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> messages on my yahoo account, but now I am trying to set up a similar |
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> thing at home I am getting nowhere. I have never done anything apart |
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> from setting up pop/smtp servers in gui mail clients and once in a |
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> networking class we sent an email via telnet. |
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> Having done the extremely simple cl mail sending I was under the |
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> impression that this would be simple! |
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> I just can't work out why it is so difficult... first of all ssmtp was |
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> blocking everything. So I uninstall and install postfix. I try to get |
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> postfix going but get lots of abusive messages about it not liking |
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> certain parameters (the default php ones). Now I read the ssmtp man page |
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> and ask myself - why shouldn't this work? All I want to do is send a |
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> simple little email - if telnet can do it then this can... |
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> Now I reinstall ssmtp and nothing is working. From mutt, sendmail (see |
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> below) and the php script I get the below. |
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> tux ~ # sendmail antt@localhost |
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> hithere |
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> sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 |
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> I don't want to do ANYTHING but have php send emails. I don't really |
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> care about security (for the moment) and really just want it to work |
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> without thinking about it! Can someone give me some advice? |
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> Cheers |
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> Antoine |
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Personally I would just emerge sendmail and use that, especially if you |
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don't need incoming mail. Postfix is probably overkill and I don't know jack |
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about ssmtp. You may encounter two situations however: 1) Your ISP is |
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blocking the SMTP port (25) and/or 2) Your firewall, software or hardware, |
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is blocking mail. As I recall there isn't any special setting needed for |
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sendmail to send a message from php, it just needs to be installed. |
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-Mike |
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________________________________ |
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Michael E. Crute |
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Software Developer |
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SoftGroup Development Corporation |
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Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. |
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