On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 23:12 +0200, Antoine wrote: > Billy Holmes wrote: > > Antoine wrote: > > > >> tux ~ # sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> hithere > >> > >> sendmail: Cannot open mail:25 > > > > > > ssmtp always uses a smart host. It can't deliver mail by itself. > > > > edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf, make your changes (use your ISP's mail > > server), and I personally turn on FromLineOverride=yes. You may have to > > set your hostname in the file, too. > > I will give that a try but I seem to be making at least some progress > with sendmail (in fact it wasn't properly installed and I had to > uninstall ssmtp and reinstall to get it working...) I also had to > hardcode /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail into php.ini cos > /etc/mail/mailer.conf doesn't look like it's working but anyway - > > tux ~ # php /home/antt/tmp/test.php > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to [127.0.0.1] via relay... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1] > <p>Message successfully sent!</p>tux ~ # > > Obviously it wasn't successful, and I have done something silly here... > This is frustrating! > Cheers > Antoine
You aren't the only one with such a problem, I just tried to register on the jahshaka.org forum (phpBB) and it tells me: General Error Failed sending email :: PHP :: DEBUG MODE Line : 234 File : emailer.php -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list