mail in php

[old.vbmot]

Does anyone know why mailing in php using the php mail function does not work?
The line I'm using is this (with the variables already defined of course):

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $from");

I'm not getting errors, and exactly the same script works on freedom2surf but it seems not to work on barrysworld, which is very strange.
I hope someone can help me!

 

[MrChumble]

I would guess that BW do not offer access to the sendmail program, or an equivalent. This is quite often the case, for security reasons or just to stop people spamming.

Further info at:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

and

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

 

[old.vbmot]

i'd think that too if not for that they themsleves say it's possible to send mail using php's built in function, which is exactly what i'm using. it's in their faq here:

http://netsites.barrysworld.net/info/faq.php#HowcanIsendmailfrommyscripts?

(sorry about my english ;-) )

 

[MrChumble]

Tried either of the two scripts they suggest? If they work then you can work out what they did differently and make your own script.

 

[old.Kez]

I think that error reporting in php is disabled on BW, as is sendmail. If that helps. Which I doubt.

 

[old.vbmot]

Tnx people, but i just learnt that sendmail has been disabled on BW

Does anyone know an open smtp relay?

 

[Tempy_Incursion]

Yeah that's one thing PHP related I don't know about. I hope someone does...