Centos sendmail, php mail issue

[james_4k2]

Greetings,

            I have a server with CentOS 5 and I have to send email using a php script from that server. The php mail script works in other location but in one location I have to use their smtp relay IP in order to send emails. I have tried to configure sendmail.mc but still no success. If I send just a test hello mail through telnet then it works but not with a php mail function.

here is my maillog-

 

Jul  5 20:10:42 xxx sendmail[16714]: n660AgwO016714: n660AgwP016714: return to sender: Host unknown (Name server: 101.1.1.101: host not found)

Jul  5 20:10:42 xxx sendmail[16714]: n660AgwP016714: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32592, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

 

 

Any suggestion will be helpful.

Thanx in advance

[steviewdr]

Try taking a look at my sendmail config for using an external smtp server:

http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Sendmail

 

Hope this helps.

 

-steve

[BMurtagh]

Hi,

 

You can also specify in your PHP code (if PEAR support is enabled) the SMTP host, username, and password to send authenticated email. Below is just an alternate to explicitly set the SMTP server in your code instead of making changes to sendmail.

 

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>

[james_4k2]

Thanks Steve and Brendan for the reply and I tried ur suggestion and still no luck.

Here is the output of my maillog found in /var/log/maillog

 

Jul  8 13:27:24 myserver sendmail[1958]: n68HRO0e001958: from=test@test.com, size=165, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200907081727.n68HRO0e001958@clearica>, relay=root@localhost

Jul  8 13:27:24 myserver sendmail[1961]: n68HROIu001961: from=<test@test.com>, size=373, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200907081727.n68HRO0e001958@clearica>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=clearica. [127.0.0.1]

Jul  8 13:27:24 myserver sendmail[1958]: n68HRO0e001958: to=myemail@gmail.com, ctladdr=test@test.com (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=30165, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (n68HROIu001961 Message accepted for delivery)

Jul  8 13:27:25 myserver sendmail[1963]: n68HROIu001961: to=<myemail@gmail.com>, delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=120373, relay=111.11.1.111, dsn=5.1.2, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 111.11.1.111: host not found)

Jul  8 13:27:25 myserver sendmail[1963]: n68HROIu001961: n68HRPIu001963: DSN: Host unknown (Name server: 111.11.1.111: host not found)

Jul  8 13:27:25 myserver sendmail[1963]: n68HRPIu001963: to=<test@test.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=31569, relay=111.11.1.111, dsn=5.1.2, stat=Host unknown (Name server: 111.11.1.111: host not found)

Jul  8 13:27:25 myserver sendmail[1963]: n68HRPIu001963: n68HRPIv001963: return to sender: Host unknown (Name server: 111.11.1.111: host not found)

Jul  8 13:27:25 myserver sendmail[1963]: n68HRPIv001963: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32593, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

 

[steviewdr]

Sounds like a mx record issue.

 

You need a full proper hostname set.

You also need a mx record for the domain you are sending the emails from. Do not use test@test.com

 

Can you send emails to other people?

Gmail are very picky about the email servers they recieve email from.

 

If you can provide the exact following details, we can look into it a little more:

Proper and working From email address

Proper and working To email address

IP and Hostname of your server sending the email.

 

-steve