server not sending mail -> no error

[abazoskib]

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Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright © 1998-2008 Zend Technologies

 

//EMAIL FILE
$to = '[email protected]';
$from = 'root@localhost';
$subject = "Daily  - ".$yesterday;
$message0 = 'Hi';
$headers = "From:". $from;

$fileatt = $myFile;
$fileatt_name = "day".$yesterday.".csv";
$fileatt_type = filetype($fileatt);
$file = fopen($fileatt,'rb');
$data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt));
fclose($file);

// Generate a boundary string that is unique
$semi_rand = md5(time());
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";

// Add the headers for a file attachment
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/alternative;\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
$message = "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n";
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
$message0 . "\n\n";

// Add the headers for a file attachment
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";

// Base64 encode the file data
$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));

// Add file attachment to the message
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: {$fileatt_type};\n" . // {$fileatt_type}
" name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Disposition: inline;\n" .
" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n";

// Send the message
$send = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($send) {
echo "Email Sent to intended recipients successfully!";
} else {
echo "Mail could not be sent. You missed something in the script. Sorry!";
}

 

No error, and I get the successful message. SMTP is set to localhost in php.ini. What am I doing wrong? Not one email has been sent. Do I need to install SMTP?

[ignace]

Do I need to install SMTP?

 

Do you need a post office to send land mail?