mail($to,$sub,$body1, $headers); DOESNT work

[megetron]

hello,

I host my website on a linux server, but when I click this code:

 

mail($to,$sub,$body1, $headers);

 

it does not send any mail. I dont get any error also.

I know that it worked on other servers.

what should I do?

thanks

[AGuyWithAthing]

Usually if the mail function has worked it's an issue with your MTA (most likely sendmail, postfix or exim)

 

If so check your /var/log/mail.log, exim log, postfix log etc and see what the MTA is doing with the email.

 

In your shell run the following command if using sendmail :

 

tail -f /var/log/mail.log

 

Then run your script and usually you will see the email appear in that and give an error if it fails.

[ocpaul20]

In the past when I have had issues with hosted websites, it has sometimes been the 'from' email address has to come from an address on your domain. Just a possible reason why it is disappearing. There is usually a forum on hosted websites which have lots of email problems (with solutions) so it may be a good idea to check these out too.

[peter_anderson]

What are you setting each of the variables to?