how to check if host has mail enabled

[ted_chou12]

I wish to check if my host has mail enable, because ive changed to another one, so I uploaded a php file that has this included:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
It does show a lot of information but I dont know which one to look for, can anyone give me any ideas?
Thanks
Ted

[Psycho]

Why not just upload a file with this (changing the "[email protected]" to your email address) and then run it?

<?php
$to      = '[email protected]';
$subject = 'Mail test';
$message = 'This is a test email';
$headers = 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
  'Reply-To: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
  'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

[ted_chou12]

I tried alreay, my mail script has the message, but it always appears message delivery failed, so i want to see if they have the mail function enabled.

[Psycho]

Well, to answer your question directly, when I run phpinfo on my windows box I have the following settings (section names in bold):
[b]core[/b]
mail.force_extra_parameters : no value : no value
sendmail_from : no value : no value
sendmail_path : no value : no value
[b]standard[/b]
Internal Sendmail Support for Windows : Enabled

I would assume that last one is the one you are looking for and that there would be a similar setting in Linux. You might want to check with your host. Plus the email could be blocked by spam filtering somewhere in the process.

[michaellunsford]

you're looking to see if sendmail_path or "path to sendmail" has a value.

http://us2.php.net/mail