PHP4 mail() - what really happens? Message logged?

[chadm]

Our Setup:  Windows 2003 Server, Apache 2.0.47, PHP 4.4.4. 

 

We have a situation that an SMTP server refused the connection from our web server and all of the mail was lost.    My question:  is there a log of the mail sent?  Is a temp file written anywhere with the message?  Can I turn on a logging feature to track if the situation happens again?

 

Last question, is there such thing as a "badmail" folder for the PHP mail() function that the Microsoft SMTP services has for classic ASP's email function?

 

Thanks for any help!!

 

Chad

[per1os]

There is not a log of email sent, that would be insane the size it could reach.

 

As for creating a log I would look into PEAR::Mail() as they have a whole queuing feature will gives you the option to log all mail to your database.

[chadm]

Thanks for the quick reply!  I'll look into PEAR::Mail(). 

 

My other option is to rewrite the function that builds our email message and store that in our database.

 

Thanks again for the reply.