Mail settings in PHP.INI should be what?

[d-woo]

Problem:

OSC is performing the mail functions (customer notification, forgotten password, etc) only to email addresses that are internal...on my dedicated box.

 

My relay is not closed...it is on require authorization via Plesk Admin Server 5.0. I even set it on open relay...still the same thing...no emails are going out to customers.

 

What should my settings be in php.ini?

 

In admin I have tried both sendmail (using qmail via symlink) and SMTP...still no outside mail.

[d-woo]

here is more information...

 

System

RedHat Linux 7.3, Plesk Server Admin 5.0

 

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My Admin>>Email settings are

sendmail

LF

false

false

true

 

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Admin>>Tools reveals

sendmail_from [email protected] [email protected]

sendmail_path /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

 

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php.ini settings:

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = localhost

 

; For Win32 only.

sendmail_from = [email protected]

 

; For Unix only.

;sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject

sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail -t -i

 

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Problem

Internal email addresses (different domains on this dedicated server) receive email from the shop...outside email addresses do not receive email from the shop (OSC)

 

I'm running a snapshot from Jan 2003. Mail worked fine on a different server (RedHat 7.2)...this is a new box...using pre-existing dbase, etc.

[d-woo]

Hurray....it's working now!!!

 

Hopefully this will help someone on a dedicated *nix server in the future.

 

The problem was that mail was not being sent because my server's hostname (plesk.mydomain.com) did not resolve. My dedicated server provider had to add this to their DNS servers and now this domain name resolves properly.

 

Solution: Have your server's hostname added to the DNS of your provider.

[d-woo]

You can check to see if your server name is assigned to DNS properly by doing the following in SSH/Telnet:

 

[root]# dig <your server name>

 

e.g.

[root]# dig plesk.yourdomain.com

 

if DNS is assigned properly you should see a response similar to:

 

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;plesk.yourdomain.com.           IN      A


;; ANSWER SECTION:

plesk.yourdomain.com.    xxxxxx   IN      A       xxx.xx.xxx.xx

[Guest]

I have got plesk 5.0 and I could'nt send any email from oscommerce. I have made some tests but with no success. Do you have a solution? there are some particular setting for the qmail configuration?

 

Many thanks

[d-woo]

Niko,

 

Perhaps this will help you.

 

Step 1. Try using an email that is on your Plesk server first to see if those emails get delivered. My problem was that outside emails were not being delivered.

 

Step 2. If this is the case check the following:

Dear Customer,

   I logged into your server and noticed that the file located at



/etc/xinet.d/smtp_psa



had been edited in such a way that it would not work with the xinetd daemon. I corrected the file and your system began to accept mail from outside hosts again. If you continue to have problems, please submit a new trouble ticket.

 

or

 

check your /etc/PHP.ini file and be sure that it is configured around line 690 like:

 

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: 'sendmail -t -i').
;sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject

sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject
;sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail -t -i

 

Note that the one that actually works is:

sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject

 

Suggestion: make the change in SSH using the command

pico /etc/php.ini

 

Then restart Apache by:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/psa restart

or go to your PSA control panel under Server and restart Apache.

 

Good luck