Emails not sending on Magento

Hi, thanks for the reply.  

How would one go about setting up sendmail?

what server do u have setup. eg   xammp or summit like that or have u just downloaded apache and php and done it that way?

I'm using xampp.

right okay

i want you to run this test script

// change the to address

<?php
$to = "recipient@example.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
 }
?>

Okay, I've done that and got this nice little error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\test.php on line 12

Message delivery failed...

...Was a from field required in there somewhere?

try adding a from

it shouldnt need one but just to check , i will sort out ur php.ini file if it still errors

<?php
$to = "recipient@example.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$from = "";
if (mail($to, $from, $subject, $body)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
 }
?>

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\xampp\htdocs\phpTest\test2.php on line 13

Message delivery failed...

Same problem still.

hmm ok

<?php
$to = "xvsjw@delcam.com";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$from = "me@swoodcock.co.uk";
if (mail($to, $from, $subject, $body)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
 }
?>

                                              

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Yeah, I've tried it with different emails in the from and to fields.  No such luck though.  

I hope i'm doing as you asked. I've just made a basic HTML page with your php in it and hosted it in my xampp htdocs.

yeah thats fine that should of sent, right, try something else now

Method 1:

- Open php.ini file and uncomment the php_smtp.dll extension. This is required when sending emails to a remote server.

- Scroll down and find the following lines:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
;SMTP = localhost
;smtp_port = 25
 
; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = me@example.com

                                              

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This may sound like a silly question; where can I find php.ini?  I'm sure i've been in it before, but can't find it now.

Oh wait, I think I've got it.  Xampp>php>php.ini?

C:\xampp\php

I've done what you said above, but still not having much luck

right okay hold on

1. Modify your sendmail.ini

Your sendmail.ini should be located in C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.ini. You only need to be concern with 3 variables here:

   1. smtp_server
   2. auth_username
   3. auth_password

Get them filled in, an example would be as follows:

[code]smtp_server=smtp.justrealized.com
auth_username=outgoing@justrealized.com
auth_password=dp2hsn12[/code]

Most SMTP servers require authentication. I just setup an email through my Media Temple account. (By the way, i.justrealized.com is hosted by Media Temple, if youre interested in their service and would be kind enough, consider quoting RYNSE.COM without quotes as your referrer. This would give me a bit of discount for my yearly subscriptions. Thanks.)
2. Modify your php.ini

XAMPP places the php.ini inside C:\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini. You can open the file and do a search for sendmail_path. Its at line 704 for me. You can simply uncomment that line.

[code]sendmail_path = "C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"[/code]

And thats all. Now for some testing.

3. Lets test it out

[code lang="php"] $from_name = "Justrealized";
$from_email = "outgoing@justrealized.com";
$headers = "From: $from_name <$from_email>";
$body = "Hi, \nThis is a test mail from $from_name <$from_email>.";
$subject = "Test mail from Justrealized";
$to = "somewhere@justrealized.com";

if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
echo "success!";
} else {
echo "fail&";
}
?>

Are you sure you have the mandatory \n at the end of the header, just before the message content? Your mail will NOT start if this is missing

Before I start modifying sendmail.ini (Thanks samwood09).. What's this \n that you speak of fibo?

The mail is transferred as lines of text.
There is a convention (defined is some RFC) which says that to know the border between the lines of the header and the beginning of the content, you need an empty line.

Not sure if your mail program generates it... just add '\n' before the first line of your content, in case it is just this stupid thing which blocks you.

Interestingly, I got your test script to send an email using samwoods method further up.

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.server.com
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = something@server.com

I just needed to restart apache.

Though, this hasn't fixed my initial problem with sending emails through magento.  I tried putting the '\n' just before the first line of content which didn't help either.

Any more ideas anyone?

Okay, I've sorted the problem!

In System > Config > System > SMTP Settings (Windows server only)

I set the host there and it's now all working fine.

- Solving the problem as you did exactly matches at least my suggestion in item 2 just on the preceding post.
- That mail is correctly sent thru php is also the result of oncommenting elements in php.ini

So you solving the problem results from the various experts contributions, and we would find fair that you acknowledge these.

Hi Fibo,

I'm very sorry, if you look at the times of my previous post and of your soloution, you must of been typing your comment at the the same time I was typing mine !!

I really apreciate all the time yourself and Samwood09 have put in.

Thanks for all your Help, most apreciated !!