openshift email sends from terminal but not from php

Question

I'm using OpenShift and I have problem sending email.

It works fine when logged in via ssh, for eg:

echo “Test from Postfix” | mail -s “Test1″ me@yahoo.com

However if I want to send an email from php code like this:

if (mail ('me@yahoo.com', "Test Postfix", "Test mail from postfix", "From: somebody@example.com"))
  echo "mail sent succesfully";
else 
  echo "couldn't send mail";

It writes "mail sent succesfully", but no email arrives :( Tried without header too, but it's the same.

Checked the settings for smtp, sendmail_path, sendmail_from and smtp_port, both with php -i and phpinfo(). They are the same:

smtp_port=25
sendmail_path=(the path that I get with which sendmail)
smtp=localhost (also tried with ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.mysmtp.com")).

error.log contains no error. I can't find the email.logs.

Can you suggest some solution?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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I would recommmed checking out the following StackOverflow question: Can't send email through openshift

It sorted everything out for me, and you can define all the variables using the PHPMailer. I spent a few hours trying to do what you were trying to do with PHP within Openshift, but found this plugin solved it almost immediately.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Jul 22 '14 at 23:51

danieljimeneznz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 24 '14 at 16:22

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Could be getting caught in the outgoing spam filter, depending on the content etc.

answered Mar 24 '14 at 16:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '14 at 09:43

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The plugin WP Mail SMTP was a solution for me. Read the howtos here: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-send-email-in-wordpress-using-the-gmail-smtp-server/

answered Mar 27 '14 at 09:43

katalins

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '15 at 13:24

As far as I know, you need a real sender account in order to make it. That's probably why the other answers suggest plugins/libraries. So you need to provide not only a valid SMTP server, but also an account and pass. Agreed however, that it lacks information about the mail not being sent.

openshift email sends from terminal but not from php

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