How to send email using SSMTP through Codeigniter on Ubuntu

Question

I am new to SSMTP and Ubuntu, but I have successfully sent emails using the following command:

ssmtp -t < temp_email_file

Using PHP in Codeigniter, I'm trying to have my controller run the same command. I know this is not the most secure way to do things, but I'm just trying to generate an email to myself when users of our intranet run a script.

I've tried using the following and tried to echo the results, but I receive nothing back:

shell_exec()
exec()
system()

I'm out of debugging ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '11 at 14:14

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This might be of help. I’m currently using it on Ubuntu Intrepid.

http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/84689/

answered May 03 '11 at 14:14

Mhd.Jarkas

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Thanks so much! All I had to do is change the protocol to ssmtp – Chris May 04 '11 at 13:03

How to send email using SSMTP through Codeigniter on Ubuntu

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