VITAL! PHP: Setting SMTP relay servers during runtime?

mholt · 05-30-2007, 01:08 PM

Hello...

I have a client who has GoDaddy hosting (purchased it before I could offer alternatives) - and the mail() function does not seem to work. It can't find the SMTP server, is my guess... but no errors are displayed other than my line:

if (!mail( ... etc ... echo("ERROR"); ... etc.

So basically, all I know is the mail isn't sending.

GoDaddy support says I need to set the "relay server" to: relay-hosting.secureserver.net - but I don't know what it is or how to do that.

Any help, please? His business rests on this contact form functionality. Please don't offer suggestions, just answers.

Thanks!
-Matt

monaco · 05-30-2007, 01:37 PM

Edit the php.ini file: http://us2.php.net/mail

Tell him to ask GoDaddy where php is looking for it within his home directory and put it there.

mholt · 05-30-2007, 01:57 PM

Edit it during runtime? And edit what? The page you linked me to, while I appreciate it, doesn't seem to explain INI settings for, (I should have mentioned this) Linux hosting.

monaco · 06-01-2007, 04:06 PM

My bad

I just assumed windows hosting...no competent paid-for linux host denies access to the sendmail facility.

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mholt DNOA Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,040	VITAL! PHP: Setting SMTP relay servers during runtime? Hello... I have a client who has GoDaddy hosting (purchased it before I could offer alternatives) - and the mail() function does not seem to work. It can't find the SMTP server, is my guess... but no errors are displayed other than my line: if (!mail( ... etc ... echo("ERROR"); ... etc. So basically, all I know is the mail isn't sending. GoDaddy support says I need to set the "relay server" to: relay-hosting.secureserver.net - but I don't know what it is or how to do that. Any help, please? His business rests on this contact form functionality. Please don't offer suggestions, just answers. Thanks! -Matt

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monaco NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 689	My bad I just assumed windows hosting...no competent paid-for linux host denies access to the sendmail facility. __________________ My Website \| My Blog

05-30-2007, 01:57 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
mholt DNOA Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,040	Edit it during runtime? And edit what? The page you linked me to, while I appreciate it, doesn't seem to explain INI settings for, (I should have mentioned this) Linux hosting.

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