SMTP Internal PHP mail trouble - Zend_Mail-Transport_Exception

I have a script that uses internal php mail function, when testing the sending of mail it throws the following error:


What settings should I change where to make this work?

Help much appreciated, thanks!

server is FreeBSD 9.1 with directadmin

What are permissions of the log file shown in the error?

What kind of errors do you see for the email in /var/log/exim/mainlog?

Jeff

nobaloney said:

What are permissions of the log file shown in the error?

What kind of errors do you see for the email in /var/log/exim/mainlog?

Jeff

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Hi Jeff,

Thanks for thinking along!

Here's what I found out:

- my php.ini file had a setting that caused this, it said: mail.log = /var/log/php-mail.log

I checked /var/log/ directory and that had no php-mail.log file there

I commented the above line out of php.ini and then the error disappeared

Don't know it this is smart or not, but everything works and no more errors.

Thanks!

You could have course created the log file, which could be invaluable if a site is hacked and you need to trace what's being sent. (Or not, if you're comfortable with tracking the exim mainlog.)

But if you create it you should at least occasinally empty it, or set up log rotation so it won't eventually fill up your entire partition.

Jeff