PHP Mail Function Not Working

[jlimited]

Hello,

I am having some problems sending mail from my server to email accounts that are not hosted on my server. It works fine when I send emails to accounts on the server.

I am using the PHP Mail function. Does anyone have an idea of where I should start looking?

Thanks
Travis

[webignition]

You could begin by checking /var/log/exim_mainlog for signs of what is happening.

[jlimited]

2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fh-5n ** theman@jeffsauer.com R=fail_remote_domains: unrouteable mail domain "jeffsauer.com"
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v <= <> R=1FWecM-0006fh-5n U=mailnull P=local S=1747
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fh-5n Completed
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v == root@server1.limitedwebgroup.com <nobody@server1.limitedwebgroup.com> R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (-29): User 0 set for local_delivery transport is on the never_users list
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v ** root@server1.limitedwebgroup.com <nobody@server1.limitedwebgroup.com>: retry timeout exceeded
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v root@server1.limitedwebgroup.com <nobody@server1.limitedwebgroup.com>: error ignored
2006-04-20 14:15:06 1FWecM-0006fj-7v Completed

[webignition]

Well, at least you have an error there you can work with.

Use the advanced search to search the forums for "unrouteable mail domain" (without the quotes), searching titles only instead of whole posts - you'll find lots of threads on the subject!

[jlimited]

I still can not figure this out. It works fine for email sent to limitedwebgroup.com, but emails send to anyone else it does not work. I placed in bold what I think it causing it...but people were using the nobody@server1.limitedwebgroup.com to spam people, so I enable it. How can I modify my code to send email using a different user?

If I were to add a SPF entry in my DNS would that allow me to uncheck this setting?

Here is my code.

$subject = "Email Verification Request";
$message = "
Dear $firstname $lastname,

Domain: $domain.$ext

Select Package: $package[1]
Front Page Extenions: $fpyes
Personal IP Address: $ipyes

Site's Purpose: $purpose

Please click on this link to verify these options.

https://secure.limitedwebgroup.com/?...p=verification

Thank You,
Limited Web Group's Sales Department";

mail($primaryemail, $subject, $message, "From: Limited Web Group's Sales Department <sales@limitedwebgroup.com>");


Exim_mainlog:

2006-04-28 10:12:43 1FZUeB-0003xb-0N <= nobody@server1.limitedwebgroup.com U=nobody P=local S=716
2006-04-28 10:12:43 1FZUeB-0003xb-0N failed to expand condition "${perl{checkspam}}" for lookuphost router: Mail sent by user nobody, UID 99, being discarded due to sender restrictions in WHM->Tweak Settings at /etc/exim.pl line 394.
2006-04-28 10:12:43 1FZUeB-0003xb-0N failed to expand condition "${perl{checkspam}}" for literal router: Mail sent by user nobody, UID 99, being discarded due to sender restrictions in WHM->Tweak Settings at /etc/exim.pl line 394.
2006-04-28 10:12:43 1FZUeB-0003xb-0N ** travis.gassmann@mail.northcentral.edu R=fail_remote_domains: unrouteable mail domain "northcentral.edu"
2006-04-28 10:12:43 1FZUeB-0003xb-0N Completed

[sparksupport]

Some methods to send mails using php when mails from nobody is disabled

1. php as cgi - run the php script from cgi-bin
2. using smtp - example pear smtp
3. Best, enable phpsuexec , but initially you have to face some troubles

[swiftecit]

hello all,

we have a php script which sends the user a copy of the information they enter into a form. if the user is on our server - they get their copy (we always get a copy as we are on our server). if their email is anywhere else - the email disappears.

looking in the logs - I see
2006-07-08 07:53:00 ..... R=fail_remote_domains: unroutable mail domain "charter.net"

now charter is huge and the recipient address was valid.

ideas?

[swiftecit]

I followed the suggestion of:

deleted the /etc/eximmailtrap file
changed /var/cpanel/cpanel.config to make eximmailtrap=0

and this solved the problem.

thanks.