URGENT: mail() function broken in cpanel 7.

[cyon]

hello,

after upgrading my cpanel to version 7.0.5 E19 I can't send mails with the PHP mail() function. The formmail.pl skript isn't working anymore too.

I downgraded cpanel to 6.4.2-S75, but the problem does still exists.

have anyone some suggestions?

hope this will be fixed soon, I have 300 clients on this server and they are spamming me with this problem.

thx, dave.

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[ciphervendor]

Maybe try restarting Exim as a first step:

service exim restart

Next try tailing the Exim log for errors and while doing that attempt to send mail from a form or php script. You should find your answer in that Exim log.

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[cyon]

my logs didn't contain any entries about the mails I sent with mail().

but I solved the problem by running /scripts/exim3

now version 3 instead of 4 is installed and mail() works now.

The problem is not really fixed but bypassed, and that works for me at the moment.

greetz, dave.

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[rmj]

i'm having the same issue, i dont want to downgrade exim though, there has to be a solution to this.

any ideas anyone? im sure more than a few of us are having this issue

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[cikul]

i have some problem. but after i run /scripts/newexim the problem fixed

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[sexy_guy]

I cannot send mail from Moderbill.

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[rmj]

cikul if you looked at that script you'd see that its installing old v3.X of exim

not a solution for v4

just thought you should know though.

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[sexy_guy]

** BUMP **

This needs fixing, we cannot send mail from Modernbill. Whats up with this and when is it going to be fixed?

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[sexy_guy]

Originally posted by ciphervendor
Maybe try restarting Exim as a first step:

service exim restart

Next try tailing the Exim log for errors and while doing that attempt to send mail from a form or php script. You should find your answer in that Exim log.

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There is a major problem with the mail function in E19 and our private forums and those of our users are all affected. Has anyone submitted a TT on this yet?

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[cyon]

I've opened a TT, but no reply yet...

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[kcdworks]

The only thing that has fixed this for us is to make sure that Apache is compiled with the Raise FD_SETSIZE option and then to restart httpd every time it happens (about twice a day), or to downgrade to Exim 3.

The restarting Apache solution only temporarily fixes the problem. Downgrading to Exim 3 fixed us, but really shouldn't be the answer.

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[Tom Pyles]

Sexy_guy,
We too had problems with mail from Modernbill. I ended up going back to Exim3 and it now works. Not a solution, but a temporary fix for you until this stuff gets resolved.

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[cyon]

I think we have to wait till the programmers fix that bug and downgrade to exim3 till then..

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[Godcore]

we're having the same problem. PHP scripts that used to work are now broken.

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[Godcore]

We had the option "prevent the user nobody from sending mail to external domains" selected. Unchecked the box and all is good.

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