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[Derek T <derekt AT mycybernet.net>]

John Joseph Bachir wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Derek T wrote:
>
> > I created a user, but I'm getting no e-mail confirmation, and I've 
> > looked through all server logs I can think of, and there's no errors. 
> > Just no e-mail.
> >
> > Then I tried changing the password for that user, I got:
> >
> > "The e-mail could not be sent. Possible reason: your host may have 
> > disabled the mail() function... "
> >
> > But the mail is working fine.  Any ideas?
>
> What it means is, the php function 'mail' might be disabled on your host. 
> I'm not sure if there is a workaround for this problem... It's odd that 
> your host disabled mail, there are so many web apps that depend on it.
>
> As a short term solution you can turn on debug mode at the top of 
> debug.php, and this will spit out the password at the bottom of the page 
> when registering a new user.
>
> let me know if you find anything else out.
>
> john


Okay, found the problem -- hardware and software recently got switched 
around a lot on the server recently.  the sendmail path in php.ini was 
wrong.

thanks for the tip

dt