Problems with mail()

[Paul Robson]

I'm just tinkering with PHP and learning the basics ; all well and good
so far, except I can't get mail() to work.

I'm running Apache 2 & PHP 4.3.9, and ssmtp on Gentoo. ssmtp is set up
correctly (I can use "sendmail" in evolution fine).

When I post from PHP it seems to work ok except it's emailed to
apache@autismuk .freeserve.co.u k (according to my log). I've tried setting
the sendmail directory option in php.ini to /usr/lib/sendmail & that
doesn't work either..... I'm mystified.

Am I doing something obviously wrong ?
Any ideas ?

<?php

$msg = "Name: $_POST[name]\n";
$msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email]\n";
$msg .= "Message: $_POST[message]\n";

$recipient = "autismuk@autis muk.freeserve.c o.uk";
$subject = "Form submission results";
$mailheaders = "From: My Web Site <autismuk@autis muk.freeserve.c o.uk> \n";
$mailheaders = "Reply-To: $_POST[email]";
$mailheaders = ""; // this line in or out makes no odds ....
mail($recipient ,$subject,$msg, $mailheaders) or die("Failed to send");

print "Message sent successfully.<b r>";

?>

[Theo]

Re: Problems with mail()

Paul Robson <autismuk@autis muk.freeserve.c o.uk> wrote in
news:pan.2004.1 0.25.13.04.40.8 71057@autismuk. freeserve.co.uk :
[color=blue]
> $recipient = "autismuk@autis muk.freeserve.c o.uk";[/color]

try

$recipient = "<autismuk@auti smuk.freeserve. co.uk>";