[support] Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the problem persists

[Chris Miller]

> From: "Tim Johnson" <tim at akwebsoft.com>
> To: "Drupal Support ML" <support at drupal.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:06:26 PM
> Subject: [support] Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site
> administrator if the problem persists

> I'm using version 7.24. Recently upgraded. I have a site running on
> my desktop which is "pushed" to my domain hoster (as the "deployed
> site" )as I update it.

> I am now getting (constantly) error messages as per the subject line
> "Unable to send e-mail. Contact the site administrator if the
> problem persists" Sometimes, I actually can send mail, sometimes
> not.
> Most disturbingly, that message shows when I fill out and send a
> contact from the deployed site as an anonymous user.

> Even though I do received the message.
> --------------------------------------

> I have googled this issue and it looks like this issue is tripping
> up many drupalists.

> I have installed the smtp authentication module and am still getting
> the same messages. Sometimes a dozen or more when I do something as
> admin.

> In fact, I have problems sending test emails from the smtp auth
> module.

> Reports and Logs:
> Status Report shows no problems.

> Logs show errors sending mail, but no helpful messages.

> Systems logs (/private/var/log/mail.log on Mac OSX 10.7) shows
> something like :
> "Dec 11 13:46:51 linus postfix/smtpd[4581]: connect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Dec 11 13:46:51 linus postfix/smtpd[4581]: lost connection after
> RSET from localhost[127.0.0.1]
> Dec 11 13:46:51 linus postfix/smtpd[4581]: disconnect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]"

> This is very bad for my business site.
> Any ideas, Please?
Hi Tim, 

Let's split the problem. Let's test your PHP mail capability first, before we conclude it is Drupal. Ddjust the $to and $from accordingly, copy this to <drupal root>/sites/mail.php and ask for http://<www...>/sites/mail.php . If you see "Mail Sent", then that begins to exonerate your PHP mail configuration. 

<?php 
$to = "demo at tryx.org"; 
$subject = "Test mail"; 
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message."; 
$from = "demo1 at tryx.org"; 
$headers = "From:" . $from; 
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers); 
echo "Mail Sent."; 
?> 

Chris. 
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