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

[Tim Johnson]

* Chris Miller <cjm at tryx.org> [131211 14:40]:
> > 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. 
 
   :) Good debugging practice..
> <?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."; 
> ?> 
Made several attempts - all show failures. Below is last code used:
[code]
<?php
$to = "tim at akwebsoft.com";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message from
test_email.php.";
$from = "tim at akwebsoft.com";
$headers = "From:" . $from;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?>
[/code]
[begin log]
Dec 11 15:00:30 linus postfix/qmgr[5223]: 0C257422852A:
from=<_www at tj49.com>, size=388, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 11 15:00:31 linus postfix/smtp[5225]: 0C257422852A:
to=<tim at akwebsoft.com>, relay=akwebsoft.com[74.220.215.66]:25,
delay=337, delays=337/0.02/0.6/0.15, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
akwebsoft.com[74.220.215.66] said: 550-Verification failed for
<_www at tj49.com> 550-No Such User Here" 550 Sender verify failed (in
reply to RCPT TO command))
Dec 11 15:00:31 linus postfix/cleanup[5229]: 7CEA74228698:
message-id=<20131212000031.7CEA74228698 at tj49.com>
Dec 11 15:00:31 linus postfix/bounce[5228]: 0C257422852A: sender
non-delivery notification: 7CEA74228698
Dec 11 15:00:31 linus postfix/qmgr[5223]: 7CEA74228698: from=<>,
size=2279, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 11 15:00:31 linus postfix/qmgr[5223]: 0C257422852A: removed
Dec 11 15:00:32 linus postfix/smtp[5225]: 7CEA74228698:
to=<_www at tj49.com>, relay=mail.tj49.com[74.220.215.66]:25,
delay=0.59, delays=0.01/0/0.45/0.13, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host
mail.tj49.com[74.220.215.66] said: 550 No Such User Here" (in reply
to RCPT TO command))
[end log]
[NOTE] to=<_www at tj49.com>
Now, from my rebol command line (obscure language with built-in
TCP/IP, I do send tim at akwebsoft.com "testing rebol"
[begin log]
Dec 11 15:03:18 linus postfix/qmgr[5239]: C53134228725:
from=<tim at akwebsoft.com>, size=407, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 11 15:03:19 linus postfix/smtp[5245]: C53134228725:
to=<tim at akwebsoft.com>, relay=akwebsoft.com[74.220.215.66]:25,
delay=0.8, delays=0.01/0.01/0.53/0.25, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250
OK id=1VqtkN-00081S-C5)
[end log]

The last was a successful send and subseqent delivery, looks like
PHP delivery

FYI: I'm new to drupal and a PHP noob, long-timer coder in other
stuff.
FYI: Sure appreciate the quick response. This is all very edifying.

thanks
-- 
Tim 
tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com