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

[Jamie Holly]

Sorry about that. It should be ini_set();

Jamie Holly
http://hollyit.net

On 12/16/2013 6:02 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Jamie Holly <hovercrafter at earthlink.net> [131215 07:11]:
> >
> > What's your email address set in the E-Mail address field on
> > Administration > Configuration > System > Site information?
> >
> >  From your log, the problem is obvious. You are attempting to send an
> > email with a return address that doesn't exist. Postfix is set to verify
> > sender, so before it accepts an email, it's going to ask the server
> > handling the return address if that user actually exists. If it doesn't
> > then it's going to send a 550 error. If you have the EMail address in
> > Drupal set to something other than www at tj49.com, then you got a server
> > problem going on, preventing PHP from setting the return address. If
> > you're running in safe_mode, that can be the culprit. If not, then you
> > can try adding this to your settings.php:
> >
> > ini('sendmail_path', '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f tim at akwebsoft.com');
>    I am currently even happier and even more confused: consider the
>    instructions above. Last night, I could have sworn that I did
>    indeed put
>    ini('sendmail_path', '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f tim at akwebsoft.com');
>    in my settings.php
>
>    but I find today that if I put the ini() function call in
>    settings.php, I get a blank screen when I reload the site - no
>    content whatsoever, and it doesn't seem to matter at
>    what position the ini() call is in settings.php
>    ... so the ini() call is removed.
>
>    Additionally
>    -----------
>    1)further research indicates that the proper settings in php.ini
>      should be
>      sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -ftim at tj49.com"
>      see http://hostmonsterforums.com/archive/index.php/t-9832.html
> 	(no space between the -f argument and the email address)
>
>    2)Now I can send email through a non-drupal mail() call
>
>    3)Following the instructions at
>      http://hostmonsterforums.com/archive/index.php/t-9832.html
>      I called the hostmonster helpdesk and with their guidance,
> 	I used cPanel to upgrade to PHP 5.4 (was set to PHP 5.2) and
> 	elected to generate a php.ini file to which I added
>      sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -ftim at tj49.com"
>
>    It's too early to be entirely certain, but I think I'm moving to a
>    fix and I hope what I'm writing here can help others.
>
>    Now, I know that Jamie is as busy as sheep dog helping us noobs,
>    but maybe he call tell me why
>
>    ini('sendmail_path', '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f tim at akwebsoft.com');
>    Or should it be
>    ini('sendmail_path', '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -ftim at akwebsoft.com'); ## ??
>    in settings.php would cause the site to choke
>
>    Yet, I note that the same code as the bottom line of index.php
>    does not cause the site to choke (load blank content).
>
>    So I still could use some clarification on the proper use of
>    ini(), and am doing my own research ..
>
>    Aren't we having fun?