Background:

I need email functionality to send emails from the web server by querying data from MySQL database and email the result to appropriate recipient.

Workaround:

1.  Install sendmail.

   • sudo apt-get update

   • sudo apt-get install sendmail

1. Install mailutils.

   • sudo apt-get install mailutils

2. Configure the /etc/hosts file, provide your domain name in the following format

   • 127.0.0.1 localhost yourhostname

3. Configure the sendmail, provide Yes to all when prompt.

   • sudo sendmailconfig

4. Find the sendmail path.

   • which sendmail

5. Locate the php.ini file.

   • locate php.ini

6. Open the php.ini file and provide the result of the “which sendmail” as entry for sendmail_path variable,if entry already exists uncomment it. For my case “which sendmail” output is /usr/sbin/sendmail.

   • sendmail_path = "env -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i"

7. Restart Apache server

   • sudo service apache2 restart

8. Send a test email:
   1. Connect with telnet on port 25

      • telnet 127.0.0.1 25

   2. Type the following to see the server works

      • helo server

   3. Supply the Sender address

      • MAIL from: email@yourdomain.com

   4. Supply the Recipient address

      • RCPT to: your-email@xyz.com

   5. Provide the email contents and at the end type the dot(.) in anew line to send email.

      • Subject: Test email

      • This is a test email from sendmail.

      • .

   6. Check to see the email arrived, if not found in inbox search it in junk folder.