| Re: Trouble with sending e-mail from simple php script [message #176510 is a reply to message #176492] |
Sun, 08 January 2012 20:44   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/8/2012 11:01 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
> Am 08.01.2012 16:39, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>> On 1/8/2012 10:33 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>> Am 08.01.2012 16:02, schrieb Jerry Stuckle:
>>>> On 1/8/2012 9:12 AM, M. Strobel wrote:
>>>> > Am 08.01.2012 10:20, schrieb C:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Even if the message were rejected, I would still see something
>>>> >> in that
>>>> >> frame, but I get only a blank frame. Client machine
>>>> >> rejecting the
>>>> >> message should not even be noticed by this PHP script, or
>>>> >> would it?
>>>> >>
>>>> > You have to learn how to find and read the log files. Your
>>>> > script
>>>> > will not show errors if it dies.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Linux log files are only readable by root.
>>>> >
>>>> > /Str.
>>>>
>>>> Log files are not always available, and PHP errors are often not
>>>> written to logs (depending on the configuration - the default is
>>>> to NOT write them).
>>>>
>>>> Also, if the log files exist, they may easily be set up to be
>>>> read by others than root.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Don't tell me, tell C.
>>>
>>
>> No, you're the one who made the claims. I'm just correcting your
>> misinformation.
>>
>>> And the standard on linux is that log files are only root
>>> readable. I don't think it helps anybody if we start discussing
>>> what could all be done with the log files.
>>>
>>
>> They can easily be changed - it has nothing to do with whether
>> you're using standard linux or not.
>>
>>> Please do not start arguing with me on this level. I did Coherent
>>> on a serial terminal at home before linux came up, and I was
>>> working in an IBM computing center back then.
>>>
>>> /Str.
>>
>> Great. I was programming an IBM 1410 with punched cards in the
>> 60's and an IBM employee in the 70's - both long before Linux
>> came up.
>>
>> When your statements are incorrect, I will correct them.
>>
> I was glad the punched cards were gone when I came. The old
> operator could sort them by hand.
>
> There was nothing wrong with my statements. If he says "no log
> file" (which is not true, he said "blank frame") or "0 bytes in
> it" we know more, meanwhile it makes sense to suggest a standard
> setup.
>
> /Str.
No log file can be completely correct. The default setup for PHP does
not include writing errors to a log file. Even if the errors are
written to a log file (very unusual in a shared hosting environment), he
will probably not have access to those files. The sysop can change the
configuration (and some good hosts do) to allow this, but it's uncommon.
You are the one who told him he needs to learn to find and read the log
files. And you're the one who said they can only be read by root.
Neither statement is correct.
But it matters not because there is nearly a 0% chance he will be able
to read the log files. So telling him to do it just sends him off on a
wild goose chase.
And as I told him - a blank frame is a different problem than email not
being received. He needs to fix that first.
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