diff --git a/sources/tech/20170223 Sending Email via PHP in CentOS 7 using Sendmail.md b/sources/tech/20170223 Sending Email via PHP in CentOS 7 using Sendmail.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..49b6a91162 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20170223 Sending Email via PHP in CentOS 7 using Sendmail.md @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +Sending Email via PHP in CentOS 7 using Sendmail +============================================================ + + ![sendmail logo](http://fasterland.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sendmail-logo-750x450.png) + +If you are running a **web server** or a **VPS**, you may encounter the need of sending emails using your **PHP** application. + +In the same way, if you are running a **WordPress** blog or you are using any kind of **CMS** and you would allow your visitors to send you emails using a Contact form (for example using the **[Contact Form 7][3]** plugin for **WordPress**) you may need to install a simple program into your web server called **[sendmail][4]**. + +> «Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) used for email transport over the Internet.» [via Wikipedia][5]. + +**Sendmail** can be simply installed using the package manager of your distribution. + +Here are the instructions for installing **Sendmail** on **CentOS 7**. + +### Installation + +In order to install **sendmail** on your **CentOS 7** server, run the following command: + +``` +# yum install sendmail +``` + +### Allowing your server to send emails + +If you are using **SELinux** on your **CentOS 7** server, you have to allow **sendmail** to send emails using the following command: + +``` +# setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail=on +``` + +### Send a test email using PHP + +Enter the php interactive shell using this command: + +``` +php -a +``` + + +In the interactive shell, paste the following line of code: + +``` +mail ('user@receiver.com', "Test email", "Test email from the Internet", null, "-f user@sender.com"); +``` + +Don’t forget to replace **user@receiver.com** with the receiver email address and **user@sender.com** with the sender email address. + +### Viewing the sendmail log + +In order to monitor the mail log, you can use this command: + +``` +tail /var/log/maillog +``` + + +Once **sendmail** is installed on your web server you can allow your users to contact you via email using a contact form.  + + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: http://fasterland.net/sending-email-via-php-centos-7-using-sendmail.html + +作者:[Francesco Mondello][a] +译者:[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对:[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译,[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]:http://fasterland.net/ +[1]:http://fasterland.net/author/faster3ck +[2]:http://fasterland.net/ +[3]:https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/ +[4]:http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/ +[5]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendmail +[6]:http://fasterland.net/category/server-admin