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Asked: 2026-06-10T05:38:18+00:00

I’ve installed LAMP on my local machine and I’m now looking to add PHP

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I’ve installed LAMP on my local machine and I’m now looking to add PHP mail, however I’m not having much luck.

I’ve installed postfix and my /etc/postfix/main.cf looks like the following:

myhostname = my_computer_name (is this ok?)
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = my_domain_name, my_computer_name, localhost.localdomain, localhost
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all

Can someone please tell me what I’m missing? Is myhostname supposed to be my computers name or something else? Same with mydestination. Does it need a relayhost?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Do a php info to see whats installed

    http://php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php

    Follow a real back to basics example like this (to determine if it is code-based or configuration based)

    <?php
$to = "somebody@example.com";
$subject = "My subject";
$txt = "Hello world!";
$headers = "From: webmaster@example.com" . "\r\n" .
"CC: somebodyelse@example.com";

mail($to,$subject,$txt,$headers);
?>

    In my experience it usually works out of the box, you might have to investigate other things like this link here:

    http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/Configure_PHP_to_Use_a_Local_Mail_Server_for_Sending_Mail.htm

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