Re: [IUG] SMS Script again

[crigda <nikib5 at gmail dot com>]

Thank you both for the clear explanation. I think I now know where the
problem is.

Christine

*Christine Rigda**
**Systems Librarian**
**Carlson Library Mail Stop #509**
**University of Toledo**
**Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390**
**419.530.2333**
**christine dot rigda at utoledo dot edu*


On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu> wrote:

> At 04:26 PM 8/27/2010, John wrote:
>
>> Christine - we too were getting "Message Sent" but with no message.  The
>> problem was that the virtual server running the php was not cleared on
>> the network for sending emails outside campus.  We had our campus IT
>> correct it.  We deduced the problem by using some simplified php pages
>> (unconnected to iii) that would send test emails when displayed.  The
>> emails would come thru to local accounts, but not to off campus
>> accounts, so we could tell that was the problem.  (Not sure about
>> sendmail, I thought it was only connected to the perl setup, not php.)
>>
>
> Sendmail is just one of many mechanisms that PHP scripts can use to send
> email, so sendmail itself isn't required, but the PHP script needs to be
> able to send email somehow (and without authentication) in order for this to
> work.  (The script as written uses plain old PHP "mail".)  And as John
> points out, it needs to be able to send outside campus.  It's important to
> remember that even though the patron gets a text message, nowhere in the
> process is SMS actually involved -- the script merely sends an email whose
> To: address results in the user getting a text message.  It all hinges on
> sending that email, so the functionality and permissions need to be in place
> on the server where the script lives in order for the message to get sent.
>  If you're not getting an error it suggests that PHP mail is working fine
> but that there's something preventing the messages from actually being sent.
>  (I think that makes sense.  As with many scripting languages, I know just
> enough to get myself in trouble and give others bad advice.)
>
> Bob Duncan
>
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