How can I catch an error caused by mail()?

Question

Does anyone know how can I catch a mail error (error is displayed while sending email and the error is caused by the mailserver down) in php?

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Answer 1

also using http://php.net/error_get_last will not help you out, because mail() does not emmit its errors into this function.

Only way seems to be using a proper mailer, like already suggested above.