Catching PHP mail() errors and showing reasonable user error message

Question

I\'m writing a fairly simple register php script that uses PHP\'s built in mail() function to email the user an activation link.

The problem is that I c

Answer 1

A trivial error which I suffered from, was simply a lack of 'sendmail' in my system. Eventually, I have installed exim4 and configured it - and then php's mail(...) worked fine.

See also:

• http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ref_mail.asp (Requirements)
• http://wiki.debian.org/GmailAndExim4