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What's the trick to getting PHP mail to work!?

Posted on March 26, 2014

I need php to be able to send me emails (i.e. from my contact form). What’s the trick?



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have you installed an MTA like postfix or exim4 on your server?

Thanks guys :)

You need to install an MTA on your droplet as leoadhemartan said: <br><pre>sudo apt-get install sendmail</pre>

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