This often happens to users because of one
of two problems. Either they haven't
corrected the sendmail path or their email
address, or they don't have sendmail.
1. Check path to sendmail and mailing
address - Remember if you turn on the
mail option you must set two new variables.
The $mailprog variable and the $recipient
variable. Many people run into the problem on
the $mailprog variable, because they forget
to change this. Many systems do not have
sendmail in the /usr/lib directory which is
default in my scripts, and some don't even
have sendmail! To find out where its located
on your system, use the following command at
your unix prompt:
which sendmail
This will tell you where sendmail is on
your system. If it says it could not find it,
you don't necessarily not have it, just ask
your system administrator. The other common
problem is to make sure that you have set
your email address correctly.
2. The second most common error is that
your system doesn't have sendmail. If this is
the case, ask your system administrator what
mail programs you do have that you can send
mail from a cgi program with? Some of them
are: mailx, mail, etc... You can use the which
command for these as well. If anyone has a
patch for mailx or whatever, send it to me
and I will put it here.
