I am having trouble with 1.4.4 and email activation. I changed the SMTP field to try my other mail server that is known to be working and didn't have any luck with that either. I am trying to check out the sendmail function independently... Any tips?
split from unrelated thread that was marked as "solved"
If you have root access to your server check the sendmail path it is usually /usr/bin/sendmail or /usr/sbin/sendmail
If its not there search for it using find / -noleaf -name sendmail
Then check your php.ini to make sure it is pointed to sendmail. If it is, try adding the following switches to your php.ini sendmail_path = /usr/bin/sendmail -t -i
This is not set as default and should enable you to use sendmail properly.
Cheers ;)