ezmail::sendmail implementation does not work with safe_mode

Tuesday 06 May 2003 7:51:38 am

Hi, the sendmail transport of ezmaildoes not work with safe_mode because safe mode disables the fifth parameter of mail() (see http://php.net/manual/function.mail.php for details).
It took some time to find it out because ezpublish does not write a debug message when mail fails but now I changed sendmail::sendMail a bit so it detects safe_mode:

function sendMail( &$mail )
{
$ini =& eZINI::instance();
$emailSender = $ini->variable( 'MailSettings', 'EmailSender' );
if ( preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/", $emailSender ) )
$mail->addExtraHeader("From",$emailSender);
else
unset($emailSender);
$extraHeaders = $mail->headerText( array( 'exclude-headers' => array( 'To', 'Subject' ) ) );
$message = $mail->body();
if ( ( ini_get( 'safe_mode' ) ) || ( empty($emailSender) ) ) //safe_mode enabled or no sender specified
return mail( $mail->receiverEmailText(), $mail->subject(), $message, $extraHeaders);
else
return mail( $mail->receiverEmailText(), $mail->subject(), $message, $extraHeaders, '-f' . $emailSender );
}

(As you might notice I've added a 'From' header.)
I don't know where to send patches and if it's the best solution for this problem but it might help someone facing the same problem. Most ISP's do have safe_mode enabled.

cheers, Huib Kleinhout

Wednesday 07 May 2003 5:28:26 am

Hmmm, ezpublish indeed does not like safe mode, I'm running into image problems (with BD) again.
I can understand that eZ systems doesn't want to support safe_mode because most of the big sites run dedicated hardware and can turn it off. But all vhost-providers seem to use safe_mode, so using ezpublish at sub 100 euro p/m seems to be quite impossible. (Somebody knows a Dutch hosting service with safe_mode off???)

Thanks for your reply. But I don't think I'm going to start patching ez publish while ez systems ignores it.

Wednesday 07 May 2003 5:43:58 am

We will accept patches for eZ publish if they do not break anything and fits into the kernel. Just create a new contribution and add the patch there (Please create a diff file which can sent to the patch program).

As for safe_mode we will continue to find solutions to make eZ publish work with it on. However for eZ publish to run in safe_mode you must make sure that the site is properly setup (like permissions, proper upload directory etc.) since eZ publish cannot do this automatically.

Besides, eZ publish is open source, isn't it?

--
Amos

Documentation: http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation
FAQ: http://ez.no/ez_publish/documentation/faq

Wednesday 07 May 2003 2:29:58 pm

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Huib, if you want to give it a try: We have one of the Root-Servers at 1&1 and run some ezPublish sites there (2.2 and 3.0.x).
If you are interessted to set up a site there, mail me at [email protected] and we will speak about prices (< 49 Euro / m)

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Of course, this is valid for everyone...

Regards,

Marco

Marco
http://www.hyperroad-design.com