php mail() not working on fresh debian etch install

[michaeljoser]

Hi,

I have a fresh debian etch installation and i installed php5 with apache2. I wrote a simple script to check if mail() function is working:

<?php
	mail("abc@abc.com", "Test email 1", "Test message");
?>

when i run it, i get this error message in /var/log/apache2/error
"Failed to open configuration file /etc/exim/exim.conf"

now i dont have exim installed but i thought that mail() function didnt rely on anything to send emails.

what's the best way to solve this problem so that i can send emails from php scripts?

[coopstah13]

you need to install and configure a mail transport agent, such as sendmail, postfix, or exim4