Is it possible to determine if sending emails on the server (PHP) is working?

Question

PHP

How to check if it is possible to send emails from the server or if this feature is disabled? Simply checking for the existence of the mail function is not good, because it can exist and the send won't work anyway. Or if the path to the sendmail is not empty, then everything works?

Answer 1

Just send a test email. There can be many different configurations, and you won’t know for sure except how to send a letter. Therefore, sending a test letter is usually available in the settings of services / systems that work with mail.

Answer 2

The first thing that comes to mind:

if (function_exists(mail)) {
  //Отправка писем возможна
}

Not sure if it will work, but you can try