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<section xml:id="mail.requirements">

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<para>

For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the

<literal>sendmail</literal> binary on your system during compile time.

If you use another mail program, such as <productname>qmail</productname>

or <productname>postfix</productname>, be sure to

use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them. PHP will

first look for sendmail in your <envar>PATH</envar>, and then in

the following:

<literal>/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib</literal>.

It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your

<envar>PATH</envar>. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have

permission to access the sendmail binary.

</para>

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&reference.mail.ini;

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</chapter>