Resolving shared WordPress Email issue

I like using a database to directly drive my virtual webhosting – this means that each account on the system has a UID and GID, but no username associated with it (ie in /etc/passwd or getent passwd)

Because of this, when users try and send an email in WordPress (eg to reset their password), WordPress does not send the message, complaining “Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function.”

The underlying cause of the problem can be found by looking at the Postfix mail Logs – where you get errors like “fatal: no login name found for user ID XXXX

Fixing this problem – without relying on WordPress plugins or tweeks is simple – modify the php.ini file apache is using by adding the following line:

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -fwww@defaultwebaddress.goes.here