OVH's mail() function no longer works

azamparu · August 17, 2026, 1:15pm

Hello,

For a while now (since early August 2026), our PHP scripts have not been able to send e‑mail. I ran a test with the example provided in the OVH documentation and got the message "Email did not leave correctly!".

The service status is "Active" in the "Email Scripts" tab.

I have opened a ticket with OVH but have not received a response.

How can we restore this functionality?

Thanks in advance.

Attached is the example used:

<?php 

$to = "my_email_adresse@my_domaine.fr";

$subject = "Test mail PHP"; 

$content = "The body/content of the Email";

$headers = "From: Website <my_email_adresse@my_domaine.fr>\\r\\nReply-To:my_email_adresse@my_domaine.fr";

if (mail($to, $subject, $content, $headers)) 
    echo "The email has been sent successfully!";
else 
    echo "Email did not leave correctly!"; 

?>