php mail() function

nude_hamster

im trying to get the mail() function working on my apache2.0 server running on window XP home edition, i have php5, so far i think i might have it down to that i still need something like my SMTP isp server to enter it into the php.ini file...where do i get this , or what is it(if i have given it the right name??) and also is there anything else i'd need to get all this to work??


any help please:)

seamus

Who is your ISP?

You could always install an SMTP server on your machine and point the php.ini file to localhost.

nude_hamster

seamus wrote:

Who is your ISP?

You could always install an SMTP server on your machine and point the php.ini file to localhost.

em any idea how i do that?

seamus

You could download a free one - www.hmailserver.com is a full-featured mail server, but you could switch off everything up the SMTP server.

nude_hamster

seamus wrote:

You could download a free one - www.hmailserver.com is a full-featured mail server, but you could switch off everything up the SMTP server.

em i can run my mail() function after i have that set up...if yes what will need to change in the php.ini file??

seamus

You'll see a line, not sure where, that allows you to insert the name of the mail server, and the email address that you want the mails to come from.

nude_hamster

seamus wrote:

You'll see a line, not sure where, that allows you to insert the name of the mail server, and the email address that you want the mails to come from.

ya i assume its the line SMPT =

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.isp.net

but what do i put in??

Thomas_S_Hunterson

localhost

or

127.0.0.1

nude_hamster

sean_keevey wrote:

localhost

or

127.0.0.1

{Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 550 Delivery is not allowed to this address. in C:\.....\email3.php on line 14}

that is pointing the mail() function in my php code where i just called it
[mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);]