local smtp server problems

[Anon]

I installed the PostCast email server on my machine and tried executing a simple program to test it. I configured the php.ini file by changing the SMTP = "my email server's name".

I tried:

mail("my_email@my_domain.com","hi","hi");

I get an error when I run the page: Unknown error in line 3 of test.php.

Any ideas?

[turrets]

Did you try changing the name of the server to the IP address or 'localhost'?
Also, make sure your SMTP serevewr is set to redirect all requests as well as accept connections from all IP address (or just yours if you wish). Further, as a good practice, you should have sendmail_from set to a valid email address.
If you are in a *nix environment, use the sendmail instead of smtp (it's better).

-Mark

[Anon]

Thanks Mark! I had to set it to accept messages from inside the LAN.

Thanks for the help.