mail() and SMTP authentication

[Anon]

Hi,

I was jus wondering if there is way to use the php built-in mail() function to work with SMTP authentication.

Meaning my SMTP server is not a open one, so only people with a username and password will b able to send Emails from the smtp server. But this messes up my mail() functions since I dont kno of a way so that i can put my username and password in the function.

I know you do this by using sockets and SMTP classes, but im jus wondering if this is possible.

thnx,
r O h I t H

[Anon]

Its somewhere in teh php.ini file when you install php. phpbb can use smtpauth might want to look into that.