Can anyone help me with email sending

[jpmm76]

PLEASE HELP,

how can I get (better, what do I need) to get emais send out of
a simple php script...

I´ve read something about it... but I wont work....
The case:
a simple email form like --> Name, email, subject, message
I´ve saw something like this...
mail("[e-mail]", "My Subject", "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3");
but this doesnt work....What do I have to put in my php.ini
(System is Apache, php4) Simulating on a Workstation...but i´ve
Internet conection...

Please Help Me!!

Regards
Paulo

[wiley]

there very well may be a better answer, but i've always felt that the mail() line is a bit finicky (i don't know all the ins and out of sendmail, etc.) -- had good luck foramtting it like this:

$message = "Line 1\n";
$message .= "Line 2\n";
$message .= "Line 3\n";

mail ($mail_to_address,$subject,$message, "From: Name <[e-mail]>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());

hth, dan

[MrAlaska]

You don't mention what error you are getting or what doesn't work, but you are probably correct in assuming it is a server setting.

You also don't mention what O.S. you are using, but the settings are in your php.ini:

[mail function]
SMTP=localhost ;for win32 only
sendmail_from=[e-mail] ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path=;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is 'sendmail -t -i')

For a Windows system, you need to supply any valid SMTP, usually your ISP provided one should work. And of course you would put your own address in the sendmail_from.