anyone good with mail()

[dpurdy]

Alright, I'm trying to use the mail function, it works great internally, however it cannot send exteranl mail. Any ideas?
here is the error message I get:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 not local host domain.com, not a gateway in d:\Inetpub\wwwroot\rotarydistrict\monthSendmail.php on line 11
Could not send mail

here is the code (taking input from a form)
<?
//sendmail

$to = "[e-mail]";
$from = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Monthly Attendence"." ".$club_name;
$message = "date: ".date("m/d/y")."\r\n"."Club: "."$club_name"."\r\n"."Centurians: "."$centurians"."\r\n"."Paul Harris Fellows: "."$harris_fellows"."\r\n"."Sustaining Harris Fellows: "."$harris_sustain"."\r\n"."Benefactors: "."$benefactors"."\r\n"."Major Donors: "."$major_donors"."\r\n"."Total Members: "."$total_member"."\r\n"."Average Attendence: "."$ave_attend"."\r\n"."Number of Meetings Held: "."$meetings_held"."\r\n"."Secretaries Name: "."$secretary_name"."\r\n"."Meetings Canceled: "."$meeting_canceled";

mail($to, $subject, $message, "$from\r\nX-Priority: 1 (Highest)" )
	or print "Could not send mail";

?>
Thank you in advance!

[altexis]

I hope this will help...

try checking for new mail (by opening your pop3 mail box)
then send your mail

[Caesar_v2]

If your using domain.com, it won't work. You need to have an SMTP server to send mail through.

[dpurdy]

Hello. Ok I've tried doing it with the mail box, as suggested, no luck their =( Also, I do have an smtp server to connect to, I've actually tried several (setting the smtp = in the ini file) and each time I could only send mail internally. Any other ideas? Thanks!