how to make work mail in PHP?

[ckb]

hi all....

what to specify in place of sendmail_from if my smtp is localhost....
i specified smtp=localhost

my mail function is not working in PHP , and i am getting error failed to connect ...

my code is

<?php
//ini_set(sendmail_from, "[e-mail]");

//ini_set(sendmail_from,'webserver@localhost');

/ these are just example variables /

$to = [e-mail]';
$subject = 'I Love kittens!';
$body = 'This is the cute body Ive never seen!';

mail($to, $subject, $body);
//ini_restore(sendmail_from);

?>

can any body help me

thanx,
ckb

[AlexP]

If you want to use mail() function in Windows platform and also in Linux sometimes you need to run a mail server.

Do you run any mail server?

ALex

[ckb]

hi...

i don't have a mail server other than localhost. So from where i can get amail server free and what i need to do to make my mail work in PHP??

thanks,
ckb

[ckb]

hi,,

now i got a smtp server and i specified it in php.ini like below:

[mail function]
SMTP = moh-exch-srv;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')

still i am having problem with mail function and getting warning LIKE

Warning: Server Error in C:\apache\htdocs\moh\testmail.php on line 12

WHAT COULD BE THE CAUSE???
PLEASE HELP..
THANKS...
CKB

[AlexP]

My Server Provider has a Unix based system wich includes the mail server.

Personally I test my applications first in a windows XP platform with php and apache. This platform doesn't include a mail server by default.

To test my mail() functions I downloaded a version of hermes mail server.

http://www.alixoft.com/software/hermes.htm

Just install and follow configuration.

Maybe somebody else here can confirm and add to what I have said above.

Alex