PHP mail() PROBLEM

[cnsmain]

I am trying to set up the PHP mail function. I already set two things in my php.ini file.
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp-server.nc.rr.com

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail]

Next I wrote a little test mail.php:
mail("[e-mail]", "SubjectTest", "MessageTest");

But when I test it I get:
Warning: Failed to Connect in c:...\mail.php on line 2

I am running an Apache server off of Win XP Home. My other PHP pages work so I know the PHP works. My server works. And my SMTP is from my outlook account info so I know it works. I tested the SMTP with another SMTP Server program to see if RoadRunner was blocking port 25 and it worked so I guess they are not.

Please help!!!!

All I want is to have my web server email a user his/her password automatically if they have forgotten it. So I will never be receiving email just sending. If there is another "BETTER" way let me know.

Did I miss a setting or something?

Did I configure everything that needs to be done for PHP mail() to work?

Thanks for any help!

[WinterDragon]

Make sure that mail() is enabled inside of php (not sure about all the setting up of php though so Don't hold me on that hehe).

[trooper]

I am having the exact same problem

My only answer was to download a free smtp server and use that

HTH

GM

[cnsmain]

What SMTP server would you recommend and how would I set up my PHP.ini to use the SMTP server?

[trooper]

Well i only started getting this problem when i changed ISP's

I've done everything i can to try and resolve it

In the end i d/l and set up this smtp server

HTH

GM

Once installed simply change the value of SMTP to localhost and ensure that you have the smtp server setup as localhost.

[cnsmain]

Well that seems to work. Thanks.

[cnsmain]

Follow Up:

I am using PostCast Server 2.

Well, I have got to get it to say my email and not FROM [e-mail] because when I send a test from my PHP it sends it to the SMTP Server and I can see it but the Server puts [e-mail] in the FROM when it sends it. It is only there for the send because if you open the unsent email it has my FROM that was set in the PHP. It is like a ghost FROM address. How can I over ride this, because my emails are not going throw when it say [e-mail]

Here is some of the log file:
....
Thread 1: 22:19:01 [<---] : MAIL FROM: <[e-mail]>
Thread 1: 22:19:01 [--->] : 250 2.1.0 <[e-mail]>... Sender ok
....

So it uses [e-mail] when my PHP sends the email, but I can send new emails from the SMTP Server and it uses the FROM I type in then.

How do I fix this?
Maybe there is a setting in the php.ini or in the SMTP Server ini.

Thanks!!!

[cnsmain]

ITS ALIVE!!!!!

Why I could not use my Road Runner SMTP is because it needs a username and password. Is there a way to code that into the php.ini when you set the SMTP?

Anyway I am now using a SMTP server that forward's to my Road Runner SMTP because I can now, with the use of the SMTP server tell it a SMTP with a username and password.

So as long as I am sending emails out from my Road Runner account it works. Which is what I am doing.

Oh and it still sends the mail with a ghost [e-mail] FROM on it but because I am using a username and password to access the Road Runner SMTP it works.

Thanks for all the help!