Win2k3 Server

[huppsi]

hi there,

i am trying to use the "mail()" on windows 2003 Server with its own smtp server and getting an error message "couldn´t connect to localhost on port 25". Do i need to setup a diffrent Mailserver?
Any Ideas how i get this running?

[stolzyboy]

do you have the smtp settings correct in your php.ini file

[huppsi]

smtp = localhost

smtp-port =25

[stolzyboy]

this is mine on win2k, using mailtraq

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail] ; replace this with yours

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =

[huppsi]

thanks for that.

do u know any cheeper mailserver?

[Jeb_]

Originally posted by huppsi
...its own smtp server and getting an error message "couldn´t connect to localhost on port 25".

At a DOS shell:

telnet localhost 25

If you get a "Connection Refused" message (or something similar), it's one or both of these:

1) SMTP server isn't actually running, and so isn't listening on port 25.

2) The SMTP server has been configured to listen on a port other than 25.

-or-

3) The sexed-up Windows 2003 security has port 25 blocked, even though the server is running. Try and unblock it. I haven't got a clue how 🙂