PHP Mail() Problem in Windows

[llcooljayce]

Hey guys, I have installed Noah's Classifieds and have PHP 4.3.2 installed. The problem that I have is that the mail() function in PHP is not very well supported in Windows. I am running XP Pro and the error that comes up in Noah's Classifieds is:

The following error occured during sending out a test mail:

Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in c:\www\jayce\gorum\zmail.php on line 316

There are some features in Noah's Classifieds that necessitates sending out mails. Our program applies standard mail headers which are readable by the majority of mail servers. However, there are some mail servers (mostly Windows based) that would require a non-standard mail header. With these mail servers (yours seems to be amongst (or you might not have a mail server at all!), unfortunately), Noah's Classifieds may not be able to send out mails.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem? I have checked the zmail.php file and the SMTP port is set to 25 which is not the problem because the port is open. Curiously, a file called zmail2.php also exists in the gorum folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers

Jayce

[requestcode]

I am not real experienced, but a couple of questions.

Do you have a mail server?
What do the instructions say as to how to set this up?

In an application that I developed to run on a Linux box I did not set up a Mail Server, but used one on another machine. There was some setup involved to get PHP to direct any mail output to this Mail Server.

[Carello]

"Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25"

Sounds like you are't running any SMTP server, I believe the SMTP service is a part of IIS in Win XP, if you'd like to set it up.