Mail() help please, frustration....

[crawfd]

Have this bit of code, ..to test my mailing capability. I wish to email back to my local computer into outlook express.

<?php
mail("[e-mail]", "Testing PHP Mail", "This is a test of the PHP mail functions") ;
?>

I load the file above and browser freezes and takes awhile for a 'could not connect' response.

So naturally I have edited my php.ini file to the following scenerios:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.yahoo.com

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

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: 'sendmail

-t -i').
;sendmail_path =

______________________________-

and have tried ................

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

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

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: 'sendmail

-t -i').
;sendmail_path =

---

Nothing works! I also unchecked 'My server requires authentication' for outgoing mail in outlook server options but I think that has nothing to do with the issue I'm having.

Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Thanks

Running Apache 1.3.23 and PHP 4.1.1

[Kudose]

Try this code from Spechal.com

<?
$to = '[e-mail]';
$from = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Message From $from Via website";  

$mailheaders = "From: $from <> \n";  

$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $from\n\n"; 
$body = "IP: $ip \n\nBody: \n\nThank you for registering with Spechal.com \n\n ";
stripslashes($body);
strip_tags($body);
mail($to, $subject, $body, $mailheaders);
?>

[drew010]

are you sure you have a mail server set up there on your localhost that is set to send mail?

[Steveo31]

That's great that it is set up in the php.ini file, but you need something like PostCast Server to get the localhost mail it to yourself. I tried it and realized that any mail() functions executed on my comp (EasyPHP, Apache, etc) are then directed to the SMTP local mailbox, not my online mail.

Download the SMTP server, set it up, all that good stuff and it'll work for ya.