[Resolved] Activating mail() in PHP

[terrym]

I am wondering if there is anyone out there who can give me a very detailed set of instructions to get mail() working on my development PC. This follows on from my previous question [PHP MAIL()].
My PC is setup as follows:

PHP is version 4.
MySQL is version 3.
IIS is version 6.
SMTP is running as a Service.

I am writing a script which uses the mail() function, but it just gives me this error message:-

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:\inetpub\wwwroot\tullah\users\register.php on line 120

My php.ini contains the following:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP =localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = [e-mail]
sendmail_from = [e-mail] (My own email address)

Something obviously isn't working, but as this is my first attempt at using mail(), I need a bit of a push in the right direction? It would be great if someone could give me a blow-by-blow set of instructions on how to get this working.

Also, the server on which this code will ultimately be run from is using SquirrelMail?

Thanks in advance
Terry

[planetsim]

This topic has been asked a few times with a tonne of answers so instead of me repeating here is a list of them

http://phpbuilder.com/board/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=689837&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

[terrym]

Hi Planetsim

I had a look through those posts and found one that might fix my problem. This user was having exactly the same problem as me. Someone had suggested putting my ISP's smtp server address for SMTP = in php.ini.

I did that and for a few seconds I thought it might be working, but it ended by giving me the following error:-

Warning: mail(): SMTP server response: 550 IP addresses are not accepted in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\tullah\users\register.php on line 120

Can you explain what this means please?

Thanks
Terry

[terrym]

At last. It's finally decided to work.

This is the only thing I have changed in php.ini:-

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.your_isp.com // The SMTP server from your ISP, for you own email account.
smtp_port = 25 // The SMTP port from your own email account.

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = [e-mail]
sendmail_from = [e-mail] // An email address with localhost.com as the domain?

I hope this is of some help to anyone with this particular problem.

Terry

[lives4him06]

Does this work with a 1and1.com provided email address?