Installing(?) phpmailer - php.ini problems

[tim0]

I've just downloaded the phpmailer class v1.72 zip files and don't know where to extract the files onto my pc. I figure its got to be either a directory under php or my server.

I've read the readme file that comes with phpmailer, but don't understand the part about copying class.phpmailer.php to the include path. I've opened the php.ini file to find this path and think I've located it under 'Paths and Directories' but thats as far as I've got. Do I need to edit this?:

; Windows: "\path1;\path2";
include_path = ".;c:\php\includes"

What is it about phpmailer that allows it to send mail from a local machine when the mail() function won't? I've seen loads of threads on this topic here.

I've got PHP v4.3.1 running on Sambar server on windows.

[ShawnK]

Find the line in PHP.ini that says "Win32 Only", then find where it says "SMTP SERVER" then put your smtp server there.

[tim0]

Thanks for the reply. What I mean is where do I copy the files that are contained in the zip file to? And are there any settings in the php.ini file that I have to change? This is probably pretty obvious stuff, but I'm at a loss.