mail() doesn't work

[perfume]

$con = "hi monday";
mail("[e-mail]","test imap.dll",$con,"From: [email][e-mail][/email]");

and the mod_imap is loaded.
but the browser show:

Warning: mail() [function.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 D:\Apache2\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 2

[Snake_PHP]

Test this code , and tell me about result 🙂

$msg = "hi monday";
$to = "[e-mail]";
$sub = "test imap.dll";
$header = "From : NAME <[e-mail]>";

// sent HTML MSG

$header .= "MIME-Version : 1.0 \n".
"Content-type: text/html ; charset=windows-1256 \n";

mail($to,$sub,$msg,$header);

[perfume]

thank you
but it still doesn't work..
and the same WARNING

the phpinfo() shows that mod_imap has been loaded.
is it ok?

[Nadzree]

<?
ini_set("SMTP","SMTP.mailserver.com");
ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");
?>
include this to your script.It will change the php.ini value.

[Houdini]

Look at the error it is complaining about the localhost (default in php.ini) and port 25 which is OK but you need to set up your php.ini;
[

mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.somehost.com //whatever your email host is for SMTP 
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail] //whatever your email is and remove the semicolon.

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path = "C:\Program Files\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"

; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
;mail.force_extra_parameters =

after ou edit those lines it should work just fine, you don't need to worry about passwords or any of that but that part of your php.ini on your PC needs to be set right.

[perfume]

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 505 Error: Client was not authenticated in D:\Apache2\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 12

what should i do?
i think we can use mail() to send passwords

[Houdini]

Now you are connecting to the emailserver but there is something wrong.

SMTP = mail.somehost.com //whatever your email host is for SMTP 

My email server is mail.bna.bellsouth.net. What ever you outgoing server is on you normal email client should be the value that appears after SMTP =
make usre there is no typo and that part is the same as used in the outgoing mail of your email clien Thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Express or Eudora.

[perfume]

thank you
but my php still doesn't go well

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 relaying mail to hotmail.com is not allowed in D:\Apache2\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 12

and here the php

$msg = "hi monday"; 
$to = "[e-mail]"; 
$sub = "test imap.dll"; 
$header = "From: <[e-mail]>"; 

// sent HTML MSG 

$header .= "MIME-Version : 1.0 \n". "Content-type: text/html ; charset=windows-1256 \n"; 

mail($to,$sub,$msg,$header);

php.ini

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.bna.bellsouth.net
smtp_port = 25

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

[Houdini]

Here is what you showed for your php.ini

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.bna.bellsouth.net
smtp_port = 25

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

Change the SMTP = (to your email service provider)
it looks like your email provider is sohu.com so your php.ini should be mail.sohu.com so make your php.ini

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

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

[perfume]

thank you
initially, i tried use the smtp server address given by sohu.com : smtp.sohu.com
but it required passwords
So I'm very puzzled, we can send mail with password by mail(), the server calls for it.

[Houdini]

perfume, all that is needed by php to send email using your SMTP server is the name your mail server uses for outgoing mail. Whatever client you are using to send and recieve email when you set it up there is a text box where you enter the information for your outgoing mailserver. Different mail servers are addressed differently some are simple mail.host.com or they could be smtp.mail.host.com Look at the setting for your Outlook Express or Thinderbird or Messenger or Eudora and all you need to enter in the php.ini is the same thing that is being used to connect to your mail server in the text box for outgoing mail right after the SMTP = and the other would be of course your email address. My system works fine locally (Ihave a persistent internet connection) from my local PC I use the mail($to,$subject,$message) with no mention of a password or any of that, and php.ini has no means of providing one. I Just Put for the to whoever I want the mail to go to, Make a short subject and then just a short message usually. Here is the link to allthere is about mail() LXX. Mail Functions