[RESOLVED] mail() problem

[huntercjcarroll]

okay so i do a mail() and get
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 not local host gmail.com, not a gateway in C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\testsite\mail.php on line 7
heres the file

<?php
ini_set("SMTP","rlwatkins.com");
ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");
mail("[e-mail]","hello me","spamtastic","From: [e-mail]");
?>

what is wrong with this, how do i set it so that i can send to something other than localhost?

[bradgrafelman]

Do you have access to use this SMTP server? Looks like rlwatkins.com doesn't allow open relaying and/or is a secured SMTP server requiring authentication.

PHP doesn't support SMTP authentication using the internal mail() command, so you'll have to look for a class/script that DOES (I recommend PHPMailer, 'tis what I've used in the past).

EDIT: This is indeed what appears to be happening. I was able to send a message to you using your e-mail address as the From address (at least, it told me "250 Message queued", so it very well may have thrown that message out too since I wasn't authenticated).

[huntercjcarroll]

i fixed

[bradgrafelman]

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