I'm on the edge of finishing my website, which has a "Contact" form, allowing people to fill in their question & once they press the "Submit", after the data gets validated (using all the validation I've in it for each individual fields like Name, E-mail, Telephone, etc.), it should reach my e-mail. It can be seen on:
http://darsh25.silverserve.co.uk/AllInclusiveWebDesign/contact.php
I'm using PHP's mail function to receive this form & its code is:
(mail("contact@allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk", $POST['inquiry'], stripslashes($POST['message']), "From: " . $_POST['email']))
As far as I know, we HAVE TO HAVE "SMTP based e-mail" rather than merely using "yahoo" or "hotmail" e-mail.
Right now, I'm interested in having a FREE php hosting, since it's only a start so paying to have "smtp" based e-mail makes less sense (which I believe I almost always get when I pay towards a Web Hosting).
Now, some website offering "php web hosting" for free such as companies like: http://www.0php.com/free_PHP_hosting.php
says they offer POP3 e-mail as a part of their package, so is this what I need OR should I be looking for something that specifically says "SMTP" or something ???
I'm bit at sea as what EXACTLY do I need in order to be able to receive the "submitted form" on some e-mail.
Can anyone point me in the right direction OR any website that offers free php hosting having feature that allows me to RECEIVE this submitted form on some e-mail ???
