Email sending from localhost

[akaki]

Hi,
I m trying to send emails from localhost to loclhost using outlook express - [e-mail].
installed a smtp server named 'hMailServer'. Connection is ok between localhost & server.

But, something wrong in php.ini file or mail function. I m getting this error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in c:\wamp\www\joomla_1.0.12\components\com_order\order.php on line 840

In php.ini file, I updated like this:

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

; For Win32 only.

sendmail_from = [e-mail]

And in mail function in order.php

//to send html mail, the content-type header is like this:
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";

//From header : now this mail is fixed. Please collect it from database...
$headers .= 'From<[e-mail]>' . "\r\n";
//Also add the CC information
$headers .= 'Cc: ' . $mailCC . "\n\r";
//echo $custMailID;
//Now mail

mail($custMailID, $mailSubject, $mailBody, $headers);

So, where is the mistake?

[bpat1434]

I believe that if you're not running a win32 system, then sendmail_from is ignored. The header "From" is invalid because you need a colon after From and a space between the colon and the email address. Something like:

$headers .= 'From: <[e-mail]>' . "\r\n";

Hope that helps.

[akaki]

Hi bpat,
Thanks a lotttttttttt. It worked.
I spent almost half a day...Mistake was missing a colon & a space...
Now, I m getting emails in my outlook express.
Tyanks again...