send email, smtp settings??

[nuttynibbles]

hi, im working on a mail function on a linux server.

i did a simple mail function on localhost and it works

$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: [e-mail]' . "\r\n"; 
$mail('[e-mail]','test email','test email body',$headers);

however, this similar code do not work on a live server. im on some restrictions here and unable to configure php.ini or install pear mail package.

is there anyway to work around this by just using php codes?

[dagon]

does the server have mail server settings? phpinfo() should tell you

[nuttynibbles]

according to phpinfo, smtp is set to localhost, smtp port set to 25. wat other info shu i look for in phpinfo to determine the mail server settings?

[scrupul0us]

you can override the default smtp at runtime:

ini_set('SMTP','mail.server.com');

also you dont state exactly what the issue is, only that it doesnt work on the live server... are you gettings errors? if so, what?