[RESOLVED] other ways around mail()

[marcnyc]

my host decided to disable the php function mail() to prevent spam abuse, so a bunch of my scripts that use that function send automatic notifications to my users stopped working

I was wondering if you guys can tell me of an easy way around mail() so that with minimal recording I can still have notifications sent...

My host told me to look into PHPMailer but I can't get it to work...

[dagon]

take a another look at phpmailer its one of the better ones, there's a few tutorials on it you could look at, if you still cant get it to work post here wuit the exact problem.

[marcnyc]

in the meantime I am doing better on the phpmailer... so I guess I'll try to keep working on that... I just figured I'd ask if there is a better way to do this with PHP...

I am surprised mail() doesn't support authetication

[Kudose]

You could also use sockets or the cURL library to make your calls to the MTA.

[marcnyc]

Sorry, not sure what that is but I am making progress with PHPMailer so I'll mark this thread as resolved just to play by the rules!
Thanks for the suggestions!
PS Kudose that's a cool avatar! ;-)

[Kudose]

Thanks. Haven't change it since 2003. 🙂