Problem with mail() function on IIS

[kennyr]

Hi,

I'm having probems getting the mail() function to work locally on IIS - have tried using both a basic mail() call and also phpmailer as below:

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->SetFrom('[e-mail]', 'Name');

$mail->AddReplyTo("[e-mail]","Name");

$address = "[e-mail]";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "My name");

$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via mail(), basic";

$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
$mail->Body = "Here is the message";

if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!!!";
}

The following error message is output to browser:

"Could not instantiate mail function. Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function."

php.ini has the following settings:

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

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail]

SMTP server is running and can send and receive emails OK in Outlook with same btinternet settings - also no problem using mail() function on hosting server on Linux.

Thanks in advance for any help

[scrupul0us]

is the "Default SMTP Virtual Server" installed and running within IIS?

If this isn't installed you can do so via add/remove programs -> windows components

[kennyr]

Yes, "Default SMTP Virtual Server" is running on IIS

[scrupul0us]

try removing "mail()" from this line:

$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via mail(), basic";

also, do you get a line number in the error output?

[kennyr]

Still same problem removing 'mail()' from subject line - it's the standard subject text in all the phpmailer examples anyway - and no line number given when error displayed.

To add to confusion I have no localhost mail() problems on another PC at a different location - also on IIS but using PHP4 and a different ISP (talktalk) with their relevant smtp mail server settings.