mail() doesn't work in win2000 ??

[Anon]

I have tried for 2 days to get the script below to work. I have SMTP(SMTP Virtual Server) installed and the service is started(btw, I use win2000 pro).

This is my settings for the mail-function in PHP.ini:

SMTP = localhost; for Win32 onlysendmail_from = [e-mail] ; for Win32 only

Im not sure if I should use "localhost" or "caffeine"(my webroot alias) but I have tried both whith no result. I even tried with the IP adress to the SMTP-server which is the same as my IP.

here is the NON-working script:

<?php
if (isset($submit)) {$recipient="[e-mail]";$subject = "mail subject";$mail_headers ="From:[e-mail]<>\n";$mail_headers .="Reply to: you at your.com\n";mail($recipient,$subject,$msg,$mail_headers);}else {print("<FORM METHOD=\"post\" ACTION=\"PHP-sendMail.php\">");print("<INPUT TYPE=\"text\" NAME=\"msg\"><BR>");print("<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\"><BR>");print("</FORM>");}

?>

Does someone see anything wrong here !?

thanks,
David

[[deleted]]

Not really.

But what is it that goes wrong?
Did you read the annotations to the mail() function at www.php.net?

[capnbry]

I just set this up this morning on a Win2k box, so I know that it does work (php404). I set my SMTP=linus.southpark. This is the linux sendmail server on our network.

What error are you getting from the script? Have you tried telnetting to the server to make sure it works:
telnet localhost 25<cr>
HELO someserver<cr>
MAIL FROM: <your php.ini sendmail_from><cr>
RCPT TO: [e-mail]<cr>
DATA
Test message
.

[Anon]

You know -- I've experienced some of the same issues running WIN 2K. I was told to change localhost to my mail server (which makes sense) but I am still getting the same error with the mail() function.

Let me know what you come up with --

MS

[Anon]

Contrary to Linux/Unix, Windows don't have a sendmail command, and as far as I have read the docs, the SMTP Server of the IIS can only used for local mail.
Well, I successfully use BLAT, which is mainly a substitution for sendmail. You can download it for free at www.blat.net
If you want to try that solution and need further help, feel free to contact me via email.
Robert

[Anon]

I'm using Win2000Server with IIS5 running, including the virtual SMTP server. How do I set this up so that I have an internal email loop for testing purposes? I'm using PHP4 and mySQL and I have to learn these two from scratch. I'd rather not have to learn IIS5 and webserver management at the same time.

Can anyone give a step by step on setting up the virtual email server so that my PHP scripts can send an email out and my email program (Outlook 2000) can receive them, all while offline?

Thanks in advance
Statik

[Anon]

It seems that using the Win2k/NT4 MS SMTP Service just isn't going to work with PHP. I've had the same problem. And through all the others having the same problem that have posted on the Web, there has not been any solution posted -- just suggested workarounds. Frustrating, yes. But I think www.blat.net will be my next step. To heck with MS SMTP! It's a stubborn mule. :-)

[Anon]

Dear Robert:

Would you mind posting the code / solution you came-up with to use BLAT in place of SendMail. My development intranet platform is Win2k running an Apache server and Nuke pages.

Thanks!