mail() hangs up

[zuki77]

I'm sure my troubles are newbies ones. But after trying different solutions and workarounds for different hours, I think it would be adequate to ask the forum here.

I try to send html - email from php 3 installed on a win2k machine with apache. I don't succeed in calling i.e. the following code:

<?php
mail("[e-mail]", "The Subject", "message body");
?>

But all what happens is that the php - interpreter hangs.

The settings in my php3.ini file in c:\winnt

[mail function]
SMTP = 127.0.0.1 ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = [e-mail] ;for win32 only
sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is sendmail -t)

Can anybody tell me which setting is wrong or which tricky workaround I could use.

[mickhannam]

Gerald

The only thing I can see is, you have no space between mail and (

Mick

[mickhannam]

Sorry, didn't see this the first time.

your SMTP=127.0.0.1 is the default for localhost

You must enter the host name or IP address for your mail server, I assume you are using a separate server (Exchange) for mail.

Mick

[zuki77]

Thank you Mick!

I've solved the problem now by installing hte latest version. But in version 3 it didn't work correctly. I have installed an SMTP Service on localhost also, and I tried use another mailing host. However, i've to say thank you for your help!

Best regards,

Gerald Zukrigl