Yes, sendgrid-php api finally does the job for me. There are quite many steps to go through to make it work. If anybody is in the same situation like me, contact me off-line; I can help to walk you through. Thanks for all the help received. - Kelly
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kun Lin Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 4:53 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] php and email Hi Kaile If you wasn't able to install Postfix on your server, try a third-party mail delivery service. For example: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mandrill.com_&d=CwIBaQ&c=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA&r=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U&m=nVNcB0ugd-0DHxOUN2sjEprE9MOoBmPiJL0vZFJW3Fo&s=YeWZ78MoyK1hJHczQzWYMilS_20ekrNa4zWk_OteAMI&e= or https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sendgrid.com_&d=CwIBaQ&c=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5YA&r=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U&m=nVNcB0ugd-0DHxOUN2sjEprE9MOoBmPiJL0vZFJW3Fo&s=bDE4ZUTNUXnnqY3p74ZY9pmI_894o8Yz0KM6eDKApA8&e= They have an API for you to send emails. Kun Lin Whitman College -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Kaile Zhu Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 2:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] php and email I tried. It seems without a mail server, it won't work. - Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Erik Sandall Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 4:20 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] php and email Hi Kelly, PHP has a mail function that you can incorporate into your scripts. The manual page is here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__secure.php.net_manual _en_function.mail.php&d=CwIC-g&c=URKFmO0h1-PpCttSQ3v_bEhalPi_sNmh-_LG0Bso5 YA&r=UmjVf-1YCnSJ8ymaevl-35Anh5CG-YF09ZrBGH_xV3U&m=Y2klCC-6Dhar7sB9-IRgKrA mwCBSC5FuSpCTARGME6w&s=wFuddn5VUWc783vIPFXYAN81v0JOn4JHNZZbdlbtwLI&e= /e -- Erik Sandall, MLIS Electronic Services Librarian & Webmaster Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94104 415-393-0111 esand...@milibrary.org On 2/26/2016 1:50 PM, Kaile Zhu wrote: > Hi, > > Our library has a website run on PHP. The university IT would not > help to set up email capability via Web. My question is, what are the options there that I can add email notification capability to our website, and how? > > Our server is Windows 2008r2, PHP5.6, IIS 7.5. > > Thanks. > > Kelly Zhu >
