* Thus wrote Manuel Lemos: > Hello, > > On 11/10/2004 10:36 AM, Garth Hapgood - Strickland wrote: > >Im using the php mail() function to try send an email to a user that has > >just registered. > > > >mail($HTTP_POST_VARS['emailaddress1'], 'Matchmakers Website Registration' , > >'Welcome'); > > > >But when I get the following error back.: > > Warning: mail(): SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Can someone help me out, by telling me what it means or what Im doing > >wrong? > > (Thank you Jason for the introduction! :-) > > That means your SMTP server requires authentication to relay messages. > The mail function does not support SMTP authentication.
for the record.. and to not mislead several people.. 550 simply means the message was not accepted. There are several other reasons why this will happen. The text after the 550 usually signifies what exactly the problem is. > [snip spam] Curt -- Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
