Hi Ray, in my php.ini i have : SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 sendmail_from = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
but my website (testing machine) is on localhost (which has also the IP 195.126.5.1) i think the problem is not in php.ini but more on SMTP server side (in settings, maybe password for authentication). A. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Ray Hauge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alain Roger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i know that this is not necessary the best forum for that, but i need to > get > > a real feedback and i guess you already faced the same issue as mine. > > basically, i develop php web application on windows XP platform. > > So i have apache 2.24 installed and PHP 5.2.4. > > > > now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've checked > my > > php.ini file and it seems ok. > > i tried to use IIS from windows to define a default SMTP server, but as > my > > emails are not sent, i guess something is wrong with IIS. > > > > so does it exist a free SMTP server (similar that linux daemon) but > running > > on windows XP ? > > if yes, where can i find it and what steps should i perform to be sure > my > > emails are sent ? > > > > i do not want to transfer all my web application each time i want to > test > > email sending... > > i would like to test it locally. > > > > thanks for your feedback. > > > > I could be wrong, but I thought that you had to specify the SMTP server > in the php.ini file. > > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php#ini.smtp > > > now i would like to test if my application send emails, so i've > checked my > > php.ini file and it seems ok. > > Maybe that means you already did that. The second issue might be that > your SMTP server is MS Exchange, and it requires authentication. > > If that is the case, then search for php SMTP authentication: > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=php+smtp+authentication&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a > > -- > Ray Hauge > www.primateapplications.com > -- Alain ------------------------------------ Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008
