php-windows Digest 8 Feb 2009 17:01:38 -0000 Issue 3568
Topics (messages 29157 through 29157):
Re: Mail Function Error
29157 by: Niel Archer
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> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am one of those people whose mail server is not on the local machine.
> > > It is on http://www.hotmail.com and the address is this email address. I
> > > currently constantly get this on my error log:
> > >
> > > [07-Feb-2009 06:39:15] PHP Warning: mail() [<a
> > > href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: Failed to connect to mailserver
> > > at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and
> > > "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in
> > > C:\apache\htdocs\Alice.Wei\projects\sbs\post.php on line 218
> > >
> > > This is what is on my php.ini:
> > >
> > > [mail function]
> > > ; For Win32 only.
> > > SMTP = localhost
> >
> > You must change this to the address of a valid SMTP (email) server you
> > have an account on. I do not belive hotmail supports SMTP acces (at
> > least not when I last looked several years ago).
> >
> > > smtp_port = 25
> > >
> > > ; For Win32 only.
> > > sendmail_from = aj...@alumni.iu.edu
> > >
>
> Thanks for the explanation. Does this mean that this is not possible? How
> would I set up my own mail server. or if you could recommend any?
No it's not impossible. If you have IIS running on your server that can
implement an SMTP server I believe. I'm not a user of IIS so can't
advise further on that.
You could also use a sendmail replacement for Windows, google "sendmail
windows" for dozens of possible versions.
Personally I use the PEAR Mail class with an external server.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Alice
>
>
> > > Could anyone please give me some pointers on what to put in my php.ini
> > > file to make this work?
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Alice
> > >
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