#50404 [NEW]: can't use mail

From: larry_mintz at primus dot ca Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.3.1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: can't use mail Description: ------------ In testing mail() I get the following error: Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 Syntactically invalid HELO argument(s) in C:\XAMPP\htdocs\mailtest.php on line 2 Observations: [1] Firewall is turned off [2] I am behind a router. Here is test driver: <?php mail('old_ crow@primus.ca', 'feedback', 'its good',NULL); echo" <P>Test</P>"; ?> Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.mail --- Expected result: ---------------- that mail() should run Actual result: -------------- it doesn't See abover -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50404&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50404&r=mysqlcfg