Bug #11963: while using mail function offline, windows does not pick up an internet request

From: knightemu@yahoo.com Operating system: win98se PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Mail related Bug description: while using mail function offline, windows does not pick up an internet request i am a basic user of php. i have done some programming (about 3 internt coding,2 in pascal and 1 in c++) while php is trying to send the mail, it makes ie stop responding to any internt connection. i did a basic install, i have not changed anything in the php.ini file except for the mail smpt. i am running php off of apache and i have installed mysql. (i have not gotten as far as configuring it) i am working off an dial up. the script is easy //stat script if (mail("anyone@yahoo.com","Just some text","losts of good stuff","From: anyone@yahoo.com")) echo "your mail has been sent!"; else echo "your mail has not been sent!"; //end script -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=11963&edit=1