Re: mail function() with MS

Hi Anthony > Qusetion: 1: > What would happen if I changed the php.ini settings to: > SMTP=mail.yourisp.com > sendmail_from=MyAddress@MyDomain > as opposed to: > >SMTP=smtp.ISPs.domain =as long as the SMTP server is accessible and you have access rights, then it can be anyone's/anywhere... > > When you use PHP provided by a service, you will need to establish what > they > > have set up as SMTP server, and if it is not acceptable to you (for > whatever > > reason that might be) work out how to override it. > I'm not sure why I would not think it is not "acceptable". Please advise. =Some web-hosts only have the one PHP.INI. That means you would have to use what they define as SMTP server. I don't know (a) what the host may define, (b) what you will find acceptable... ie it may or may not result in an issue/be relevant to you. > Also...let's say I'm developing another site with a mail form box using > Win98 and Apache > Do I then have to reconfigure the php.ini files back to localhost from: > SMTP=mail.yourisp.com =each PHP/web server has its own PHP.INI file. Thus each defines its own (default) SMTP server. =it may not be necessary to move SMTP servers: remember that your FROM: address can be fred@barney.domain even though the PHP-defined SMTP server is smtp.isp.domain. =if you use a good script/class, each application you build can define its own SMTP parameters and have its own domain/From address, etc. > Thank you. =a pleasure. =did I understand the intent of the question correctly? =dn > TR > > > > I use a script/class from PHPguru.org, and I can't say for sure that it > even > > looks at the PHP.INI settings because I set them directly/again within the > > mail function's code. Highly recommended! > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by gonefishingguideservice.com] > >