RE: [PHP] SMTP - Authorization?

Another life saver! This news group is great! Thnx. -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@acm.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:09 AM To: Mathiau Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] SMTP - Authorization? Hello, On 08/25/2003 09:34 PM, Mathiau wrote: > basically i am sending out a mailing list to customers, - using a PHP > script, however the SMTP i am using needs to have Authorization to log into > the outgoing SMTP - i HAVE to use this authentication no if's and ot > butt's., otherwise i will be blocked by Yahooo / AOL and some other provider > for running a relay SMTP as they see it and contirbuting to spammers by > allow anon acces to my smtp. > > I know i can put my SMTP server on an internal ip so the outside world can > not see if but that is a bandaid fix for me - i want to know if PHP can use > an SMTP server that requires authotization to use it? > > > HELP! me searches for this have turned up no results or people simply not > knowing what i need to get done. The mail() function does not support authentication. You may want to try this SMTP class that lets you send messages via a server that requires authentication. http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass Use it in conjunction with this other class that lets you compose and send properly formatted messages: http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage -- Regards, Manuel Lemos Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/