Re: mail() function HELP

Sofia Jacob (CA) wrote: > I'm getting problems with the mail() function. > > ERROR: > > Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "" port 25, > verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in > C:\wamp\www\php_sandbox\user_auth_fns.php on line 170 > > > I'm using Windows XP prof. and WAMP5 -server > > Here what I did: > > 1) I download sendmail.zip from http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ > > 2) I unzip this in a folder on c:\wamp\sendmail > > 3) I edited PHP.INI file > > [mail function] > ; For Win32 only. > SMTP = > smtp_port = > > ; For Win32 only. > ;sendmail_from = > > ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). > ;sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t" > > ; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters > ; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of > ; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode. > ;mail.force_extra_parameters = > > 4)I edited SENDMAIL.INI file > > ; configuration for fake sendmail > > ; if this file doesn't exist, sendmail.exe will look for the settings in > ; the registry, under HKLM\Software\Sendmail > > [sendmail] > > ; you must change mail.mydomain.com to your smtp server, > ; or to IIS's "pickup" directory. (generally C:\Inetpub\mailroot\Pickup) > ; emails delivered via IIS's pickup directory cause sendmail to > ; run quicker, but you won't get error messages back to the calling > ; application. > > smtp_server=mail.yahoo.ca > > ; smtp port (normally 25) > > smtp_port=465 > > ; the default domain for this server will be read from the registry > ; this will be appended to email addresses when one isn't provided > ; if you want to override the value in the registry, uncomment and modify > > default_domain= > > ; log smtp errors to error.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe) > ; uncomment to enable logging > > error_logfile=error.log > > ; create debug log as debug.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe) > ; uncomment to enable debugging > > ;debug_logfile=debug.log > > ; if your smtp server requires authentication, modify the following two lines > > auth_username=jacobsofia > auth_password= ******* > > ; if your smtp server uses pop3 before smtp authentication, modify the > ; following three lines > > pop3_server=mail.yahoo.ca > pop3_username= jacobsofia@yahoo.ca > pop3_password=****** > > ; to force the sender to always be the following email address, uncomment and > ; populate with a valid email address. this will only affect the "MAIL FROM" > ; command, it won't modify the "From: " header of the message content > > force_sender=jacobsofia@yahoo.ca > > ; sendmail will use your hostname and your default_domain in the ehlo/helo > ; smtp greeting. you can manually set the ehlo/helo name if required > > hostname= > > > 5) Here my code: > > $email = mysql_result($result, 0, "email"); > $from = "From: jacobsofia@yahoo.ca \r\n"; > $mesg = "Tu contraseña ha sido cambiado a $Password \r\n" > ."Por favor utilízalo la próxima cuando hagas log in. \r\n"; > if (mail($email, "login información ", $mesg, $from)) > echo "Enviamos tu nueva contrasena a tu e-mail"; > else > echo "Error"; > > Thanks for the help!!!! > > Sofia. Number 1, in php.ini you left this uncommented so it's using this: SMTP = smtp_port = Number 2, here you didn't uncomment the ;sendmail_path: ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). ;sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t" Also, notice the *For Unix only.* comment. Dunno if it will work anyway if you have sendmail. -Shawn