Re: mail() function HELP

Stut wrote: > On 4 Mar 2008, at 21:18, 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" > > I don't mean to be rude, but what part of "For Unix only" confused you? > > You need to point the "For Win32 only" settings at a mail server on > Windows. The error message pretty clearly states that it's trying to > connect to the server specified in those settings. > > -Stut > Uh, yeah... Then I thought, why not just use the SMTP and smtp_port settings. -Shawn