Re: PEAR Mail $obj->send()

On 7/8/2011 9:50 AM, Brian Smither wrote: > A client has: > PHP 5.3 on Win7x64 running a local web app that needs to send mail. > (This app was once hosted on a linux-based hosted space.) Apache 2.2 > is installed but apparently not being used. I think the IIS service > is actually the web server that is engaged. > > During troubleshooting a wide range of problems, I discovered that > the PEAR Mail module needed to be installed. So I installed PEAR > (the PEAR Installer) and the Mail module with all dependencies. The > PEAR_ENV was added. The system was rebooted. > > A test php script instantiates the Mail class and the script proceeds > fine until the send() method is called. I get a browser with "Waiting > for localhost" for more than 60 seconds. (I used die(); to trace the > script. Instead of 'auth'=> true, I used 'auth' => "PLAIN" > as > suggested by a user comment on the Mail documentation page.) Do you have a mail server running on localhost? If the previous system was linux, then it was probably handing it off to sendmail. If you do not have a local MTA then you need to change the params so it uses a remote mail server. > > I believe all the parameters are correct. The actual web app works - > except emailing. > > I added a firewall rule allowing outbound port 465 just for kicks. > > I can double-check for the PHP timeout setting but would PHP timeout > in this case (waiting for a socket??)? > > Any suggestions? > > > > >