RE: [PHP] Problem with mail function

The mail function uses the specified SMTP mail server to send out the mail. you will need to set the php.ini variables as follows SMTP = localhost ; The name or IP address of the machine which is running the SMTP Server. for ex ; mail.flashmail.com sendmail_from = me@localhost.com ; The address that you want to appear in the From Field of the mail. The error you are getting is most probably because of the fact that there is no SMTP server running on the machine specified in the above SMTP setting. take a look at the following link for more info on the mail function - http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php hope that helps regards Ankur Verma HCL Technologies Noida Uttar Pradesh India -----Original Message----- From: Sonya Davey / QDCEL [mailto:SonyaD@PQAfrica.co.za] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:25 PM To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' Subject: [PHP] Problem with mail function Hi, Can anyone help me the mail function. I am using PHP 4.04, on Windows 98,with PWS. 1.What must I configure thse settings in my php.ini file to? SMTP = localhost sendmail_from = me@localhost.com 2.Why does this code give me the following error? Warning: Failed to Connect Code: $to = 'support@here.co.za'; $from = 'sonyad@pqafrica.co.za'; $body = $MainAgentCode; $headers = "From: $from"; $success = mail($to, "Inpro Web site", $body, $headers); if ($success) {//begin echo "<B><CENTER>Thank you for your input</CENTER></B>\n"; }//end e{ echo "Error \n"; } Thanks to anyone who can help. Sonya -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net