Re: PHP Mail() Question

Its probably a problem with your mail server software not being able to send email out. I think you need t tell it to connect to another email server outside of your network "Mindless Bot" <mindlessbot@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:F10yseVwrblZz02H67y00009edd@hotmail.com... > Hello, > > I hope maybe you can help me with this problem... I've been working with > PHP/mySQL for about 6 months now, this is causing quite a headache! > > When I try to send confirmation email (from a form the user fills out) - it > works fine when sending within the company network but fails when sending to > other emails (like hotmail accounts). > > Any suggestions? > > I have full rights to the php.ini file on our server, I've tried editing the > send_mail path, nothing seems to work! The server is running on a Solaris > 5.8 machine - I'm assuming Apache server. > > $email, $first, $last are pulled from a submitted form (using POST). > > $welcome is a standard message used in several places - easier to change one > file when changes are required. > > $toaddressSent = $email; > $subjectSent = "$first $last, Your Request Has Been Received"; > $contentSent = $welcome; > > > mail($toaddressSent, $subjectSent, $contentSent, $additionalSent); > > > Thanks! > Brian > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.msn.com >