Help Out A Newbie In Configuring PHP.INI

Note that I'm using the Windows version of PHP. Whenever I use a mail() function in my PHP code I get an error of "Failed to Connect on line <number>". So, I'm guessing my error lies in the PHP configuration file. I searched around the PHP.INI file for anything resembililing "mail". I found these two lines: [mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = alienmelon.com ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = drshim@alienmelon.com I filled them out also, as you see above. Did I fill them out correctly? Even though I filled them out as you see above I still get the same error. Is the root of the error in the .ini at all? Thanks for any help ahead of time.