Re: Help Out A Newbie In Configuring PHP.INI

In article <20020315194034.36733.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, ultimatezzz@hotmail.com says... > Uh oh, did I ask this question before? If I did, I'm very sorry. =( > > "David Robley" <robleyd@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message > news:MPG.16fc460a2506199f9896d0@news.php.net... > In article <20020315014103.26660.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, > ultimatezzz@hotmail.com says... > > 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? > > I have feeling of deja vu here. Is alienmelon.com a valid mail server? If > not, you need to change it to something that is. Well, aroung 14 Feb I ended up saying this to an address that might or might not be yours :-): Subject: Re: [PHP] Troubles With Mail Function From: David Robley <robleyd@paradise.net.nz> Date: In article <20020214003314.57940.qmail@pb1.pair.com>, ultimatezzz@hotmail.com says... > Alright, I will show you my entire mail code here. BTW: I cannot mail using > mail() function > > [mail function] > ; For Win32 only. > SMTP = mindspring.com > > ; For Win32 only. > sendmail_from = drshim@alienmelon.com > > ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: > 'sendmail -t -i'). > ;sendmail_path = > > > I'm using Windows XP at the moment to develop. > > I'm not quite sure what I'd put under "SMTP"...is there any tutorials > online > that would show me how to configure this right? In addition to my previous message - OK, I've gone and put the necessary software on the linux side of this thing and asked the appropriate questions - if I do a 'dig' on alienmelon i find: ; <<>> DiG 9.1.2 <<>> -t mx alienmelon.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43766 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;alienmelon.com. IN MX ;; ANSWER SECTION: alienmelon.com. 28739 IN MX 10 mail.alienmelon.com. ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: alienmelon.com. 163967 IN NS NS.HOST4U.NET. alienmelon.com. 163967 IN NS NS2.HOST4U.NET. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: mail.alienmelon.com. 28739 IN A 64.33.108.112 NS.HOST4U.NET. 170095 IN A 209.150.128.30 NS2.HOST4U.NET. 3201 IN A 209.150.129.3 ;; Query time: 154 msec ;; SERVER: 203.96.152.4#53(203.96.152.4) ;; WHEN: Thu Feb 14 16:07:51 2002 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 146 which implies that alienemelon uses mail.alienmelon.com to handle its mail. So a ping to that to see if it exists gives us C:\WINDOWS>ping mail.alienmelon.com Pinging mail.alienmelon.com [64.33.108.112] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 64.33.108.112: bytes=32 time=329ms TTL=239 Reply from 64.33.108.112: bytes=32 time=325ms TTL=239 Reply from 64.33.108.112: bytes=32 time=315ms TTL=239 Reply from 64.33.108.112: bytes=32 time=315ms TTL=239 Ping statistics for 64.33.108.112: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 315ms, Maximum = 329ms, Average = 321ms C:\WINDOWS> so it seems to exist. I suggest you try mail.alienmelon.com as the SMTP entry in your config and see what happens. -- David Robley Temporary Kiwi! -- David Robley Temporary Kiwi! Quod subigo farinam