Re: mail() on windows - problem

Hi Maybe you should test your php-installation by running a script containing only <?php phpinfo(); ?> In the output you'll see if your php.ini file is parsed correctly. Watch out for php.ini location an the SMTP value. Christoph "George Pitcher" <fmdev@yahoo.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:008201c1b470$41373b00$630db092@HLATITUDE... | Hi all, | | Doing a little testing in advance of doing the scripting next week, I | thought I'd try the mail() function. | | In php.ini, I have filled in the details of my SMTP server (University | service) and the return address and I can't see anything else to configure. | | A simple script, called as a web page, contains the following script: | | <?php | mail("gep1@stir.ac","Mailtest from php","message"); | ?> | | and when I run this, I get an 'unknown' error and i [fairly obviously] don't | get the email it should be sending. | | Is there something else to configure? | | I know that the smtp part is correct as I am mailing that way using both | Lasso (NT) and Frontier (Mac) with no problems. | | HYCH, | | George in Edinburgh |