Re: mail() on windows - problem

hi, try this. put it in your *.php file, where your mail() function is located. <?php ini_set("SMTP", "your mailserver"); ini_set("sendmail_from", "your email-adress"); ?> i got the same probs. W2K and IIS5 don't work with the smtp [mail function] in php.ini. tom "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 >