RE: [PHP-WIN] mail() I get crazy from this...

> Why MUST you have one?? To my knowledge, Hotmail isn't a pop/smtp server. > It's web based mail. An SMTP server receives copies of email from you, and > forwards them on to the correct server. That's all. You could certainly > try turning your own machine into an SMTP server, but I would doubt that > this will be very successful, given that the majority of the rest of the > world refuse connections from unrecognised SMTP servers, in case they are > open-relay. > > Do you have an Internet Service Provider at all? If so then they should be > able to provide you with one. Other wise you're up the proverbial creek > > Ross > Well, if he want to send mail, mostly any "open" SMTP server will do: a well know trick exploited, and abused, by e-mail spammers.