RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: mail function not working

Also make sure that relaying is open on localhost (127.1.1.1). -----Original Message----- From: Manuel Lemos [mailto:mlemos@acm.org] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 10:30 PM To: William Lee Cc: php-windows@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: mail function not working Hello, On 11/07/2004 11:48 PM, William Lee wrote: > My system: > Windows XP > Apache > SMTP server: MailEnable > PHP 5.0.2 > > Whenever I try to use the mail function, it returns me a value of "false". > > My php.ini settings are: > [mail function] > ; For Win32 only. > SMTP = localhost > smtp_port = 25 > > Here's the function I'm using: > <?php > $r = mail("a_real_email_address@gmail.com", "my subject", > "line1") ; > var_dump($r); > ?> > > This always returns: bool(false) > > What else do I need to setup in order for this to work??? > > I can send a regular email through using outlook express. any ideas? Does Outlook express use a SMTP server on localhost? If not, you need to adjust php.ini to match the SMTP server address used by Outlook express. -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/ PHP Reviews - Reviews of PHP books and other products http://www.phpclasses.org/reviews/ Metastorage - Data object relational mapping layer generator http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php