RE: [PHP-WIN] Mail Function Not Working

> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:22:53 -0500 > From: keithdavis@pridedallas.com > To: harlequin2@gmx.de; ajwei@alumni.iu.edu; php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Mail Function Not Working > > Where is your site being hosted? Does the hosting server have SMTP available? That is the > easiest method and what I use for 99% of my sites. > > I host the site on my own machine, so I am not sure the answer to your question. How can I check that anyway? Plus, the default mail program I use is Windows Mail, so would it not catch the live.com automatically as the authentication? I am getting confused. Alice > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Meyer [mailto:harlequin2@gmx.de] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 9:19 AM > To: Alice Wei; php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Mail Function Not Working > > Hi Alice, > > Alice wrote: > > I have an issue here where I see no PHP errors on my mail > > function usage, and yet I am not getting the mail in the desired > > account. Here is what I have for my PHP code: > > > > $headers = "From: ajwei@alumni.iu.edu" ; > > $to = $email; > > $subject = > > "Comments Regarding My Site"; > > $body = "From: $your_name\n E-Mail: > > $email\n Reason Contact: $question\n Comments:\n $comments"; > > mail($to, > > $subject, $body,$headers); > > > > This is what I have in my PHP.ini: > > > > [mail > > function] > > ; For Win32 only. > > SMTP = smtp.live.com > > smtp_port = > > 587 > > ... > > As Keith and Richard already told, it is not enough to point PHP to an existing mail server, > you also need to take care of proper authentication or relaying of messages. > > To get you started, here are two tutorials for sending mails with SMTP authentication (one > using a PEAR class, the other uses sockets instead of the mail function): > > > http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/PHP_Email_SMTP_Authentication.htm > > http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Email-Code/Smtp-Auth-Email-Script/ > > If your provider requires "SMTP after POP", it will be quite tricky (but not > impossible) to send mails with PHP. > > Regards, > > Sascha > > -- > GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! > Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential or otherwise privileged > information and is intended only for the individual(s) to which it is addressed. If you are not the > named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your > system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be > intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender > therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message or > that arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a > hard-copy version from the sender. > > www.pridedallas.com > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1