Re: Problem in sending email from localhost

I did that too. but still i got the same error. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <info@tyrael.hu> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Niamathullah Sharief <phpsha@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to send mail from my localhost but i am getting the below >> error >> ""Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at >> "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" >> setting in php.ini >> or use ini_set() in F:\test\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 42'" >> >> I am using xampp server. Can anyone please tell me what is the error >> >> My "php.ini" code is >> [mail function] >> ; For Win32 only. >> ; http://php.net/smtp >> SMTP = smtp.gmail.com >> ; http://php.net/smtp-port >> smtp_port = 587 >> >> ; For Win32 only. >> ; http://php.net/sendmail-from >> ;sendmail_from = xxxxxxxx@gmail.com >> >> ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: >> "sendmail -t -i"). >> ; http://php.net/sendmail-path >> ;sendmail_path = "\"F:\test\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe\" -t" >> >> ; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as >> extra parameters >> ; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value >> of >> ; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode. >> ;mail.force_extra_parameters = >> >> ; Add X-PHP-Originating-Script: that will include >> uid of the script followed by the filename >> mail.add_x_header = Off >> >> ; Log all mail() calls including the full path of the script, line >> #, to address and headers >> ;mail.log = "F:\test\xampp\apache\logs\php_mail.log" >> > > guessing from the error message, it seems that your SMTP and smtp_port > configuration is ignored(the error mentions localhost and port 25, which is > the default settings, that should be smtp.gmail.com and 587 by your > config), could you check, that you are editing the correct php.ini file? > > Tyrael >