mail problem on win2K

To Angie and Oliver Oliver, thanks for the reply, I will try your suggestion and see if it helps. Angie and all other interested parties (who might have the same problem as I do) I have PHP installed on win2k server running IIS5 php.ini is setup to use an SMTP server on the network ( the webserver does not run SMTP). What happens now, is that whenever I try to run a php page with a mail() function on, it says "cannot connect etc." Oliver suggested I make sure that the SMTP server can accept relay connections. I will try it and report back. Thanks all. PS, posing another thread regarding mail(), this time concerning the default user...