mail() function does not work, please help

[ice52us]

I have Windows XP.

I have Apache 2.2.11

I have PHP 5.2.9

 

In my code i am using the function mail() in the following manner:

<?php
$to = 'ice52us@yahoo.com';
$subject = 'Abduction Report';
$msg = 'Test Mesage';
$email = 'Someone@yahoo.com';
mail($to, $subject, $msg, 'From:' . $email);
?>

There are no errors and no results. WHY??!?!??!?!?!

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

 

After looking on forums for a while, I found and tried this piece of code:

 
if (mail($to, $subject, $msg)) {
echo 'Mail Sent';
} else {
echo 'Mail NOT Sent';
}

 

I'm not sure what it means, but the page countinuously says: Mail NOT Sent.

Please tell me how to correct my mistakes.

[Daniel0]

Make sure you have an MTA installed and configured correctly on your computer.

[ice52us]

What is MTA, and how do I install it?

 

p.s. thank you for your response.

[Daniel0]

MTA means mail transfer agent, and you install it by searching for a such one using Google, downloading it and double clicking on its installer executable.

[ice52us]

Which one would you recommend for my system and my server? There are very many.

Also, I have an Opera Mail Client, is that the same thing?

[ice52us]

Ok I downloaded "Free SMTP Server" program. When I run it, it says

Waiting for connection on port #25; Using DNS Server 88.828.838.334

When I try to submit the form once more from localhost://report.php, it still says Mail NOT Sent. When I upload the file to online web hosting, it says Mail Sent, but I never recieve any mail.

I'm really stuck, please help.

[garethhall]

Make sure that port 25 is open

[ice52us]

HOW?!?!?!?!

Nobody seems to understand they are talking to a noob here. I don't understand what you mean, please explain thouroughly.

[mapleleaf]

Use a real email(not a yahoo email) as the FROM and see what happens.

Yahoo is probably blocking it.

 

 

[ice52us]

It's a no go, still doesn't work, I played with a variety of $to and $emil emails and nothing works...

[fry2010]

You have to use a real from address, and a real to address. It doesnt look like your using a real from: address.

[Daniel0]

Nobody seems to understand they are talking to a noob here.

 

Since when did Google block access to noobs?

[Ken2k7]

Nobody seems to understand they are talking to a noob here.

 

Since when did Google block access to noobs?

  NICE! +10 points to Daniel0.

[sunilrxg]

use the function as below and try

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $email);

in yahoo i faced same issue....