configuring mail()

[In php I trust]

Some way,

 

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$from);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?> 

 

gives an error in WAMP:

SMTP server response: 530 SMTP authentication is required. in C:\wamp\www\mailer.php on line 7
Mail Sent. 

 

Anyone got an idea?

 

Thanks in advance,

Sincerly

[greatstar00]

mail($to,$subject,$message,$from);

should be

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

[perseadrian]

Some way,

 

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$from);
echo "Mail Sent.";
?> 

 

gives an error in WAMP:

SMTP server response: 530 SMTP authentication is required. in C:\wamp\www\mailer.php on line 7
Mail Sent. 

 

Anyone got an idea?

 

Thanks in advance,

Sincerly

 

You can't run mail function on your local PC without a mail server. The package Wamp don't include the mail server, and the function will give you an error. You must configure it, or to try it on an outside server.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The error message indicates that there is a mail server installed and running.

 

The From: address must be a valid email address at the sending mail server to both get your mail server to accept and send the email and for receiving mail servers to accept it.

[In php I trust]

First of all: thanks a lot for your replies!

 

Further:

 

1)Valid: what does that exactly mean: if my gmail adresses do exist, could an error occur then?

 

2) Yes I tried Axigen, but the configuration wizard doesn't finish succesfully. It gives: 'failed to connect to cli server for some reason'.

 

3) Has anyone an idea for another (simple) mail server I can configure myself? I'm a beginner

 

4) What does the authentication mean, as mentioned in the error message?

 

5) Can I do something in php.ini with sendmail to solve this particular issue?

 

 

Thanks in advance and kind regards,

[ultraloveninja]

You need to have a mail service up an running on your server.  If it was running on linux your could install sendmail or postfix and that is the service that runs mail.  On windows, you can configure your server for mail services:

http://www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/EmailServer.aspx