PHP Mail() .. Help Help.. :)

[kapgupta]

Hi All,

 

I am very new to this php world and learning on my own. I am in process of implementing a Simple Contact form but could not get the mail functioning running.

 

I am Win XP (Home Edition) and managed to install PHP 5.2 and Apache and a SMTP server

 

My question is Do I need to I need to provide any username /passwords in SMTP FOR LOCAL TESTING PURPOSE

 

Or in other words, do I need to do any level of authentication in SMTP FOR LOCALHOST

 

Now, when trying to submit the form, there is mail function warning regarding Authentication required

 

Can I just bypass this by any means.

 

Also, can you please give some pre-requisites that I need to ensure to get my mail functioning working