Advice need on using the mail() funtion to work on my local machine.

[wesleypipes]

Hi when trying to send mail via html forms on my localhost im getting this 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 C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\contact.php on line 30

I hear this is quite a common problem. I have looked into this, but cant seem to solve thhis problem. Can someone more experienced instruct me how to overcome this error

Thankyou

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have you installed email services in Control Panel>Add Remove Programs>Windows Components ?