What package/software to install to send email from windows?

[colap]

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

 

It is windows 8, wamp server is installed. What package/software to install to send email from windows?

 

Which code to take:

 

<?php
// The message
$message = "Line 1\r\nLine 2\r\nLine 3";

// In case any of our lines are larger than 70 characters, we should use wordwrap()
$message = wordwrap($message, 70, "\r\n");

// Send
mail('[email protected]', 'My Subject', $message);
?>  

Or

 

<?php
$to      = '[email protected]';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

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

Is it needed to write "From address" through mail function?

Where to configure "From address" ?

[Ch0cu3r]

I recommend you use an existing SMTP service, such as gmail and use PHP scripts such as phpmailer or swiftmailer for sending emails.

[scootstah]

What package/software to install to send email from windows?

Linux! Ha!

 

Just kidding. I agree with Ch0cu3r; setting up email servers sucks. There's lots of very affordable SMTP services these days, like Gmail, that can get you up and running with no problem.