How do i configure my localhost machine to send email via my isp.

[sayedsohail]

Hi everyone,

 

Can someone advise, how do make my localhost to send the my feedback form via my isp smtp server.

 

please advise, here is my mail.php form.

 

<?php 
  
  function is_email_valid($email) {
    if(eregi("^[a-z0-9\._-]+@+[a-z0-9\._-]+\.+[a-z]{2,3}$", $email)) return TRUE; 
    else return FALSE;
  }

  $t_email = $_POST['t_email'];
  $f_email = $_POST['f_email'];
  $subject = $_POST['subject'];
  $message = $_POST['message'];
  $send = $_POST['send'];

  if ( $t_email && $f_email && $subject && $message && $send ) {
    if (is_email_valid($t_email) && is_email_valid($f_email)) {
      echo "Sending email...<p />"; 
      echo 'mail( $t_email, $subject, $message, "From: $f_email\r\n")<p />';
      echo "And this expands to:<p />";
      echo '  mail( '. $t_email .', '. $subject .', '. $message .', "From: '. $f_email .'\r\n");<p />';
      mail($t_email, $subject, $message, "From: $f_email\r\n");
    } else {
      if ( !is_email_valid($t_email) ) {
        echo "<b>To</b> email address was <b>invalid</b><br />";
      }
      if ( !is_email_valid($f_email) ) {
        echo "<b>From</B> email address was <b>invalid</b><br />";
      }		
    }
  } else {
?>
  <form method=post action="mail.php">
  	<table border=0>
  	<tr><td>To Email Address:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="t_email" value="Valid Email Address"></td></tr>
  	<tr><td>From Email Address:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="f_email" value="Valid Email Address"></td></tr>
  	<tr><td>Subject:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="subject" value="Subject Here"></td></tr>
  	<tr><td colspan=2>Message:<br />
  	<textarea cols=28 rows=5 wrap=physical name="message">
        Message Here
        </textarea><p /></td></tr>
  	<tr><td colspan=2><input type="submit" name="send" value="Send Email">
  	<input type="reset" value="Reset Form"></td></tr>
  	</table>
  </form>
  <?php
  }
?>

 

[per1os]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

 

Read that, it allows you to set up a smtp server, thats what you need.

 

--FrosT

[sayedsohail]

You mean to use php pear, this looks very simple mail setup function.  do we have any other way to do it without using pear library.

[sayedsohail]

Sorry guys asking this again, I just need to know how to setup my smtp server on my localhost server. so i can start sending and received email using my feedback form.

[obsidian]

I would recommend you take a good look at PHPMailer for your SMTP connection. There is a great email class as well as a full SMTP class included in the package, and they work wonderfully. Hope this helps.