how to use mail()?

[homer.favenir]

hi,

i have already a script but its not working...

<?php

$to = "diyos_ako@yahoo.com";

$subject = "Test mail";

$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";

$from = "homer.favenir@gmail.com";

$headers = "From: $from";

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

echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

 

i run it on my localhost but there is an error:

 

Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port".

 

how can i fixed this?

 

thanks

???

[bpops]

I THINK your SMTP server is defined in php.ini file. Do you have access to this?

[Neptunus Maris]

Are YOU testing on a local server? such as in the case your own computer?

 

You have to go through PHPs configurations on your machine to set up SMTP...

[homer.favenir]

yes i can access my local host...

how do i configure it?

 

thanks

[homer.favenir]

yes i can access my phpinfo()

smtp is set to localhost

smtp port is 25

 

 

[trq]

Do you have a mail server installed on your local machine? If not, no point telling php to use localhost as an smtp server.

[homer.favenir]

yes...it is from our company

@asecph.com

[homer.favenir]

<?php

  //send email

  $email = "homer.favenir@gmail.com" ;

  $subject = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

  $message = $_REQUEST['password'] ;

  mail( $email, $subject, $message);

?>

 

but it returned error

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\xampp\htdocs\friendster\index.php on line 477

 

thanks ???

[homer.favenir]

and i have this script.

<?php

$to = "homer.favenir@asecph.com";

$subject = "Test mail";

$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";

$from = "homer.favenir@gmail.com";

$headers = "From: $from";

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

echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

it only echoed "mail sent"

but i dont received any  message from the specific email above...

???