dragonking6v

WARNING-I tried to be thorough, but you may be able to understand what I'm saying without having to read all this I'm using php 5 and apache 1.3.31 I think. Anyway I bought a php book to help me learn this faster, and I've installed php mysql and apache exactly as they said and I have tested each one and each is working as it should. [code]<?php     $to = "pretzelking@gmail.com";     $sub = "SUBJECT";     $msg = "This is where my message goes...";     $mail = mail ( $to, $sub, $msg )     or die( "Sorry - Didn't work right");     echo("It worked"); ?>[/code] I wrote this using an example from the book. The format for the mail fuction is: mail( to, subject, message ); Now heres what I don't get. When I try localhost/mail.php (where it is saved) I get the die message. So, I try running it through the php editor that I am using, i.e. PHP Designer 2006. It tells me to check the settings for SMTP and smtp_port in php.ini I open up php.ini in the WINDOWS folder and here's what I have for SMTP and smtp_port: SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 Note that neither of these have a semi-colon in front of them (which would exclude them). Another thing that raised a red flag in my mind is in my debug preferences in PHP Designer It has a little box that says localhost (I believe) and then next to it it says port Under localhost I put the correct location for the apache htdocs folder and under port it automatically put 80 in their. I'm not sure if this should be 25 like my smtp_port setting is or whatever. Anyway in I round-about way I would just like to know if smtp_port = 25 is ok, or if there is a way to check which port I should use. Also should my settings in debug mode in PHP Designer be 25, 80, or something else? Thanks a lot for your time :-D