Posted by Flamer on 10/11/49 11:53

Joaquim Amado Lopes wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I'm writing a backoffice system from scratch. After it is completed
> and debugged, it will be upload to a remote server.
>
> Already tested the mail function on the remote server and it worked
> fine but don't know exactly what to setup on my PC so it can be tested
> localy.
>
> OS:
> Windows XP
> Running:
> Apache 2.0 with PHP 5.1.4
>
> SMTP and mail variables in php.ini:
> sendmail_from: mymail@localhost
> sendmail_path: no value
> SMTP: localhost
> smtp_port: 25
>
> PHP instruction:
> mail($email, $subject, "From: mymail@localhost");
>
> 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()
>
> Is there something I need to change in the OS setup? Do I need to
> install anything else? Different port?
>
> Any help will be apreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Joaquim Amado Lopes

open command prompt and type 'netstat -an' is port 25 listening?? if
not then your mail server isnt started. if it is then theres a config
problem.

Flamer.

[Back to original message]