Posted by Jeff on 01/09/07 04:25

Hey

I'm developing a web site using php 5.2.0. I'm developing the web site on my
winXP computer. I use IIS as web server (that is a web server running on my
pc, localhost).

When new users registers to the web site, then I want the web site to send
an email to the new user, but my mail method fails and give me an error
message (see below)

This is my code sending the mail:
mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld");

This is the error message I get:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php on
line 24

The problem must be related to the sendmail_from settings in php.ini:
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com

Could the error be because I haven't configured a mail daemon on my pc? I
haven't installed exchange or any other mail server program on my pc... But
I have installed outlook express (i'm sending this email via outlook
express). Maybe I could set SMTP to the SMTP address my ISP have given me.
(with ISP I mean here the company that gives me internet access) But that
will NOT be a SMTP on my pc, maybe that is wrong approach...

I'm stucked here... I just want to test the mail sending functionality
before I publish the web site.....

Any suggestions?

Jeff

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