Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/28/05 03:05

tzuccolo2001@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm trying to send an email using the mail() function. I've carefully
> made use of the ini_set(SMTP, "mail.my.server") function to set my SMTP
> server and also to set my From: address. I'm still getting a "Relaying
> not explicitly allowed: fakeemail@fakedomain.com" response from the
> server however, when I try and set a recipient who is outside of my own
> domain. This makes my think that the From: address is somehow not
> getting sent to my server properly or that I'm pointing at the wrong
> server.
>
> The confounding thing is that it was working for a while and I don't
> think I changed anything and it just stopped.
>
> I'm running these PHP pages for a client off of one of those cheap
> hosting services, I think it's called 1dollarhost.com or something,
> although I can't remember at the moment.
>
> Has anyone else had trouble with this or found a solution?
>
> Many thanks,
> Todd
>

Todd,

Your hosting service probably requires authentication to send mail.
Otherwise they'd be open relays for spammers - just put your email
address in the From: field and send away.

One way is to run a mail server on your test machine - but ensure you
have port 25 firewalled or you will become an open relay.

A better way is to use PHPMailer which will do SMTP authentication.

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