Posted by J.O. Aho on 02/25/07 16:21

cover wrote:

> Thanks Martin, I'm using XP on both machines and to be honest with
> you, I'm not real familiar with 'sendmail'. Having read references to
> it in various code snips but haven't read anything comprehensive
> enough to help me understand what it is and where it is. I.e. I
> haven't located a subfolder for 'sendmail' or a sendmail.exe file for
> example.

sendmail is a mailserver program (MTA), you can find a microsoft version of it
at http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm



> My php.ini look like this:
> --------------------------------------------
> [mail function]
> ; For Win32 only.
> SMTP = mail.bigfoot.com
> smtp_port = 25

As microsoft don't have any MTA by default installed, it's required to use an
external mailer, it's quite important to configure this with right smart host
for the client, as nowadays ISPs only allows users to use their SMTP from the
same network.

Using mail.bigfoot.com may work for you at home, but on the remote server
using it as smarthost may not be possible as they aren't on the same network.


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//Aho

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