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Posted by Steve on 02/25/07 18:19
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:54drcnF1vqc35U1@mid.individual.net...
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| > 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.
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| sendmail is a mailserver program (MTA), you can find a microsoft version
of it
| at http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm
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| > My php.ini look like this:
| > --------------------------------------------
| > [mail function]
| > ; For Win32 only.
| > SMTP = mail.bigfoot.com
| > smtp_port = 25
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| 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.
AHO !!! while ms might now have an mta installed by default, the ONLY
version WITHOUT one is XP HOME EDITION. all they have to do is install IIS
(which he already has done) and make sure they select SMTP server as a
component of IIS to install.
a more TRUE statement is that windows does NOT come with a POP3 service.
there are several on the web for free...or, if they already have exchange
installed, neither smtp nor pop3 are an issue. he'll just need to know where
to drop his email on his system.
| 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.
again, it's all in how you configure your own server. my prototyping system
is windows xp pro. my production servers are all linux. the only problem
i've ever had with using php and email is when i use php's default mail
function. you've just described one of the problems, however there is no
need to use a remote server to do any emailing.
cheers
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