Date: 04/30/05 (PHP Development)    Keywords: php, web

Hello everyone, i am a newbie to PHP, so please be patient with me.

I have the following script:


$to1= $_POST['to'];
$fro=$_POST['from'];
$from="91".$fro."@ri.irisme.net";
# convert it to an email format
$to="91".$to1."@ri.irisme.net";
$subject="hi";
# message body .. can get it from a form using post method
$body = $_POST['msg'];
$header= "From:". $from."\r\n";
$header.= "X-Mailer: PHP/". phpversion();
if (mail($to,$subject,$body,$header,"-f $from"))
{
echo "To: $to \n";
echo "From: $from \n";
echo "Message: $body \n";
echo "message sent successfully.";
}
else
{
echo "Message delivery failed...\n";
}



It sends emails aa sms. I have just taken up some webspace.
Do i need an SMTP server to send the email? If so could you please guide me with some additional setup necessary to send emails to someone via PHP?

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