typically the server stuff is set in the admin, thus encapsulating the developer from needing that info. Check out http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/basiconfig_11.html
You will need the email servers SMTP info. I doubt you will be able to send email vial *mail*.*earthlink*.net though due to relaying restrictions. Is your client using a host? DK On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Peyton Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This question will probably be easy for nearly every ACFUGGER except me: > > I want to use the <cfmail> tag, and my question is: what do they mean by > the 'server'? For example, in testing the site I'm building on my own PC as > local server, I plan to send the e-mail messages from the site I'm building > to myself. My e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that's how > I'm filling in the to="<recipient>" parameter of <cfmail> (Incidentally, > does the from="<sender>" parameter make any difference if the recipient will > not be replying? In this case the recipient will be the office manager on > the same LAN as the web server itself, and he'll always know where the > e-mails come from). > > But the hard part is what to put for the server. I've tried > webmail.atl.earthlink.net, which is were I get my e-mail. And I've tried > just earthlink.net by itself, and just mindspring.com. But nothing appears > in my e-mail inbox, not even a message from the MAILER DAEMON, which ought > to know where to send such a message (of ColdFusion should know, since I've > specified from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]". > > Thanks for your help, > Peyton > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- Douglas Knudsen http://www.cubicleman.com this is my signature, like it? ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
