No, there is always an solution : ) You could apply for the account at some ISP so that you could use their mail services.
Or, check on the web for mail servers and install one. I have also XP with PHP/MySQL and also my own DNS and MAIL server... Ans as you can read my mail know, it seems it is working all well : ) Cheers, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:31 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] mail() I get crazy from this... > Hello, > Thanks for this answer. No, I do not have an ISP. I only have a raw > line: fast ADSL without any whatever, but guaranteed fast. > I do not understand your kind of english, but it seems to me from your > last sentence that I should give up. > with friendly greetings > Peter van Summeren > > Ross Fleming wrote: > > Why MUST you have one?? To my knowledge, Hotmail isn't a pop/smtp server. > > It's web based mail. An SMTP server receives copies of email from you, and > > forwards them on to the correct server. That's all. You could certainly > > try turning your own machine into an SMTP server, but I would doubt that > > this will be very successful, given that the majority of the rest of the > > world refuse connections from unrecognised SMTP servers, in case they are > > open-relay. > > > > Do you have an Internet Service Provider at all? If so then they should be > > able to provide you with one. Other wise you're up the proverbial creek > > > > Ross > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: 28 August 2002 12:57 > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: [PHP-WIN] mail() I get crazy from this... > >> > >> > >>Hello, > >>I repeat: my PHP mail() function does not work. Apache tells me it can > >>not connect. > >>I have XP, Netscape, Apache, PHP, MYSQL. I have not the faintest idea > >>where my smpt server is. I use Netscape for reading my e-mail.I have > >>only a raw line to the internet. > >>I have installed a firewall. > >> > >>What must I do to discover what my smpt server is? I must have one. > >>Otherwise I could not go to netscape and send mail, to hotmail etc. > >> > >>I apologize to be so ignorant. So, please do not tell me general things. > >>Do not tell me that I will find the answer in any .ini file. You who > >>reads this, please, tell me what to do exactly. In the XP environment. > >> > >>with friendly greetings, > >>Peter > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
