Thanks David, I found the following...is it worth trying to modify the ini file or should I start trying to use the Zend mail function and/or Outlook?
//== Runtime Configuration The behavior of the mail functions is affected by settings in the php.ini file. Mail configuration options: Name Default Description Changeable SMTP "localhost" Windows only: The DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server PHP_INI_ALL smtp_port "25" Windows only: The SMTP port number. Available since PHP 4.3 PHP_INI_ALL sendmail_from NULL Windows only: Specifies the "from" address to be used in email sent from PHP PHP_INI_ALL //== BTW the client's environment is a hosted server and I will investigate the options available if we determine that this turkey won't fly as configured. I wasn't anticipating having to install anything and not sure whether that is an option. --Kristina > Kristina Anderson wrote: > > Hi everyone -- > > > > My current client's app is a PHP 4 site running on a Windows box (don't > > ask...I have no idea why). > > Because it is a stable setup and typically outperforms a LAMPP stack. I use > this since day one and even before my PHP time for both development and > production use. > > > I'm trying to use the mail() function and > > the mail isn't cooperating. > > > > (Two things that I noticed in phpinfo() are that Internal Sendmail > > Support for Windows is enabled and the Zend engine is installed. > > I never got the mail() function to work right on Windows. There are tools > around. I did try once the Unix Utilities from Luckasoft (get them here: > http://luckasoft.com/download/UUtils_setup.exe). It is a freeware package for > Windows that mimics sendmail. It has a GUI configuration program and accepts > the same shell command format as known from Unix. But since this is a client's > box installing extra stuff is probably the least desireable approach. > > > So maybe I could/should be using another method to send the mails, or > > there is a trick that I'm not aware of that I need to use to get this > > to work?) > > Well, there are other means. You may even google for the CLI of Outlook > assuming it is setup and configured right. > > > It's not necessarily super high volume but we will be sending a > > significant amount of automated emails to registered people on the site. > > > > Thanks for any help... > > Well, I guess once it works volume becomes a concern only when you send a lot > of messages. > > Sorry, I'm not excessively useful here. > > David > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
