Hello Kristina, Thursday, April 24, 2008, 8:43:06 AM, you wrote:
> 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 > __________ NOD32 3050 (20080423) Information __________ > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com Forgot, I was using the mail.mysite.com and the IP address for same with similar results and it worked beautifully until they blocked the SMTP port on me. I have had mixed results with windows sendmail clones. Fake Sendmail worked sometimes but crashed a lot so I stopped using it. Pear Mail works beautifully and allows you to specify authentication settings so you can log into your external mailserver. HTH -- Best regards, mikesz mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
