----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Groen" > > On a Windows, box, you tell it what SMTP server to use > > instead.There's an entry for this in the php.ini file (in > > \Windows or \Winnt) but I've never tried it till now. I > > changed it from 'localhost' to my ISP's server > > smtp.ntlworld.com and tried sending a mail(), but no > > luck yet :-/ > > You might have some luck using a Postcast server for > Windows with that.It's a built in SMTP, free download.
Thanks for that Mark, but it seems I was being too impatient! :-) The test messages I sent took about 12 minutes to be sent by NTLWorld, reach ny other account at Freeola, get forwarded back to NTLWorld and land in my mailbox. But they did get there. So yep, you can edit php.ini, look for a block titled 'Module Settings' then section '[mail function]', and in the line 'SMTP = localhost' you substitute your ISP's smtp server name for 'localhost'. I am not saying it'll work for everyone and of course you'd need to be online at the time you ran the script. Thanks also to Joe -- by looking into this, I have now learned yet another thing. As I said to someone else very recently, in my tech support role I have learned almost all I know by looking for the answer to other people's problems and that often happens here on wdvl as well! ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
