Help me with this mail funcation in php

Iam receiving the following error when I want to sent email using php script.

Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in d:\apache\htdocs\ims\ticketstaff\type_in_ticket2.php on

How can I solve this problem? My settings in php.ini and mail script are as follows;
Note Iam using 4.3 php

my php.ini file mail function declaration are as follows;

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = mobzam@web.org.zm

and my php mail script is as follows;

mail($adminemail, "TICKET SUBMITTED BY $LnameandFname", "$message","$headers","From:$zramail2\n");

Make sure that "localhost" has an SMTP server running...

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Hello TheAnarchist,
Iam using remote machine as SMTP server, and it is running.
so could it the reason??

Hi zamzam,

I don't think that it could be the reason.

PHP Code:

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//make your heades like this
$headers .= "From:$zramail2\n";

// and your php mail() function
if(!mail($adminemail, "TICKET SUBMITTED BY $LnameandFname", "$message","$headers"))
  echo "Mail Sending Failed";
else
  echo "Mail Sent"; 


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Try this and let me know.

Iam still receiving the following error message

Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in d:\apache\htdocs\ims\ticketstaff\type_in_ticket2.php on line 181

could you please put your code for $headers here?

Are you sure this location d:\apache\htdocs\ims\ticketstaff\type_in_ticket2.php is in the remote server where the SMTP is running? I think you are running your file in your system and trying to send emails. What you mean by that you have using remote SMTP server and it is running?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by zamzam

Iam using remote machine as SMTP server, and it is running.

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Ah, there's the problem, I think.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by zamzam

SMTP = localhost

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That line of your php.ini file is telling your PHP parser that the SMTP server is on your local machine, not on a remote machine.

You can do one of two things:

1. Put the script you're working on and the SMTP server on the same machine; or
2. Change your php.ini file - instead of "localhost", put the IP address of the remote machine where the SMTP server is running.

I have changed and still receiving the same problem

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = maildogo
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = mobzam@web.org.zm

and my php mail script is as follows;

mail($adminemail, "TICKET SUBMITTED BY $LnameandFname", "$message","$headers","From:$zramail2\n");