mail() and php.ini

[jimday1982]

Ok,

I have my php.ini file set up like this:

  
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.postoffice.net
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = jday@dynadirect-inc.com

But I'm getting a warning that says "Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()"

What could be causing this? Thanks!

[Hartmann]

Does your ISP allow SMTP traffic? If not you will need your own SMTP server (like http://www.postcastserver.com).

[jimday1982]

Does your ISP allow SMTP traffic? If not you will need your own SMTP server (like http://www.postcastserver.com).

I'm really not sure, but I thought it was strange that even when I changed "localhost" in my php.ini file to my actual smtp server that it still says "localhost" in the warning message. Is it supposed to do that? If so, I guess I'll look into the alternative you mentioned. Thanks.

[Hartmann]

hmmm...

Where is your php.ini located?

[jimday1982]

hmmm...

Where is your php.ini located?

According to phpinfo(), it's at C:\Documents and Settings\Jim Day\Desktop\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini

[Hartmann]

According to phpinfo(), it's at C:\Documents and Settings\Jim Day\Desktop\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini

Ok well make sure that is the file you are editing. Sometimes there are a couple of php.ini files.

[jimday1982]

Ok well make sure that is the file you are editing. Sometimes there are a couple of php.ini files.

Yep, that's the one I'm editing. Anyone else have any ideas?

[Aska]

I may be totally off the mark here, but have you restarted Apache after you made that change in php.ini? Cheers.

[jimday1982]

I may be totally off the mark here, but have you restarted Apache after you made that change in php.ini? Cheers.

OH! I don't know why I didn't think of that! Thanks. Now I'm getting a "530 Authentication required" warning so it's still not sending the e-mail. Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks again.

[Hartmann]

I think a 530 Authentication Error comes from the SMTP server itself. It usually means that you have to have authentication turned on to send the mail (usually done through Outlook).

Try downloading PostCastServer and setting it up, it sends mail without having to authenticate.

[jimday1982]

I think a 530 Authentication Error comes from the SMTP server itself. It usually means that you have to have authentication turned on to send the mail (usually done through Outlook).

Try downloading PostCastServer and setting it up, it sends mail without having to authenticate.

OK, I'll give that a shot. But just for the sake of having one less thing running on my computer, is there a way to specify the login info for my smtp server in my php.ini file? Thanks.

[Hartmann]

Well your host probably doesn't allow relaying (which is what you are doing). So, you can either download Postcast or you can use an SMTP server from this list -> http://www.yuki-onna.co.uk/email/smtpservers.html not all of them are guarenteed to work though.

[Aska]

If you prefer to use your ISP's smtp server, you can look into the imap functions - especially imap_open and imap_mail. Hope that helps.