php mail

[Smarky]

I am having trouble configing php to send mail using the mail function under win32. Here is the extract from php.ini


[mail function]
SMTP = 216.116.7.202 ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = me@cmptr.com ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is sendmail -t)

Is this right ?? I am getting a can't connect error.

[Kevin Yank]

That certainly looks right. Could the server have been down when you tried it (it's up now -- I checked)? Are you sure you're editing the copy of php.ini in your Windows directory?

[Smarky]

wow Kev Its working now great . I did a reboot as well when my comp crashed but i was told by many people that rebooting would not make a diffrince. Just like to add that your Tutorials on sitepoint have helped me greatly and have made me really start to get into web dev and php much more. Thanks

[Kevin Yank]

Any time you make a change to your php.ini, you need to restart your Web server for changes to take effect.

Glad you liked my article!

[Smarky]

Well I though this as well but there was about 4 people on IRC in a php help channel that all firmly said no and 2 of them were ops so I wasn't going to disagree.