On Wednesday 01 September 2004 22:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I did some research and found out that my ISP's SMTP server is > smtp.comcast.net.
That's what we like to see. > If I configure my mail functions to connect to this should my script be > able to send e-mails? > > Research and Experimentation (yes, I did some!): Yep, you're getting there ... > I tried connecting to it using this telnet command: > > telnet smtp.comcast.net If you don't specify a port number telnet will default to the 'telnet' port which is 23. > But I got this: > > Connecting to smtp.comcast.net..could not connect to smtp.comcast.net on > port 23. A connecting attempt failed because the connection party did not > properly respond after a period of time.. > Then I tried this: > > telnet smtp.comcast.net 25 > > A new window popped up and said this: > > 220 Comcast.net - Mailennium ESMTP/Multibox rwcrmhc11 #140 > > Did it work? So if I put smtp.comcast.net in php.ini should my e-mail > script work? Yes it would work, providing that: 1) that the machine which you tried the telnet on is the same as your webserver 2) Comcast really is your upstream provider and allows you to relay (send) mail through smtp.comcast.net -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* The perversity of nature is nowhere better demonstrated by the fact that, when exposed to the same atmosphere, bread becomes hard while crackers become soft. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
