Spoke too fast.
Fixed that (SMTP has to be uppercase)
Now it is : *SMTP server response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command
first. c15sm7128213rvi.11*
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Shreyas Agasthya <shreya...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Erm... understood.
>
> I modified the changes to look like this in the "php.ini" file (the right
> one based on the output of phpinfo()).
>
> 3)
> *smtp = smtp.gmail.com*
> *smtp_port = 587*
> *
> *
> *I get : "Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 587, verify
> your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini"*
> *
> *
> Regards,
> Shreyas
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Daniel Brown <danbr...@php.net> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 09:09, Shreyas Agasthya <shreya...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > All I am trying to do is send a mail from my localhost to my Gmail ID. I
>> > read stuff about how the SMTP port should be accessible; should be open
>> et
>> > al. My set-up is very simple:
>> >
>> > 1. Using Easy PHP.
>> > 2. Windows XP
>>
>> 3.) An SMTP server, I hope...?
>>
>> > Also, when the comment says that you need to 'configure' your php.ini,
>> which
>> > .ini should I modify? The reason being, I see that file in two
>> locations,
>> > apparently.
>> > (i) C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 3.0\apache
>> > (ii) C:\Program Files\EasyPHP 3.0\conf_files
>>
>> In a browser, check the output of phpinfo() - specifically, the
>> value for "Loaded Configuration File" - and modify that, as the other
>> may be for the PHP CLI, another installed component using a local
>> override, or may not even be used at all.
>>
>> > *My php.ini (will remove the semi-colon)*
>> > *
>> > *
>> > ; For Win32 only.
>> > ;SMTP = localhost
>> > ;smtp_port = 25
>>
>> Uncomment the two lines above.
>>
>> > ; For Win32 only.
>> > ;sendmail_from = m...@example.com
>>
>> You don't *need* to uncomment and set the `sendmail_from` option,
>> as long as you set an explicit `From` header in your code. More on
>> that after your snippet.
>>
>> > *My code: *
>> > *
>> > *
>> > *
>> > <?php
>> > *
>> >
>> > $from= "shreya...@gmail.com";
>> > $to ="shreya...@gmail.com";
>> > $subject = "PHP Testing";
>> > $message = "Test Me";
>> > mail ($to,$subject,$message,'From:'.$from);
>> > ?>
>>
>> Your code should be modified just a bit for better conformance and
>> portability, but I understand that you're just using it as a test.
>> After following the suggestions above (and remembering to restart
>> Apache, of course), try this:
>>
>> <?php
>>
>> $from = "sherya...@gmail.com";
>>
>> // Gmail allows (\+[a-z0-9\.\-_]+) appended to your username to
>> filter emails in your Gmail box.
>> $to = "shreyasbr+phpt...@gmail.com <shreyasbr%2bphpt...@gmail.com>";
>>
>> // This will append (at the moment, my local time) 1 Jul 2010, 09:27:23
>> $subject = "PHP Testing ".date("j M Y, H:i:s");
>>
>> $message = "Test Me.";
>>
>> // Create your headers, remembering to terminate each line with CRLF
>> (\r\n) to comply with RFC [2]821.
>> $headers = "From: ".$from."\r\n";
>> $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n";
>>
>> // Send it, or inform us of an error. No need to use a -f flag here.
>> if (!mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers)) {
>> echo "Ah, crap. Something's SNAFU'd here.";
>> exit(-1);
>> }
>> ?>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Shreyas Agasthya
>
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Regards,
Shreyas Agasthya
