On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:51, Lucas Chan wrote: > Hi, > > I have PHP running on my Debian (unstable distribution) box. I'm > trying to generate an email via the mail() function. > > It keeps failing because I do not have a properly installed/configured > SMTP daemon on my machine. This is despite the fact that I have > modified the SMTP variable in the php.ini file to point to my ISP's > SMTP server. > > Has anyone else experienced this problem before? > > Regards, > > [ lucas ]
The *nix version of php expects to find a functional mail transport agent on the local host; the SMTP setting in the ini file is (or should be) clearly marked as Windows only. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA "I don't know any shanties," said Tom unceasingly. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
