SMTP and POP servers are used to send and receive mails. In most of the cases, people use SMTP and POP for mail.
As I said before, you can use smtp from your provider, or install you own mail server, which will then give you your own SMTP and POP servers. so in php.ini you should then type in you IP address... Hope this helps... : ) Cheers, Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] mail() does not work. Help please... > Hello Piotr, > Thanks for your reaction. > What must I fill in "your.smpt.server"? > Where is my smpt-server? At this moment I hava no idea. I can get my > address with ipconfig /all. So, I can fill in the sendmail_from address > (although I do not want to receive e-mails at that address)Or must I > take here some other address?. I am really sorry. I have no idea. You > must tell me exactly. > with friendly greetings, > Peter > > Piotr Pluciennik wrote: > > So, you should have an access to smtp server. Then in > > php.ini set lines as below according to address of > > your server and your mailbox... > > > > [mail function] > > SMTP = your.smtp.server > > sendmail_from = [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > HTH > > > > Piotr > > > > --- Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>My mail() does not work. Apache server tells me that > >>no connection could > >>be made. (I have: windows XP, Apache, PHP4, MySQL)I > >>do not have a > >>provider. I just have a bare ADSL line (which I > >>could hire for a bargain). > >>1. what must I do in the ini-files? (send_mail etc.) > >>2. this is my small text which does not work: > >>$my_mail = "<my_email_address>" > >>mail ($my_mail, "No need for reply -- PHP test!", > >>"hi Peter\nLine 2\n"); > >>3. I have a XP-firewall. > >>As all the other programs work well (several > >>messengers work fine: AOL, > >>MSN) what did I do wrong, forget etc. > >>Can anyone help me? > >>with friendly greetings, > >>Peter > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > > http://finance.yahoo.com > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
