Summary : do I have an MTA ? Detail : Some scripts are being developed in php for uploading to a web host and I would like to test them on my standalone Windows 98 machine at home. I have Apache 2.0.44, PHP 4.3.0 and a dial-up connection to an ISP, which we will call ispname, for e-mail.
The PHP manual states " The Windows implementation of mail() differs in many ways from the Unix implementation. First, it doesn't use a local binary for composing messages but only operates on direct sockets which means a MTA is needed listening on a network socket (which can either on the localhost or a remote machine)." My php.ini file includes SMTP = smtp.ispname.com and smtp_port = 25 although I have also tried various other possibilities. In all cases, when mail() is called, the browser hangs up. I was rather hoping the Dial-Up Connection pop-up box would be displayed. I'm not sure whether this is a software problem, e.g. with the software versions I'm runnning on Windows 98, perhaps the need to use an older Apache 1.3, or whether the ISP software simply does not provide an MTA. (I also have AOL if that is of any relevance.) I see that there is a file sendmail.dll in C:\Windows\System. If I need an MTA, are any available as open source ? As you can see, there is a gap in my knowledge. Thanks for your help. Geoff -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
