Hi, in short: for SMTP delivery on windows you need an SMTP port _within reach_ of the sending machine. The dialup network program of Windows does by itself no autodial. So to bring up the dialup dialog you would have to get an [auto]dialer reacting upon port 25. (A mail proxy with [auto]dial function).
You can find a quite compact proxy/server for free at http://www.janaserver.de When installing it be shure to stop Apache first, then cut off http proxy/server function of Jana or else they will battle. It is much more than you need, so probably someone will know a more suitable piece of software for you. -- Sven > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Geoff Ogilvy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 13. März 2003 21:10 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [PHP-WIN] Sending mail on Windows 98 > > 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 > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
