> > Hi, > > I am one of those people whose mail server is not on the local machine. It > is on http://www.hotmail.com and the address is this email address. I > currently constantly get this on my error log: > > [07-Feb-2009 06:39:15] PHP Warning: mail() [<a > href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: Failed to connect to mailserver at > "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and > "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in > C:\apache\htdocs\Alice.Wei\projects\sbs\post.php on line 218 > > This is what is on my php.ini: > > [mail function] > ; For Win32 only. > SMTP = localhost
You must change this to the address of a valid SMTP (email) server you have an account on. I do not belive hotmail supports SMTP acces (at least not when I last looked several years ago). > smtp_port = 25 > > ; For Win32 only. > sendmail_from = aj...@alumni.iu.edu > > Could anyone please give me some pointers on what to put in my php.ini file > to make this work? > Thanks in advance. > > Alice > > _________________________________________________________________ > Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live > Toolbar Today! > http://get.live.com/toolbar/overview -- Niel Archer -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
