Fwd: [PHP] making sure sendmail function is on and running

--- Begin Message --- Background: Server-Apache 1.3.31 OS-Windows XP PHP-5 Problem-I'm trying to run eFiction, a story/fanfiction archive script. On this, people self register, and they are supposed to get an e-mail with their password. However, I and one other attempted signing up, and neith

Re: [PHP] making sure sendmail function is on and running

If you have Windows, PHP can only use an extrenal smtp server, so you have to open that server up to connections from your web server to your mail server. That could be on the same physical machine as your web server, in which case the mail server will have to be configured to accept connecti

Re: [PHP] making sure sendmail function is on and running

This one is rather annoying as I have found out in the last couple of weeks. Depending on if your apache/php is on Windows or Unix, one or the other of the configurations you mentioned is relevant. If you have Windows, PHP can only use an extrenal smtp server, so you have to open that server

[PHP] making sure sendmail function is on and running

Background: Server-Apache 1.3.31 OS-Windows XP PHP-5 Problem-I'm trying to run eFiction, a story/fanfiction archive script. On this, people self register, and they are supposed to get an e-mail with their password. However, I and one other attempted signing up, and neither of us got our passwo