How to send mail

[lhbdan]

I understand you need to use the mail() command but this just wont work for me, my webserver is with godaddy, and they sent me an email saying that i need to use a relay server to send my mail, how do i set this up or anything?

[Eyewash01]

The mail function can only work if you have told PHP which mail server to use to send the mail out.

 

If you are in control of your server, you need to set the smtp server in your php.ini file.  If you are on shared hosting, then they should be able to set this up for you.

[tnhillbilly]

I think this is what i'm using at work for production equipment to send status info.

 

In php.ini do the following:

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = mail.subdomain.domain.org    <<<----  fix this line, get it from your email program

smtp_port = 25

 

 

 

; For Win32 only.

sendmail_from = UserOnMyComputer@domain.com    <<<- fix the sent from address.

 

 

 

 

 

Restart Apache.

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the php code.

<?php

$to = "someone@gmail.com";

$subject = "Hi!";

$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {

  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");

} else {

  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");

}

?>