Problem with PHP Mail

[djbouch]

I am trying to get the PHP mail function to work. I am using a WAMP server and php.ini is set to:

 

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = localhost

smtp_port = 25

 

; For Win32 only.

;sendmail_from =

 

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").

;sendmail_path =

 

; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters

; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of

; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.

;mail.force_extra_parameters =

 

My PHP script looks like this:

<php?

$to = "djbouch@comcast.net";

$subject = "Test mail";

$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";

$from = "djbouch@comcast.net";

$headers = "From:" . $from;

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

 

For some reason the mail won't send and I am getting the following message:

 

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()

 

Thanks for your help with this.

 

Daniel

 

[AyKay47]

because you will need a mail server.. Postfix is a popular choice

[djbouch]

Is it possible to use someone else's mailserver? For example a mailserver at my school?