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Hey, I got a couple questions about setting up your system to do Simple Mail Transfer Protocol functions.
- Do I need to find my SMTP address to send mail even if I'm just using the mail function as a test to learn PHP?
- Can I use an SMTP address from a different computer in my house that is connected to mine through wireless internet?
Sorry if my question's are a little vague.
Thanks in advance.
There are two ways to go about it: using your own SMTP server, or using a remote SMTP server. On Windows, the usual behaviour is to use a remote SMTP server. In this case, you need to connect to it to send any sort of mail, testing or not.Quote:
- Do I need to find my SMTP address to send mail even if I'm just using the mail function as a test to learn PHP?
An SMTP "address" isn't "on" anything. When you send mail to user@example.com, your mail client (usually) connects to the SMTP server at example.com and sends the data, addressed to user. As such, it doesn't matter where you send the request from.Quote:
- Can I use an SMTP address from a different computer in my house that is connected to mine through wireless internet?
You probably ought to read RFC 821.
Well, I have a book on PHP, and according to my book, I'm supposed to find an SMTP address on my computer, then go into php.ini and modify the [Mail] portion to work with my SMTP address to then send messages via PHP Mail command. However, I use Yahoo's E-Mail service, so I havn't a clue what my SMTP Address is on my computer. All I really want to know is if modifying the [Mail] part of php.ini is the only way that i can send test messages via PHP Mail command.
It probably means your email address.Quote:
Well, I have a book on PHP, and according to my book, I'm supposed to find an SMTP address on my computer, then go into php.ini and modify the [Mail] portion to work with my SMTP address to then send messages via PHP Mail command.
Yahoo! may use SMTP. Try using your Yahoo! address to send email. If you can't, I suggest you get a free SMTP email account.Quote:
I use Yahoo's E-Mail service, so I havn't a clue what my SMTP Address is on my computer.
Probably. You might be able to find and install a Windows SMTP server, but I've never seen one.Quote:
All I really want to know is if modifying the [Mail] part of php.ini is the only way that i can send test messages via PHP Mail command.
Allright, sounds good.
Thanks Twey. :)
Wait, one thing. Are you saying my book is implying to do this:
?Code:[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = myemailaddress@yahoo.com
No, "SMTP" needs to be set to the address of the SMTP server: in this case, smtp.yahoo.com (yes, I checked it, it does exist).
OHHH OK!
I get it now, allright.
So can I just use smtp.yahoo.com ?
Or do i have to go and register a SMTP address at yahoo?
No, I presume Yahoo!'s standard addresses use SMTP to send email. Presuming you have a @yahoo.com address, smtp.yahoo.com ought to do you fine.Quote:
do i have to go and register a SMTP address at yahoo?
Wonderful. :D
Thanks so much.
hey,
i'm facing sor of the same problem as InNeedOfHelp, i'm doing a web project using my laptop at home. I need to test it which include sending of mail to user. However, i want to use a remote smtp server to deal with forwarding my mail to hotmail or yahoo.
i change my php.ini into:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.net (smtp server i wan to make use of)
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = mymail@hotmail.com
what else did i lack of, assuming my coding to send a simple mail is error-free??
tnx alot in advance
You forgot to uncomment the sendmail_from line.Quote:
what else did i lack of, assuming my coding to send a simple mail is error-free??
hMailServer is a free, fully functional mail server for Windows. Pretty simple to install and use.Quote:
You might be able to find and install a Windows SMTP server, but I've never seen one.
Hope this helps.
oya, wad a silly mistakes i shall go try later.
hey testingsite, but i don wan to install any mail server in my laptop, i wanna use the smtp server which eventually i have to make use of in future.
So other den the php.ini file, is there any xtra codings needed??
I'm having a rather same scenerio here for weeks without getting a feasible solution, can any1 help me with this?? As i'm totally new to PHP, i tried many methods found online but got stuck at some stage e.g changing php.ini, using swiftmailer etc. So can any1 guide me along, assuming i jux installed my php and did nth to it...really apreciate it
You see, i'm currently working on a web application which involve sending emails to user. I'm using windowXP SP2, with apache installed incorporate with MySQL as my server. Rite now my code for sending the mail is :
<?php
require_once "Mail.php";
$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$host = "smtp.yahoo.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";
$headers = array ('From' => $from,
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>
As you can see, i'm trying to use yahoo as my external smtp mail server to help send my mail to my application end user.
Any guidance plss??? tnx alot