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Hello Kristina,

Thursday, April 24, 2008, 8:43:06 AM, you wrote:

> Thanks David,

> I found the following...is it worth trying to modify the ini file or 
> should I start trying to use the Zend mail function and/or Outlook?

> //==

> Runtime Configuration

> The behavior of the mail functions is affected by settings in the 
> php.ini file.


> Mail configuration options:

> Name Default Description Changeable 
> SMTP "localhost" Windows only: The DNS name or IP address of the SMTP 
> server PHP_INI_ALL 
> smtp_port "25" Windows only: The SMTP port number. Available since PHP
> 4.3 PHP_INI_ALL 
> sendmail_from NULL Windows only: Specifies the "from" address to be 
> used in email sent from PHP PHP_INI_ALL 

> //==

> BTW the client's environment is a hosted server and I will investigate
> the options available if we determine that this turkey won't fly as 
> configured. I wasn't anticipating having to install anything and not 
> sure whether that is an option.

> --Kristina


>> Kristina Anderson wrote:
>> > Hi everyone --
>> > 
>> > My current client's app is a PHP 4 site running on a Windows box 
> (don't 
>> > ask...I have no idea why).
>> 
>> Because it is a stable setup and typically outperforms a LAMPP stack. 
> I use 
>> this since day one and even before my PHP time for both development 
> and 
>> production use.
>> 
>> > I'm trying to use the mail() function and 
>> > the mail isn't cooperating.  
>> > 
>> > (Two things that I noticed in phpinfo() are that Internal Sendmail 
>> > Support for Windows is enabled and the Zend engine is installed.
>> 
>> I never got the mail() function to work right on Windows. There are 
> tools 
>> around. I did try once the Unix Utilities from Luckasoft (get them 
> here: 
>> http://luckasoft.com/download/UUtils_setup.exe). It is a freeware 
> package for 
>> Windows that mimics sendmail. It has a GUI configuration program and 
> accepts 
>> the same shell command format as known from Unix. But since this is a 
> client's 
>> box installing extra stuff is probably the least desireable approach.
>> 
>> > So maybe I could/should be using another method to send the mails, 
> or 
>> > there is a trick that I'm not aware of that I need to use to get 
> this 
>> > to work?)
>> 
>> Well, there are other means. You may even google for the CLI of 
> Outlook 
>> assuming it is setup and configured right.
>> 
>> > It's not necessarily super high volume but we will be sending a 
>> > significant amount of automated emails to registered people on the 
> site.
>> > 
>> > Thanks for any help...
>> 
>> Well, I guess once it works volume becomes a concern only when you 
> send a lot 
>> of messages.
>> 
>> Sorry, I'm not excessively useful here.
>> 
>> David
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Forgot, I was using the mail.mysite.com and the IP address for same
with similar results and it worked beautifully until they blocked the
SMTP port on me.

I have had mixed results with windows sendmail clones. Fake Sendmail
worked sometimes but crashed a lot so I stopped using it. Pear Mail
works beautifully and allows you to specify authentication settings so
you can log into your external mailserver.

HTH

-- 
Best regards,
 mikesz                            mailto:mikesz at qualityadvantages.com