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I've wading through my PHP book quite well now, but I've come up against a problem when it comes to the mail() function. Here is what it says in my book :-
Here's a catch, though. For the mail() function to work properly, you'll need to have specified a working local mail server in the php.ini file. There should already be a section looking like this.
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = [email protected] ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is 'sendmail -t
If you specify a remote SMTP outgoing server to relay your e-mail messages (which you can only do if you're running PHP on Windows), the server must be configured to allow relays; otherwise your e-mail messages will get bounced.
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Now, what does this actually mean? Could someone tell me because I just have not got a clue. Thanks.
Here's a catch, though. For the mail() function to work properly, you'll need to have specified a working local mail server in the php.ini file. There should already be a section looking like this.
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = [email protected] ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is 'sendmail -t
If you specify a remote SMTP outgoing server to relay your e-mail messages (which you can only do if you're running PHP on Windows), the server must be configured to allow relays; otherwise your e-mail messages will get bounced.
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Now, what does this actually mean? Could someone tell me because I just have not got a clue. Thanks.
Oh sorry, didnt' see Chris had posted just before me.
Sorry for the spelling too .... really not my day today :o(.
Sorry for the spelling too .... really not my day today :o(.
You won't have to worry about this as Freeola has it all set up .. you just have to use the mail() code as mormal, an it'll work :o).
Gabbo wrote:
> For the mail() function to work properly, you'll
> need to have specified a working local mail server
> in the php.ini file.
You don't need to worry about this because you have no access to Freeola's php.ini file. It is already set up correctly for their own SMTP (outgoing) email server.
Chris.
> For the mail() function to work properly, you'll
> need to have specified a working local mail server
> in the php.ini file.
You don't need to worry about this because you have no access to Freeola's php.ini file. It is already set up correctly for their own SMTP (outgoing) email server.
Chris.
Yeah, I will be hosting my site on Freeola. I suppose that's one less thing to think about if it's already set up, cheers.
If your site is hosted by Freeola, then you can ignore the stuff about php.ini, because they will already have that set up on the server.
In my email script, I just put values into variables:
"$emailto", to hold the destination email address,
"$sendto", the destination person's name,
"$message", the text itself,
"$name", the name of the person sending the feedback,
"$email", the email address of that person
then
mail ("$emailto", "Website feedback to $sendto", "$message","From: $name <$email>\nX-Sender: <$email>");
In my email script, I just put values into variables:
"$emailto", to hold the destination email address,
"$sendto", the destination person's name,
"$message", the text itself,
"$name", the name of the person sending the feedback,
"$email", the email address of that person
then
mail ("$emailto", "Website feedback to $sendto", "$message","From: $name <$email>\nX-Sender: <$email>");
Ahhh, I get you. I'll have a bash at setting up a mail script to see if I have all the settings right now.
This is just like Outlook Express. Your SMTP serevr is set by your ISP. Freeola's is smtp.freeola.net, Freeserve's is smtp.freeserve.net, you get the general idea (although this rule isn't always true, best check with online support). The outgoing address is whatever you want it to be, they can't check. It's basically who it registers as being "From" (although many people change this in the mail() command). As for relaying... you don't really need to worry about that.
I've wading through my PHP book quite well now, but I've come up against a problem when it comes to the mail() function. Here is what it says in my book :-
Here's a catch, though. For the mail() function to work properly, you'll need to have specified a working local mail server in the php.ini file. There should already be a section looking like this.
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = [email protected] ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is 'sendmail -t
If you specify a remote SMTP outgoing server to relay your e-mail messages (which you can only do if you're running PHP on Windows), the server must be configured to allow relays; otherwise your e-mail messages will get bounced.
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Now, what does this actually mean? Could someone tell me because I just have not got a clue. Thanks.
Here's a catch, though. For the mail() function to work properly, you'll need to have specified a working local mail server in the php.ini file. There should already be a section looking like this.
[mail function]
SMTP = localhost ;for win32 only
sendmail_from = [email protected] ;for win32 only
;sendmail_path = ;for unix only, may supply arguments as well (default is 'sendmail -t
If you specify a remote SMTP outgoing server to relay your e-mail messages (which you can only do if you're running PHP on Windows), the server must be configured to allow relays; otherwise your e-mail messages will get bounced.
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Now, what does this actually mean? Could someone tell me because I just have not got a clue. Thanks.