[thelist] [fwd] probelm with the "mail" function etc

Mon Apr 23 17:16:38 CDT 2001

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Would someone be good enough to help me please, as I can not work out =
what is going on !
I'm trying to get a email form script working

Right, I'm running (on my computer) Apache web server, php4 and mysql =
etc.=20

For the 'mail' function to work properly my literature says the =
following

1) find the '[mail function]' section in your php.ini=20
2) modify the 'SMTP' and 'sendmail_from' lines in this section so that =
they
contain 'localhost' and (say) your email address respectively

I've done that !

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Now, I've prepared the following htm file....
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<html>
<head></head>
<body>

<form method=3D"post" action=3D"eform.php">
Your name :<input type=3D"text" name=3D"username" size=3D50><br>
Your email:<input type=3D"text" name=3D"useremail" size=3D50><br>
<textarea name=3D"usermessage" rows=3D5 cols=3D50></textarea><br>
<input type=3D"submit" name=3D"submit" value=3D"send form">
</form>
</body>
</html>

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and here's my relevant php file....
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<?php

 $msg.=3D"e-mail sent from";
 $msg.=3D"sender's name :\t$username\n";
 $msg.=3D"sender's email :\t$useremail\n";
 $msg.=3D"message :\t$usermessage";

 $to=3D"grc-the-master at brain-cpu.freeserve.co.uk";
 $subject=3D"test email entry";
 $mailheaders=3D"from: my web site ";
 $mailheaders.=3D" reply to: $useremail\n\n";
 mail($to,$subject,$msg,$mailheaders);
 ?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p> the following email has been sent...</p>
<?php
   echo "Your name    - $username<br>";
   echo "Your email   - $useremail<br>";
   echo "Your message - $usermessage<br>";
 ?>
</body>
</html>

Now then, the htm file correctly passes the information over to the php =
file, the php file
correctly displays the email information .......GREAT !!.....    but =
hold on, there's an=20
error message which I do not understand

the error message being displayed (php file on screen) is
Warning: Failed to Connect in c:\program files\apache =
group\apache\htdocs\eform.php on line 12

(it's something to do with the 'mail' function line ...but what? )

TIA

Gaz