[thelist] SMTP Apache

[Andrew Maynes]

aha, I was being totally stupid and thinking that because I am connected my
connection setting automatically would be localhost! but my smtp server is
outside of my machine, what a dummy.  So the settings in php.ini are irrelevant
for Apache PHP running locally unless I want to connect to my isp, makes sense
thank you, I feel such a prat and to think that last year I installed a fully
operational small office network with 10 clients!! :)

Do you think it's worth installing a smtp server?

Andrew

>Hi Rich here is a snippet of the code (smtp.php), I think the error is
>attributed to the config?  This is the same machine (win98) I have only
just
>installed Apache and php?

Have a look in your php.ini ... from memory there's a line in there where
you define your SMTP server you wish to use.  Unless you have one running on
your PC (unlikely under 98) then it's going to fall over when trying to send
a mail (which I'm guessing you're trying to do).  You'll need to change that
line to point to an SMTP server you can send mail through.

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = <my outgoing mail server>

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = me at localhost.com

N.B. unless you have an "always on" connection you'll need to be online for
this to work if you point it to a mail server outside your network.

Rob

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