Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-09-01 Thread John Holmes
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> So how do I get my SMTP server working? How do I stop the target machine (my computer I assume) from refusing the connection? Oh, and if I do fix this, it should make my e-mailing stuff work right? Offtopic for a PHP list and depends on what kind of SMTP server you're r

Fwd: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-09-01 Thread AceZero2790
--- Begin Message --- Are you referring to this post: you just want to see if mail() works try it. if(mail(...)) echo 'yay!'; else echo 'boo!'; ?> Or this post? Your SMTP server is the thing that actually transmits the email. On a Windows XP box like you're using, set the SMTP server to be t

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-09-01 Thread AceZero2790
I tried your command: telnet localhost 25 to see if my SMTP server was up. Obviously it is not, because this is the response I received. Connecting to localhost...could not open connection to host on port 25. No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. So how

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-31 Thread Matthew Sims
> Well, I'm not getting that e-mail. > > I was told I need to make sure my mail functions are active. Furthermore I > have been told lots of things about SMTP servers and webservers and > localhost > > and I'm really not following. > > What is my SMTP server? How do I enable it/make sure its workin

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-31 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 01 September 2004 06:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is my SMTP server? How do I enable it/make sure its working? If it > isn't working, how do I get it to work? Between your original post and this one (asking exactly the same thing), did you manage to fit in some research of yo

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-31 Thread Pahlevanzadeh Mohsen
Dear,Please use following command for test of your SMTP server: telnet localhost 25 You must recv following message if your SMTP server is up: Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10; Tue,

[PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-31 Thread AceZero2790
I'm trying to use the eFiction fanction/story archiving script for my website (view the script here: http://www.thesonicworld.net/efiction/), but the registration process is giving me trouble. It's one of those where you fill in your email and username and they send you a default password. Wel

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-25 Thread enijmax
ED]> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:11 AM Subject: [PHP] mail functions help > I'm trying to make sure that my mail functons are on for a script I need to > work. I run an Apache 1.3.31, so I am my own webhost. Now I just need to know > how to make sure my mailfunctions are on. &g

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-25 Thread Matthew Sims
> I've been told stuff about how I need to make sure that my SMTP server > (whatever that is??) > -Andrew > > My guess is that you may need to think about setting up a mail server first before you can get mail functions to work. If you don't know what an SMTP server is, first thing to do is to

Re: [PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-25 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 15:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to make sure that my mail functons are on for a script I need to > work. I run an Apache 1.3.31, so I am my own webhost. Now I just need to know > how to make sure my mailfunctions are on. > Here is the mail functions part of php.

[PHP] mail functions help

2004-08-25 Thread AceZero2790
I'm trying to make sure that my mail functons are on for a script I need to work. I run an Apache 1.3.31, so I am my own webhost. Now I just need to know how to make sure my mailfunctions are on. Here is the mail functions part of php.ini pertaining to me (the windows part because I am on XP):